Minnesota to launch ambitious moose recovery plan after 15-year decline
Wildlife managers will try to reshape up to 150,000 acres of forest to help moose survive in Minnesota.
December 20, 2025
Northern Minnesota utility drops plan to use energy from controversial Wisconsin gas plant
Minnesota Power said the Nemadji Trail Energy Center in Superior, Wis., has been delayed too long by litigation and permitting.
December 19, 2025
Anderson: A trigger once pulled can never be unpulled — a lesson some hunters learn the hard way
Some hunters drink or otherwise cause their own problems. Others are unprepared for dizzying effects of “buck fever.”
AuthoredDennis Anderson
AuthoredDennis AndersonDecember 13, 2025
Duluth explores emptying boat-shaped downtown library in favor of space on town’s outskirts
The city would lease a smaller space for a downtown library.
December 12, 2025
Duluth police officer, acquitted of on-duty shooting, now under different internal investigation
Tyler Leibfried, the department’s only officer to stand trial for an on-duty shooting, has been on paid administrative leave for a year for a separate inquiry.
December 11, 2025
Police: Superior, Wis., officer shot before suspect crashes van into middle school
The suspect, who allegedly holed up in a room at Superior Middle School for several hours, is expected to be charged with attempted murder.
December 7, 2025
What we know about the Lutsen Resort arson case and the owner charged with setting the fire
Bryce Campbell, of Canada, bought the resort in 2018. It burned to the ground in 2024.
December 5, 2025
Lutsen Resort owner charged with arson, insurance fraud in North Shore resort fire
The 2024 blaze destroyed the historic lodge in the middle of a February night, when no guests were booked.
December 4, 2025
U.S. House demands records from environmental groups that opposed Twin Metals mine in Minnesota
The copper-nickel mine is controversial for its proximity to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and the Biden Administration had canceled its leases.
December 3, 2025
![Rising above the treeline (Top of this photo), on the shore of Birch Lake, the Twin Metals Copper Nickel Mine Plant site and Tailings Management site is part of the proposed plan. ] In theory, the copper-nickel mine Twin Metals wants to build in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a zero-discharge mine — a closed loop that will endlessly recycle millions of gallons of water, including rainwater and the polluted process water it uses to extract ore and](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/AWHWWVUU5HGVMX6RUZ4PCKXP6A.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Duluth schools briefly secured while mountain lion roamed east side neighborhoods
The animal has been spotted all along the North Shore.
December 3, 2025
Minnesota districts work to take the trauma out of school shooter drills
A gentler training protocol is now the blueprint for a growing number of districts.
December 2, 2025
Duluth’s Bentleyville is back after storm: ‘It’s a Thanksgiving miracle!’
Strong wind gusts tipped over portable bathrooms, damaged a gift shop roof and knocked over displays and other decorations.
November 28, 2025
