DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The Camp House wildfire northeast of Brimson has continued to grow in size and has been joined by the Jenkins Creek fire, first spotted on Monday about 15 miles south of Hoyt Lakes and the Munger Shaw fire east of Cotton. As of Tuesday morning, the Jenkins Creek fire rapidly spread to the north and is already 6,800 acres in size...

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 w...

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 do...

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 belie...

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 fishi...

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 fir...

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 c...

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 ar...