UNDATED (KDAL) - There will be a lot to do in the Twin Ports to celebrate the 4th of July all week long. Adding to the yearly events on the 4th, the U-S Navy will mark their 250th birthday by bringing Navy Week to Duluth and Superior starting Monday. Part of a nationwide outreach effort, this is one of 15 Navy Week programs around the country that ...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The Minnesota Department of Health has issued Water Contact Not Recommended advisories for three north shore beaches on Lake Superior. The Burlington Bay Beach in Two Harbors, the Stewart River Beach at the mouth of the river north of Two Harbors and the Twin Points Public Access Beach north of Gooseberry Falls State Park all sh...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KDAL) - A man who spent over 45 years in various positions in the Port of Duluth-Superior has been named as administrator of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) by the U-S Department of Transportation. Mike McCoshin, a native of Superior, was sworn in at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. last week. McCos...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is conducting an investigation into the death of a St. Louis County Jail inmate in Duluth. The inmate was found unresponsive in their cell about 9:35 on Tuesday morning and life saving measures were taken by jail staff and first responders. The attempts to resuscitate the inmat...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - On Monday, area nurses voted to authorize a strike claiming unfair labor practices at Essentia Health and Aspirus-St. Luke's. Negotiations between the hospitals and the Minnesota Nurses Association are continuing with contracts set to expire at the end of the month. Nurses at 11 Twin Cities area hospitals, where bargaining conti...

BAYFIELD COUNTY, WI (KDAL) - The U-S Fish and Wildlife Service is applying lampricides to Bayfield County's Cranberry River and Red Cliff Creek this week to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed into the stream bottoms. The lamprey larvae live in Great Lakes tributaries and then transform into parasites that migrate into the lakes and kill fish by feedi...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The Northland Foundation is introducing a new three-year initiative to support housing development efforts in rural northeast Minnesota and neighboring Native nations. Funding is being administered by the Foundation as allocated through the 2023 session of the Minnesota Legislature, authored by former Representative Dave Lislega...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - As work continues on the bridge decks on I-35 between Mesaba Avenue and 5th Avenue West, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is changing the head-to-head lane shift starting on Monday. Two way traffic will be placed on the just completed I-35 northbound lanes while the southbound section is worked on. On Monday, the ramp ...