Briggs LeSavage

Duluth

Evening Anchor and Managing Editor at KBJR-TV (Duluth, MN)

Managing editor for the stations I grew up watching! Also co-anchor the Northern News Now news at 5 p.m. Live fast. Pet dogs. #HarrysMom

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Front of Eveleth apartment building collapses, residents evacuated

5 days ago | valleynewslive.com | Briggs LeSavage

EVELETH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Crews are on scene in Eveleth where the front of an apartment building collapsed Friday morning. According to the Northland FireWire, the incident happened around 11 a.m. at the Essling Apartments near Jones Street and Adams Avenue. No injuries have been reported at this point, according to the FireWire. Roads in that area have been closed down and residents are being evacuated. There was no immediate word on what caused the partial collapse.
Duluth duplex fire displaces 2

1 week ago | northernnewsnow.com | Briggs LeSavage

DULUTH, Minn. -- After tenants tried to use a garden hose to extinguish the flames, firefighters were eventually able to knock down a porch fire at a Duluth duplex Sunday night. According to the Duluth Fire Department, they responded to the home on West Third Street and Seventh Avenue in the Observation Hill neighborhood just before 10 p.m.They saw flames on the front porch when they got there, which the residents were working to extinguish with a garden hose.
1 hospitalized following Iron Range apartment fire

1 week ago | northernnewsnow.com | Briggs LeSavage

HIBBING, Minn. (Northern News Now) - One person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation following a fire at an Iron Range apartment building Friday night. According to Friends of the Northland FireWire, the fire was reported around 11:10 p.m. at the 7th Avenue Apartments on 7th Avenue East in Hibbing. Crews saw heavy smoke and flames coming from a unit on the second floor. Residents were evacuated as firefighters worked to get the blaze under control.
First ‘saltie’ of 2025 season arrives in the Twin Ports

3 weeks ago | northernnewsnow.com | Briggs LeSavage

DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The first ocean-going vessel of the 2025 shipping season arrived in the Twin Ports early Monday morning. The Federal Nagara sailed under the Aerial Lift Bridge shortly after 6 a.m.The Federal Nagara is part of the Fednav fleet, a flotilla that circumnavigates the globe more than 900 times annually, according to the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
Crews respond to grass fire near Twig

3 weeks ago | northernnewsnow.com | Briggs LeSavage

TWIG, Minn. -- Crews responded to a grass fire along Highway 53 near Twig Thursday morning. The fire started around 11 a.m. near Industrial Road. There were no longer any visible flames around 12:15 p.m., according to our Northern News Now reporter on scene. According to fire investigators on scene, they believe the fire started in the median but they are still working to determine what caused it. No word on the exact acreage impacted.
Duluth ‘Safe Bay’ vote delayed after weather knocks down required signs

1 month ago | northernnewsnow.com | Briggs LeSavage

DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - After recent weather knocked down required signage, Duluth’s Planning Commission is tabling a public hearing and vote on a church’s effort to offer the homeless a place to sleep each night. The Planning Commission was set to consider the Vineyard Church’s “Safe Bay” proposal Tuesday night, which the church has collaborated with several non-profits on.
Duluth man arrested for breaking into downtown apartment complex, firing stolen gun

1 month ago | northernnewsnow.com | Briggs LeSavage

DULUTH, Minn. -- A Duluth man was arrested early Monday morning after allegedly breaking into a downtown apartment complex, stealing a gun, and then firing the weapon in a hallway. The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. on Monday at the Zenith DCHS apartment complex on the 200 block of N. 1st Avenue East, according to the Duluth Police Department. Police originally responded to a report of an unwanted person inside the building.
Minnesota state senator charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution resigns

1 month ago | kfyrtv.com | Briggs LeSavage |Dorothy Sedovic

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KBJR/Gray News) - A Minnesota state senator accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution has resigned. Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn, a Republican from Grand Rapids, has submitted his letter of resignation, according to the Minnesota Senate Republican Leader Mark Johnson. Johnson shared the update in a news release Thursday morning and said Eichorn’s resignation is effective Thursday,“This is the right thing to do for his family and the Senate,” Johnson said.
Minnesota state senator charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution resigns

1 month ago | fox5vegas.com | Briggs LeSavage

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KBJR/Gray News) - A Minnesota state senator accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution has resigned. Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn, a Republican from Grand Rapids, has submitted his letter of resignation, according to the Minnesota Senate Republican Leader Mark Johnson. Johnson shared the update in a news release Thursday morning and said Eichorn’s resignation is effective Thursday,“This is the right thing to do for his family and the Senate,” Johnson said.
Minnesota state senator charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution resigns

1 month ago | actionnews5.com | Briggs LeSavage |Dorothy Sedovic

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KBJR/Gray News) - A Minnesota state senator accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution has resigned. Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn, a Republican from Grand Rapids, has submitted his letter of resignation, according to the Minnesota Senate Republican Leader Mark Johnson. Johnson shared the update in a news release Thursday morning and said Eichorn’s resignation is effective Thursday,“This is the right thing to do for his family and the Senate,” Johnson said.