Single mothers in St. Louis County make less money than single mothers in any other Minnesota county with more than 60,000 people, according to a study conducted by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.
A proposed state park on Lake Vermilion got last-minute approval from the 2008 Minnesota Legislature thanks to a deal that will see local governments receive double the usual payments from the state.
A measure that will tamp down the growth of property taxes in Minnesota for the next few years probably sounds like sweet music to homeowners who have seen their tax bills increase steadily in recent years.
As chief of construction for the Afghanistan Engineer District, Lt. Col. Patrick Gallagher provided support and leadership to more than 33 field offices, managing hundreds of projects that are worth more than $2.4 billion.
Bayfield High School senior Forrest Howk took home a third-place finish from among 1,500 participants at the International Science Fair in Atlanta last week.
The mother and a sister of murdered Iraq war soldier Adam Sheda challenged Luis Mark Hogan on Monday to honor the man he killed by doing something positive with his life after he is released from prison.
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The long arm of the law Jim Heffernan
So I’m out for an after-dusk stroll in my quiet Hermantown neighborhood when a police squad car abruptly pulls up alongside me, and its driver ominously turns off the headlights.
Why Duluth? Novelist sets suspense novels here Chuck Frederick
The opening question for the man thrusting Duluth into the world’s literary limelight was such a no-brainer Brian Freeman blurted it out before I could.
“Why Duluth, right?” asked the author of “Immoral” and “Stalked,” psychological suspense novels both set in our fair city and both with sales in the hundreds of thousands.