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Proctor High School football player charged in teammate's sexual assault

Proctor’s Terry Egerdahl football field in September, 2021. A Proctor football player was charged Friday for an alleged sexual assault against a tea

Prosecutors are asking that the case be moved to adult court.

Duluth's St. Luke's limiting visitors, checking vaccination status

St. Luke’s hospital in Duluth is tightening its visitor policy, effective Monday.

The regional health care provider is responding to current community spread of COVID-19.

Forest Service cuts access to BWCA to relieve crowding

“We’re using all the tools we have to manage the wilderness to keep it as the amazing place that people love to visit,’’ said Forest Service s

About 23,000 fewer people will be allowed to enter the wilderness area this year under a reduction in the availability of entry permits.

Duluth orders 30-day emergency mask mandate

(Left) TJ Jones received a free mask from Janet Kennedy, the vice president of the Duluth NAACP at their mask drive in 2020. The city of Duluth ordere

The requirement is effective at 5 p.m. Jan. 14.

Snowboarders converge on Duluth park this weekend

Red Bull Heavy Metal is a day-long snowboarding competition on Sunday featuring elite athletes.

Frank Moe, legislator and avid dog sled musher, dies at 56

The former northern Minnesota lawmaker died Wednesday from brain cancer, according to his family.

Duluth water emergencies spiked in 2021

Most rescues involved Lake Superior.

One man dead, another jailed after fight in Duluth

Suspect damaged jail's interview room, police said.

Enbridge-funded state account has paid over $4.5M for Line 3 policing

Meanwhile, several hundred cases are still pending against protestors charged with trespass and other crimes.

Elite sled dogs struck in snowmobile hit-and-run in northwestern Wis.

Musher Ryan Redington narrowly avoided collision, but two of his dogs were injured.

Duluth City Council rejects emergency mask mandate

The measure required approval by all nine councilors.

Northern Minnesota public defenders plead against reappointment of chief of staff

Some staffers sent an anonymous letter to the Minnesota Board of Public Defense imploring it not reappoint Kristine Kolar.

Duluth building slated for demolition destroyed in fire

The one-time Seaway Hotel most recently held low-income housing units.

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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo shown in June.

Minneapolis police chief serves his last day

A 17% tuition cut? Student group asks Minnesota leaders to make community college more affordable

MSP Airport Teamsters who plow snow reach tentative agreement

Why did Minneapolis' famous flour boom go bust?

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Gophers guard Payton Willis tried to dunk over Hawkeyes forward Patrick McCaffery but missed late in the second half of Iowa’s 81-71 victory at Will

Comeback for shorthanded Gophers men's basketball team falls short in loss to Iowa

At the end of the Spielman-Zimmer era, the Vikings were a team on edge

Vikings wrap first GM interview with Titans assistant Monti Ossenfort

Former Gophers running back Ky Thomas transfers to Kansas

Business

When I Work’s office space in Minneapolis. The company raised $200 million from investors in 2021.

Despite pandemic, investments in Minnesota startups top $1B again in 2021

Minneapolis' Niron Magnetics still small, but intends to be big player in greener economy

FDA: Medtronic slow to update, recall defective insulin pumps for diabetes patients

How should businesses commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Here's some advice

Opinion

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman arrived for work in late December. Freeman told an Star Tribune editorial writer that there is a misperception t

Fresh thinking needed on fighting crime

Ethnic studies will turn schools into extremist boot camps

Democracy's dangers include redistricting

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Was Hugo named for a great French writer — or an otherwise forgotten Duluth mayor?

In the research process, a David vs. Goliath clash of Minnesota history buffs emerged — and the underdog won.

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Reusse: Athletes then, ALS warriors now. Honoring 3 Minnesotans fighting a good fight

Chris Engler, Mike Bruss and David Tomassoni will be honored during the Gophers women's hockey game on Saturday afternoon.

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