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DULUTH—Hospitals in northern Minn. and across the state have been scrambling to cope with a nationwide shortage of injectable opioid painkillers. "The supply is just inconsistent," said Gina Lemke, pharmacy director at St. Luke's hospital. "We can't place an order and trust...

SCANLON, Minn.—Authorities have identified the driver who died when his semi truck crashed into the St. Louis River amid snowy conditions early Friday morning, Oct. 27. The Minnesota State Patrol reported that Christopher Michael Lucia, 44, of Duluth was killed when his truck...

A seventh and final Superior Kwik Trip is planned for the South Superior.

Arne Gene Jokinen Johnson, 26, was sentenced this week to five years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision.

The Carlton County Historical Society welcomes guest speaker Allen Anway to present his program at 1 p.m. today called "Four Days Before the Mast" at its museum in Cloquet.

Superior Telegram A Cloquet man accused of possessing child pornography made an initial appearance last week in Douglas County Circuit Court. Arne Gene Jokinen Johnson faces felony possession of child pornography. He was released on a $10,000 signature bond and ordered to...

A Cloquet man will spend 138 days in jail for a 2012 carjacking in Superior. Cheyenne Allen Smith, 20, pleaded guilty in Douglas County Circuit Court on Jan. 17 to an amended charge of take-and-drive of a vehicle without consent as a party to a crime. He was sentenced to 138 days...

Another wave of oppressive, humid heat is set to sweep over the Northland today and Monday. The National Weather Service in Duluth on Saturday issued a heat advisory for the Twin Ports, Northwestern Wisconsin, Cloquet, Aitkin and Hinckley from late this morning through Monday night. Temperatures...

It's not a surprise, but it is now official: Duluth, Superior and Cloquet are in a drought. But while lawns and fields are growing brown and brittle in the Twin Ports -- with more heat on the way -- areas to the north have seen summer rainfall much greater than normal. "We've had...