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National Drug Take Back Day Is Saturday
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - As part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, there will be opportunities across the area for peop...
1h ago
Formal Charges Filed In Fatal Duluth Fire
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - After a lengthy Duluth Police investigation in cooperation with the St. Louis County Attorney's Office, f...
Apr 24, 2025
Old Downtown Parking Ramp Demolition Begins
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The demolition of a parking ramp that was built in the 1950's at 2nd Avenue West and 1st Street and conde...
Apr 24, 2025
State
Two North Shore Attractions Nominated For Honors
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says a couple of North Shore attractions have been nomina...
Apr 17, 2025
Prescribed Fires In The Superior National Forest
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - This month the Superior National Forest is planning some prescribed fire operations. There are nearly two...
Apr 11, 2025
Area Counties Added To Spring Burning Restrictions
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is expanding spring burning restrictions in the sta...
Apr 08, 2025
Prevent Bear Conflicts By Removing Food Sources
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has tips to avoid conflicts with hungry bears that ...
Mar 25, 2025
DNR Warns Of Deteriorating Ice Conditions
ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) - Ice conditions around the region have changed rapidly over the last week. Warmer weather, rain and wind...
Mar 24, 2025
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Prep Scores for April 23
Tuesday, April 22 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Grand Rapids 6 Duluth East 4 Duluth Denfeld 11 Superior 1 Proctor 5 Hermantown 2 Carlt...
Apr 23, 2025
Prep Scores for April 18
Thursday, April 17 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Superior 7 Cloquet 0 Esko 22 Two Harbors 0 Esko 13 Moose Lake/Willow River 1 Moose La...
Apr 18, 2025
Prep Scores for April 14
Saturday, April 12 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Cambridge-Isanti 8 Duluth East 2 Cedarburg 10 Superior 5 West Allis Hale 6 Superior 3...
Apr 14, 2025
Prep Scores for April 9
Tuesday, April 8 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Sartell-St. Stephen 10 Duluth East 0 Superior 6 Grand Rapids 5 Cherry 14 Moose Lake/Wil...
Apr 09, 2025
Prep Scores for April 7
Saturday, April 5 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Menomonie 9-10 Superior 7-5 Waterford 16 Northwestern 6 Hayward 27 Poynette 2 Hayward ...
Apr 07, 2025
National Sports
NBA roundup: Thunder rally from 29 down to beat Grizzlies
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and Jalen Williams had 26 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to an improbable 114-108...
26m ago
Wisconsin residents savor Green Bay's NFL draft spotlight
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Fans were amazed and appreciative that the NFL's smallest city could host one of the league's biggest even...
2h ago
Analysis: 3 winners, 3 losers from first round of NFL Draft
One round out of seven is complete at the 2025 NFL Draft, so it's far too soon to hand out draft grades. There will be steals...
2h ago
NHL roundup: Pavel Buchnevich, Blues slice Jets' lead
Pavel Buchnevich netted a hat trick and added an assist for the St. Louis Blues in a 7-2 win against the visiting Winnipeg Je...
2h ago
NBA-Bryant debut Lakers jersey sells for $7 million
(Reuters) - A Kobe Bryant jersey worn during his Los Angeles Lakers pre-season and regular-season debuts was sold for $7 mill...
3h ago
National News
War-hit Congo park turns to chocolate gorillas in conservation push
By Gradel Muyisa BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant de...
50m ago
Swiss central bank faces environmental protests about its investments
By John Revill BERN (Reuters) -Environmentalists protested at the Swiss National Bank's AGM on Friday, urging the central ban...
51m ago
Rhine river levels rises again, allowing normal sailings in north
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Rhine river levels have risen after rain in Germany this week, allowing vessels to carry more cargo and no...
2h ago
Blue chip-backed Biomas launches first Brazil reforestation project
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Biomas, a Brazilian reforestation venture backed by several corporate heavyweights, on...
5h ago
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fall 4% in FY23/24 to record low
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% to a record low in the fiscal year ended March 2024, government ...
7h ago
World News
China vows in Politburo meeting to support firms, workers affected by tariffs
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's top policymakers pledged to support firms and workers most affected by the impact of triple-digit ...
45m ago
Polish government seeks European approval for judicial reform
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish government has sent a proposed judicial reform to European legal experts for approval in a new ...
45m ago
Crowds file into St. Peter's on last day to pay respects to Pope Francis
By Joshua McElwee and Giulia Segreti ROME (Reuters) -Tens of thousands filed into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican through...
45m ago
Trump's envoy Witkoff arrives in Moscow, Interfax reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Friday, Interfax news agency said, ...
46m ago
Thousands line up to pay respect to Francis, the pope of 'outcasts'
MADRID (Reuters) - Roger Yu, a gay man from the Philippines who abandoned plans to become a priest, said he was in Italy to p...
46m ago
Business
Take Five: Trump's first 100 days
(Reuters) -Donald Trump is nearing the 100-day mark of his second presidency and investors are no closer to figuring out how ...
39m ago
European shares rise on signs of easing Sino-US trade tensions
(Reuters) -European shares rose on Friday as investors assessed a potential de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade war, while ...
39m ago
Swiss National Bank warns of economic fallout from trade conflict
By John Revill BERN (Reuters) -Increased global economic risks will likely weigh on Switzerland's economic growth, Swiss Nati...
39m ago
Zimbabwe's local currency inflation at over 85% y/y in April
(Reuters) -Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate was at 85.7% in April in local currency terms, statistics agency data showed. Fri...
41m ago
Automakers rush to meet surging China demand for long-range hybrids
By Nick Carey, Victoria Waldersee and Qiaoyi Li SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese automakers and foreign rivals are launching ever ...
41m ago
Politics
State Department nixes climate office, revamps energy bureau, sources say
By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has terminated federal employees in c...
7h ago
Exclusive-US Congress Republicans seek $27 billion for Golden Dome in Trump tax bill
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress plan to introduce a sweeping $150 billion defense packag...
10h ago
Trump administration says it is complying with order barring FEMA funding freeze
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Trump administration said on Thursday the Federal Emergency Management Agency had made m...
10h ago
Trump targets Democratic fundraising organization ActBlue
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump targeted Democratic fundraising group ActBlue an...
11h ago
Exclusive - Trump poised to offer Saudi Arabia over $100 billion arms package, sources say
By Mike Stone and Pesha Magid WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) - The United States is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package...
12h ago
Health
China's data protection rules prompt pause from major European research funders
By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Several of Europe's biggest funders of scientific collaboration with China, in fields su...
5h ago
Ozempic copies restricted after US judge denies injunction
By Patrick Wingrove and Dan Levine (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a bid by compounding pharmacies to keep makin...
10h ago
PAHO warns against vaccine hesitancy in Latin America amid rise in measles, yellow fever
By Raul Cortes (Reuters) -The Pan American Health Organization said on Thursday it is seeking collaboration with neighboring ...
12h ago
Four states have asked USDA to let them ban soda, candy from food assistance program
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Republican states have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let them ban s...
12h ago
Germany's Merck nears deal for SpringWorks, source says
(Reuters) -Germany's Merck KGaA is nearing a deal for SpringWorks Therapeutics, a source close to the deal said on Thursday. ...
12h ago
Science
China to lend moon rocks to NASA-funded US universities
By Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's national space agency announced on Thursday it would let scientists from the ...
21h ago
China launches Shenzhou-20 mission to Chinese space station, state media reports
BEIJING (Reuters) -China sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station on Thursday, in its 15th crewed spa...
23h ago
Bite marks reveal gladiator's fatal encounter with a lion in ancient Britain
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman ...
Apr 23, 2025
China lunar chief accuses US of interfering in joint space programmes
BEIJING (Reuters) -The chief designer of China's lunar exploration programme accused the United States on Wednesday of interf...
Apr 23, 2025
China-led lunar base to include nuclear power plant on moon's surface, space official
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Preliminary plans for the China and Russia-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) include buildi...
Apr 23, 2025
Technology
Japan's Advantest expects 6% annual profit growth as AI boosts testing
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese chip testing equipment maker Advantest forecast on Friday its operating profit to grow 6% next fisc...
23m ago
Samsung to invest $117 million in southern Indian facility, minister says
(Reuters) -South Korea's Samsung Electronics will invest 10 billion rupees ($117.09 million) in its facility in southern Indi...
23m ago
Automakers rush to meet surging China demand for long-range hybrids
By Nick Carey, Victoria Waldersee and Qiaoyi Li SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese automakers and foreign rivals are launching ever ...
41m ago
US seeks India trade deal on e-commerce, crops and data storage, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -A U.S.-India trade agreement under discussion will cover 19 categories, including greater market access for farm g...
41m ago
Russia's Yandex reports a 34% rise in Q1 revenue
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian internet giant Yandex reported a 34% rise in first-quarter revenue to 306.5 billion roubles ($3.71 ...
2h ago
Entertainment
EU set to probe Universal's planned acquisition of Downtown Music, FT reports
(Reuters) -The European Commission is set to investigate Universal Music Group's planned $775 million acquisition of independ...
11h ago
A Minute With: composer Hans Zimmer and conductor Matt Dunkley on new tour
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) -From "The Lion King" to "Inception", fans will be able to hear live ve...
16h ago
'Grandpa robbers' face trial in Paris over Kim Kardashian jewellery heist
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - A group of men dubbed the "grandpa robbers" will be among 10 people to go on...
21h ago
Kentucky farmers hit by one-two punch of trade war, historic floods
By Julie Ingwersen and Karl Plume GLENDALE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Kentucky farmer Drew Langley got an early start planting soy...
23h ago
Charli XCX, Lola Young and Wham's 'Last Christmas' get Ivor Awards nods
LONDON (Reuters) - Charli XCX's hit album "Brat" and Wham!'s perennial festive hit "Last Christmas" are a...
Apr 23, 2025
