SAWYER TOWNSHIP, MN (KDAL) - On Sunday afternoon, officers from the Fond Du Lac Police responded to reports of a man who shot himself while cleaning a gun. When they arrived on the scene, they were met by a man screaming and firing a gun out the window of the house. Officers set up a perimeter around the residence, on the Moorhead Road in Sawyer To...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - On Saturday night, following a 911 call from a passerby, Duluth Fire Department crews responded to find a maintenance shed at Spirit Mountain fully involved in fire. The structure, at 8586 Knowlton Boulevard, was a total loss and the cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation by the Duluth Fire Marshal. There were no i...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The Twin Ports' 26 year old music festival begins on Sunday with 177 different bands and performers across 36 different venues through May 4th. The Homegrown Music Festival will feature a variety of musicians with diverse styles ranging from riff-laden metal, twangy bluegrass, folk-punk, distorted ambient noise, and everything i...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - As part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, there will be opportunities across the area for people to safely dispose of unwanted or expired medication on Saturday. Staff will be available from 10 a-m to 2 p-m at the St. Louis County Sheriff Offices in Virginia, Hibbing and Ely, the Walmart parking lot in Cloquet, the Ca...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - After a lengthy Duluth Police investigation in cooperation with the St. Louis County Attorney's Office, formal charges were filed in a fatal fire in July of last year. 25 year old Tyler Walter Edwards is facing 2nd degree murder and 1st degree arson charges in the death of Maxton Gudowski, whose body was found following a fire i...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The demolition of a parking ramp that was built in the 1950's at 2nd Avenue West and 1st Street and condemned as substandard by the city in 2019 is now underway. Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert along with other city and downtown officials held a news conference on Wednesday to begin the long process of taking down the former Shoppers...

BIWABIK, MN (KDAL) - A 21 year old Chisholm man was airlifted to a Duluth hospital following an ATV crash south of Biwabik on Tuesday evening. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office responded to the accident in the 6300 block of the Eshquaguma Road at 6:11 p-m. The victim, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was found next to the ...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - To encourage voluntary compliance with city ordinances before formal action is taken, the City of Duluth has launched the Clean Streets, Strong Communities Courtesy Notice Program. Rather than starting with a citation or formal notice inspection process, those residents that are out of code compliance may now get a Courtesy Noti...