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Overturned Truck Blocks Blatnik Bridge Traffic
SUPERIOR, WI (KDAL) - Motorists trying to get to Duluth from Superior on Wednesday morning needed to take the Bong Bridge aft...
20h ago
Vacant House A Total Loss In Duluth Fire
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - Duluth firefighters, who saw smoke and flames coming from a house near their downtown headquarters, respo...
Aug 19, 2026
Walz Signs Executive Order Blocking Nonferrous Mining
ELY, MN (Northern News Now/KDAL) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed an executive order banning non ferrous metal mining...
Aug 19, 2026
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Free Glensheen Tours On Sunday
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - Glensheen in Duluth will hold its annual Community Day on Sunday which will feature free self-guided Chri...
Jan 05, 2024
Grandma's Marathon Is Now 10th Largest In The U-S
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - For the first time in its 47 year history, Grandma's Marathon has entered the top ten for the largest mar...
Jan 05, 2024
Winter Weather Advisory For Friday Afternoon Through Saturday
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The National Weather Service Office in Duluth has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from noon Friday to 6 ...
Jan 04, 2024
Ice Conditions Poor Across The State
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - The colder weather moving in will help but recent unseasonably mild weather and some rain has degraded ...
Jan 04, 2024
Duluth-Superior Port Traffic Up In 2023
UNDATED (KDAL) - The Chamber of Marine Commerce says shipping activity for the U-S Great Lakes in 2023 remained consistent wi...
Jan 04, 2024
State
Walz Signs Executive Order Blocking Nonferrous Mining
ELY, MN (Northern News Now/KDAL) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed an executive order banning non ferrous metal mining...
Aug 19, 2026
Primary Election Results
UNDATED (KDAL) - Minnesota and Wisconsin voters went to the polls on Tuesday to determine who would be on the ballot in the N...
Aug 12, 2026
Duluth Airports Share In MnDOT Safety Upgrade Funds
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is awarding 8 million dollars to airports across the...
Aug 04, 2026
DNR Conducting "Operation Dry Water"
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - Warm weather will mean an extremely busy 4th of July weekend on the waterways of Minnesota. The Departm...
Jun 30, 2026
Mn DNR Launches New Electronic Licensing System
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - The first phase of a new electronic licensing system for anglers, hunters and trappers has been launche...
Jun 11, 2026
Local Sports
Prep Scores and Playoff Update for June 12
Thursday, June 11 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL MINNESOTA STATE TOURNAMENT CLASS AAA - QUARTERFINAL AT CHASKA ATHLETIC PARK Mahtomedi ...
Jun 12, 2026
Prep Scores and Playoff Update for June 10
Tuesday, June 9 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL WISCONSIN PLAYOFFS ALL ROUNDS SINGLE ELIMINATION DIVISION 3 SECTION 1 - SEMIFINAL AT CUM...
Jun 10, 2026
Prep Scores and Playoff Update for June 5
Thursday, June 4 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL MINNESOTA PLAYOFFS SECTION 7AA - CHAMPIONSHIP AT HERMANTOWN Aitkin 1 Duluth Marshall 0 ...
Jun 05, 2026
Prep Scores and Playoff Update for June 4
Wednesday, June 3 HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL MINNESOTA STATE TOURNAMENT AT CASWELL PARK, NORTH MANKATO CLASS AAA - CONSOLATION Oron...
Jun 04, 2026
Prep Scores and Playoff Update for June 3
Tuesday, June 2 HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL MINNESOTA STATE TOURNAMENT AT CASWELL PARK, NORTH MANKATO CLASS AAA - QUARTERFINAL St. F...
Jun 03, 2026
National Sports
Breaking's next move: escaping the long shadow of Raygun
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Two years after Australian breaker Raygun's much-maligned Olympic performance, th...
1h ago
MLB roundup: Pirates take down Tigers with two homers in ninth
Brandon Lowe hit a game-ending home run two batters after Rafael Flores Jr. went deep to tie it as the Pittsburgh Pirates ral...
2h ago
Soccer-Qatar still not satisfied with Asia chief over Infantino letter
By Nick Mulvenney Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Qatar Football Association has reiterated its concerns over the lack of consultation...
4h ago
Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts help Dodgers outlast Rockies in 10
Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Mookie Betts added an RBI single and the Los Angeles Dodg...
4h ago
Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland exits vs. Dodgers with neck injury
Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland left Wednesday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth...
8h ago
National News
Bitcoin, crypto shares climb after Trump pushes Clarity Act
By Pritam Biswas and Arasu Kannagi Basil Aug 20 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks surged in premarket ...
29m ago
Sri Lankan government delivers water to nearly 72,000 people suffering drought
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government has arranged for water to be delivered to nearly 72,0...
1h ago
Breaking's next move: escaping the long shadow of Raygun
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Two years after Australian breaker Raygun's much-maligned Olympic performance, th...
1h ago
Defense strategy in Tupac murder case: don't believe my client
By Jack Queen and Jane Ross Aug 20 (Reuters) - The ex-gang leader accused of orchestrating the drive-by killing of Tupac Shak...
1h ago
How a low-budget fever dream sparked a Chinese box office revolt
By Xiuhao Chen, Ellen Zhang and Kevin Krolicki BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A crudely animated, homemade movie about a baby co...
4h ago
World News
Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says
MONROVIA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - People deported by the U.S. to Liberia will mostly hail from Latin American countries including ...
51m ago
Tanker off Yemen boarded by armed people, diverted towards Somalia, UKMTO says
DUBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A tanker was boarded by six armed people who took control of the vessel and diverted it &z...
58m ago
Sri Lankan government delivers water to nearly 72,000 people suffering drought
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government has arranged for water to be delivered to nearly 72,0...
1h ago
Serbia turns to Russia to help fight wildfires
BELGRADE, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Serbia has turned to Russia for help in fighting wildfires because of a lack of available planes...
1h ago
Exclusive-More than 150 Polymarket wallets may have traded on military secrets, research finds
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - More than 150 wallets on Polymarket International may have traded on insid...
1h ago
Business
Walmart reports rare comparable sales miss as consumers pare back spending
By Juveria Tabassum and Nicholas P. Brown Aug 20 (Reuters) - Walmart missed Wall Street expectations for quarterly comparable...
32m ago
Shein postpones Hong Kong debut to September, SCMP reports
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Shein has pushed back its market debut in Hong Kong until September following a slight delay in taking ...
47m ago
Morning Bid: Twist and shout
By Mike Dolan Aug 20 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Ma...
1h ago
US stock futures muted as bond yields resume uptrend ahead of Walmart's earnings
Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures struggled for direction on Thursday as government bond yields rebounded after a r...
1h ago
Deere raises 2026 net income forecast after first quarterly profit rise in three years
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Deere, the world's largest farm equipment manufacturer, raised its full-year net income forecast on Thu...
1h ago
Politics
The new kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on the 2026 midterms
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A handful of billionaires and companies are driving corporate spending in U.S. m...
1h ago
Five takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Florida and Alaska
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A centrist Democrat advanced in Alaska, bolstering the party's hopes of winning control of the...
21h ago
Trump's bid to inscribe name on Kennedy Center faces renewed court test
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A Democratic board member of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said she will ...
22h ago
Trump calls for Congress to pass crypto bill at White House event
By Hannah Lang Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass a bill that would bring...
22h ago
US families, healthcare providers under strain after Trump crackdown on Haitian immigrants
(Corrects to remove faulty hyperlink in paragraph 15) By Maria Tsvetkova NEW CITY, New York, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Richie Rosen,...
Aug 19, 2026
Health
Novonesis expects results from weight-loss drug supplement study in 2027
By Vera Dvorakova and Jesus Calero Aug 20 (Reuters) - Danish biosolutions maker Novonesis expects results in the second half ...
26m ago
Congo set to receive 70,000 Ervebo vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak, WHO says
Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck's Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the ...
36m ago
Celon Pharma's generic semaglutide drug matches Ozempic in early study, shares jump
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Celon Pharma's experimental semaglutide product Reduzek, a generic alternative to Novo Nordisk's Wegovy...
37m ago
Green giant: How Taylor Farms became a top salad supplier before US diarrhea outbreak
SALINAS, California, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Taylor Farms, the produce supplier at the center of the massive U.S. cyclosporiasis o...
1h ago
Multistate salmonella infections climb to 431, US CDC says
Aug 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a salmonella outbreak linked to...
13h ago
Science
Satellite proliferation imperils astronomical observations, study finds
SANTIAGO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - As thousands more satellites enter orbit, astronomers may face mounting difficulties in observin...
1h ago
Rescue mission for aging NASA space telescope fails
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A mission to rescue NASA's aging Swift observatory in space was canceled on W...
17h ago
Fastest-known star zooms under Milky Way black hole's influence
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected the fastest-known star, a stellar speedster that is zooming around th...
20h ago
As Europe rearms, Italy's fragmented space sector faces a scale test
By Mirko Miorelli Aug 19 (Reuters) - Italy's fragmented space industry is facing growing pressure to consolidate as defence a...
Aug 19, 2026
China's LandSpace lands rocket booster; joins SpaceX, Blue Origin with reusable tech
By Shi Bu, Ethan Wang and Joe Cash BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Chinese startup LandSpace on Wednesday recovered the first sta...
Aug 18, 2026
Technology
Bitcoin, crypto shares climb after Trump pushes Clarity Act
By Pritam Biswas and Arasu Kannagi Basil Aug 20 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks surged in premarket ...
29m ago
France fines Boohoo €2.3 million over deceptive discounts on website
PARIS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - France's consumer watchdog fined British fast-fashion retailer Boohoo €2.3 million ($2.69 mill...
48m ago
Exclusive-How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
By Leo Marchandon, Raphael Satter and Callaghan O'Hare AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the ...
1h ago
Ant Group quarterly profits rise 1% on year
(Corrects first paragraph to say "affiliate", not "subsidiary") Aug 20 (Reuters) - Alibaba's financial...
1h ago
Alibaba's quarterly revenue up 9%, misses adjusted profit due to heavy AI spend
By Harshita Mary Varghese and Laurie Chen Aug 20 (Reuters) - China's Alibaba reported a 9% rise in quarterly revenue on Thurs...
2h ago
Entertainment
'Baby Shark' boy returns to stage as a K-pop singer
By Minwoo Park SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The child star of the "Baby Shark Dance" video, the most-watched video in ...
5h ago
KKR to buy 6% stake in India's BookMyShow for up to $50 million, source says
By Vibhuti Sharma Aug 19 (Reuters) - Global investment firm KKR will buy a stake of about 6% in Indian ticketing and entertai...
Aug 19, 2026
ZZ Top's longtime drummer, Frank Beard, dies at 77
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Frank Beard, the longtime drummer for the rock group ZZ Top, has died at the...
Aug 18, 2026
Theater trade group Cinema United calls on Paramount and California AG to settle
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Cinema United, a trade organization representing theater owners, on Tuesd...
Aug 18, 2026
Madonna tops Taylor Swift in nominations for MTV's Video Music Awards
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Pop music veteran Madonna scored the most nominations for MTV's Video Music ...
Aug 18, 2026
