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This image from radar Thursday afternoon shows a plume of some kind extending from near the Iron Range toward Duluth. Lake Superior is at right. The photo is labeled "Possible Smoke Plume," but the National Weather Service says the radar blip may have been a large swarm of insects. (NWS image)
Odd phenomenon on weather radar near Duluth may have been bugs
The plume looked much like the start of a wildfire, with a pinpoint source then fanning out in the breeze.
 News / superior 15 hours 53 min ago
Overdue angler found dead on Lake Superior
The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t identified the 62-year-old man pending notification of his family.
 News / Wisconsin 15 hours 58 min ago
A Metro Transit bus stands with a gaping hole after a fatal collision with a vehicle near Dale Street and Charles Avenue in St. Paul on Friday night, July 21, 2017. (Courtesy of St. Paul police)
Possibly 2 die when car flies through air, goes through St. Paul city bus
At least one person is dead and others injured after a car collided with a Metro Transit bus at the intersection of Dale Street and Charles Avenue,...
 News July 21, 2017 - 10:14pm
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Despite being bitten by something — most likely a fish — in Island Lake on Wednesday afternoon, 11-year-old Maren Kesselhon was doing well on Thursday. “She's not too shaken,” said her father, Ryan Kesselhon of Duluth. (Ryan Kesselhon photo)
Bitten by a muskie? Duluth girl recovering from scary encounter on Island Lake
One minute, Maren had been peacefully dangling from her family's paddleboard in Island Lake on Wednesday afternoon. The next second she was screaming...
 News July 21, 2017 - 10:35am
Case connected to 2014 murder wraps up
Since the fatal shooting of their son Garth on Sept. 30, 2014, Paul and Debbie Velin have become quite familiar with the Douglas County Courthouse.
News / crime July 21, 2017 - 10:25am
One dead following town of Superior house fire
An 82-year-old woman is dead following a house fire in the Town of Superior.
News July 21, 2017 - 10:16am
Northwood-Solon Springs football players, from left, Dustin Sohn, Ryan Volz and Jase Kuffel played for the North All-Stars in last weekend’s Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Game at UW-Oshkosh. (Submitted photo)
Three Evergreens help North defeat South in WFCA All-Star game
Jase Kuffel, Ryan Volz and Dustin Sohn helped the North Eight-Man All-Stars win for the fifth straight year with a 32-20 victory over the South...
 sports / preps July 21, 2017 - 8:51am
SHS fall sports orientation meeting is Tuesday
Information presented at this meeting includes online registration, drug testing, participation policies, fundraising and participation fees.
 sports / Spartans July 21, 2017 - 8:43am
Bike, trail proposals take U-turn
Two proposals aimed at connecting residents to the outdoors were discussed Thursday by the Superior Finance Committee, but neither will move forward to tonight's common council meeting.
News July 21, 2017 - 8:30am
Boats rest at their docks at Barker’s Island Marina in Superior on Monday afternoon. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
Council extends marina lease
Superior's City Council approved extending the marina lease with Sailboats Inc. at Tuesday's Common Council meeting.
News July 21, 2017 - 8:22am
Back Door Project murals like this one behind Northwest Wisconsin Community Services Agency at 1118 Tower Ave. used art to highlight alternative entrances to establishments along Tower Avenue during reconstruction work. The project has earned Superior a lot of statewide buzz, according to the Wisconsin Arts Board. Jed Carlson/jcarlson@superiortelegram.com
Arts drive economies
Nonprofit arts across the nation is a $166 billion enterprise that supports 4.6 million full-time equivalent jobs and generates $27.5 billion...
 News July 21, 2017 - 7:00am
Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Domingo Santana (16) watches his RBI single during the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday at Citizens Bank Park. The Brewers won 9-8. (Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports)
Santana’s single helps Brewers stave off collapse vs. Phillies
It certainly wasn’t how the Milwaukee Brewers drew up their plan to snap out of their six-game skid, but they’ll take it.
 sports 14 hours 53 min ago
Kyle Busch waits as his crew works on his car in the garage during practice for the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)
Kyle Busch wins pole to start quest for third straight Indianapolis win
Busch and Jimmie Johnson, who won at the Brickyard during his 2008 and 2009 championship seasons, are the only two Cup series drivers to have...
 sports / racing 15 hours 16 min ago
At rush hour a line of cars on Chestnut Street wait to cross the Stillwater Lift Bridge into Wisconsin Wednesday, July 19. (Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press)
Farewell, lift bridge. Good riddance, traffic: Stillwater downtown businesses are giddy over a future without daily congestion created by iconic bridge
STILLWATER, Minn. — When Brine's Bar and Restaurant was founded as a meat market in downtown Stillwater in 1958, people already were talking...
 News July 22, 2017 - 4:27pm
Minneapolis Chief of Police Janee Harteau takes part in a round table discussion on ways to reduce gun violence during a visit to the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. on February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
After latest police shooting, Minneapolis mayor faces calls to resign: 'You have failed us'
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges stepped to the microphone Friday night to announce the latest development in the most recent killing by an area...
 News July 22, 2017 - 2:55pm

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