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3 days ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – Record setting high temperatures, strong southerly winds and low relative humidity will lead to critical fire weather conditions across the entire region again on Monday. The National Weather Service Office in Duluth has issued a Red Flag Warning for northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin on Monday from noon to 9 p-m. The weather conditions mean any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become difficult to control.
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3 days ago | 
katcountry989.com | Dave Strandberg
BRIMSON, MN (KDAL) – Several area fire departments, the Minnesota DNR and U-S Forest Service are battling a rapidly expanding wildfire that was discovered early Sunday afternoon about two miles northeast of Brimson. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department, several cabins, garages and other structures have been affected and several dozen residents were evacuated from the area. No injuries have been reported.
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3 days ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
ELY, MN (KDAL) – On Saturday afternoon employees of the U-S Forest Service reported that they had located a capsized canoe at Iron Lake in the BWCA. Upon further investigation, they located a body, wearing a life jacket, floating near the canoe. The victim was identified as 62 year old Robert Sydney James from St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It is believed he was on a solo canoe trip in the BWCA.
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6 days ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) – According to the Minnesota DNR, fishing should be good across the state as the season opens on Saturday. Before you head out to your favorite lake, make sure you have an updated fishing license available at many outdoor supply or bait shops, DNR offices and online at mndnr.gov/buyalicense. The DNR is also reminding those fishing or boating to use the “clean, drain and dispose” procedures to protect waters from invasive species.
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6 days ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, MN (KDAL) – The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department responded to a reported structure fire in Greenwood Township Thursday afternoon. When fire crews arrived to the 4500 block of Serenity Point Road, it was determined that a small campfire had spread to fully involve a cabin and then expanded into the nearby woods. Multiple fire departments were called and the fire was contained so that no other property was lost. There were no injuries reported.
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1 week ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – A new study from the University of Minnesota Extension shows the total economic impact of Grandma’s Marathon to the region is nearly 40 million dollars. That figure is nearly double what is was in the last study that was done about five years ago. Among the findings of a survey of participants, about 90 percent of the runners are visitors to Duluth, each participant travels with 2.7 other people and they spend $176.70 per day on dining, lodging and transportation.
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1 week ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – The Minnesota Senate Committee on Taxes released its omnibus tax bill on Wednesday. The proposal includes cuts to local government aid (LGA) which includes a reduction of 3.1 percent to Duluth. Mayor Roger Reinert says those cuts would take 1.1 million dollars out of the city’s general fund budgets. The Mayor says that the LGA comprises nearly a third of the city’s total income and any reduction would lead to cuts in the delivery of city services.
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1 week ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – St. Louis County and the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) have reached an agreement to dispose of area municipal solid waste at the County’s Regional Landfill in Virginia. The ten year contract was approved by the St. Louis County Board on Tuesday and will take effect in July of 2026. The WLSSD, also known as Resource Renew, currently uses the Moccasin Mike landfill in Superior which is set to close next year.
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1 week ago | 
wdsm710.com | Dave Strandberg
TOWN OF SUPERIOR, WI (KDAL) – Douglas County Sheriff Deputies have taken a 13 year old boy into custody following an incident in the Town of Superior Tuesday afternoon. The Sheriff’s office responded to a report of an out of control juvenile who was throwing and breaking things in the 5000 block of Highway 35. When deputies arrived, the suspect was on the back porch and said deputies would have to shoot him. He went into the house and emerged with a long gun.
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1 week ago | 
kdal610.com | Dave Strandberg
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – St. Louis County and the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) have reached an agreement to dispose of area municipal solid waste at the County’s Regional Landfill in Virginia. The ten year contract was approved by the St. Louis County Board on Tuesday and will take effect in July of 2026. The WLSSD, also known as Resource Renew, currently uses the Moccasin Mike landfill in Superior which is set to close next year.
