The Minnesota Executive Council unanimously approved an iron ore mining lease today as part of a continued mining renaissance on the Iron Range.
(03/06/2013)
Departing from tradition, Duluth Mayor Don Ness showed a video as he delivered his State of the City address Monday night.
(03/04/2013)
Mining has always been a boom and bust industry on the Iron Range. But proponents of the PolyMet plant and another proposed copper-nickel mines by Twin Metals, say the area is poised for a rebound. While backers of the mines tout the jobs they could bring, opponents ask whether those jobs are worth the environmental risk to the region's lakes and rivers.
(03/04/2013)
NORAD is considering removing two of its 18 Air Force sites from 24-hour alert, saying it would save millions of dollars without compromising its ability to defend against 9/11-style attacks.
(03/01/2013)
A veto by a taconite mining company has taken a popular plan to reroute a major northern Minnesota highway off the table.
(02/28/2013)
The city of Duluth has sued the federal government as part of its long-running dispute with the Fond du Lac Ojibwe Band over revenues from its Duluth casino.
(02/27/2013)
Meetings to discuss plans to slow the spread of the invasive gypsy moth are being hosted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture this week in northern Minnesota.
(02/26/2013)
Cliffs Natural Resources discussed the company's flagging financial results for last year but sounded an upbeat note about this year at a meeting in Virginia Wednesday morning.
(02/20/2013)
Birdwatchers from around the country have converged on northeast Minnesota this weekend to attend a well-known bird festival and to see rare owls along the North Shore.
(02/16/2013)
The company planning the first proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota says it has made several environmental improvements to the project.
(02/14/2013)
The CEO of Cliffs Natural Resources announced Tuesday that two of its Minnesota taconite facilities have produced much higher grade iron-ore pellets.
(02/13/2013)
Though it might seem impossible to many, a thriving scene has emerged on a North Shore beach where about 50 surfers brave the frigid water for waves they swear can compare to some of the best surfing in Hawaii or California.
(02/13/2013)
Some Duluth business leaders are concerned that the governor's plan to tax clothing and many professional services could hurt Duluth employers. But there is confusion and little clarity about how the tax plan would would affect business and competition.
(02/11/2013)
Authorities have arrested 30 people for selling crack cocaine in Duluth and neighboring Superior, Wis.
(02/08/2013)
A bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature would change the makeup of the board that oversees an Iron Range economic development agency.
(02/08/2013)
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