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Elections

This Minnesota county voted blue for nearly 100 years — until Trump. Can Democrats win it back?

Carlton County, just southwest of Duluth, hadn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Herbert Hoover in 1928. Trump snapped that nearly centurylong streak earlier this month.
November 22, 2024
Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: All ends well for Brad, the ram on the lam, and Taz, the horse in the north

Brad the sheep and Taz the Arabian are both back home, thanks to two-legged friends who never lost hope.
AuthoredKaren Tolkkinen
November 21, 2024
Duluth

Landfill in Virginia, Minn., will turn heat from garbage into energy used to treat wastewater

The 10-acre cell at the St. Louis County landfill is the first of its kind in the state.
November 21, 2024
Duluth

Fatal hit-and-run charge filed against local DFL leader in northern Minnesota

Cynthia Arlene Martin said she thought she hit an owl or a turkey, according to the criminal complaint.
November 21, 2024
Duluth

Pickup driver is hit and killed by 2 vehicles while moving deer out of Wisconsin road

The chain of events occurred after dark east of Turtle Lake, the Barron County Sheriff’s Office said.
November 20, 2024
Duluth

Brad the sheep, who eluded rescuers for weeks on the North Shore, has been found

Brad was finally corralled in the Proctor area Tuesday afternoon by a veterinarian with a tranquilizer, according to the sheep’s owner Ryan Osvold.
November 20, 2024
Duluth

NTSB announces cause of fatal plane crash that destroyed Hermantown house

The National Transportation Safety Board cited the pilot’s likely “spatial disorientation” in its report on a single-engine plane crash that killed all three on board — but not those in the house the plane hit.
November 19, 2024
High Schools

All-Minnesota: Meet our picks for the state's best prep football players

From the Twin Cities to greater Minnesota, the Minnesota Star Tribune picks our top 25 football players in the state this year.
November 19, 2024
Colleges

Uncorked QBs smashing records all across Minnesota

Football Across Minnesota: ‘Ground and pound’ offenses are disappearing, replaced by record-setting quarterbacks at several Division II and III schools. Plus: prep stars, 8-2 Vikings and more.
AuthoredChip Scoggins
November 19, 2024
High Schools

Prep Athletes of the Week: Monticello's Adalynn Biegler sets state records at Class 1A swim meet

Also, Yonis Noor and Griedin Corley lead their respective teams to adapted soccer state championships.
November 18, 2024
Gophers

Gophers complete women's hockey sweep of Minnesota Duluth

Minnesota, ranked third, rolled past the No. 4 Bulldogs two days in a row and hasn’t lost to them since March 2022.
November 17, 2024
Colleges

Area college football roundup: Bemidji State keeps Division II playoff hopes alive by beating NSIC champion Augustana

The NCAA Division II and III playoff fields will be revealed Sunday, and the Beavers are hoping for an invite.
November 17, 2024
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