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Plante brothers bring a lifetime of hockey together on one Bulldogs line

Three Hermantown brothers who once battled in the basement, three NHL draft picks who traveled different developmental paths and three Bulldogs now beginning the season shoulder to shoulder at AMSOIL Arena.

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St. Louis County offers free property-record alerts

St. Louis County property owners can now sign up for free email alerts when a document is recorded against their property. The county recorder’s department launched Property Watch in response to concerns about deed fraud. The county said no cases of deed fraud have been reported in St. Louis

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St. Louis County sets 6.25% maximum levy increase for 2027
Sheriff Gordon Ramsay and the St. Louis County Board honored nearly three dozen emergency responders and 911 staff for their life-saving work on three incidents that occurred less than a week a part in the northern part of the county. Submitted

St. Louis County sets 6.25% maximum levy increase for 2027

COOK, Minn. — St. Louis County commissioners on Tuesday set the county’s maximum 2027 property tax levy increase at 6.25%, a $12.67 million increase that comes as county officials confront rising operating costs, state and federal mandates and growing pressure on local government services. The vote establishes the

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St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Marshals Service partnership produces significant fugitive apprehension results
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St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Marshals Service partnership produces significant fugitive apprehension results

Since January, this renewed partnership has produced significant results, including the apprehension of 53 fugitives. Those apprehensions have included individuals in St. Louis County, as well as local offenders who fled the area and were later found in other counties and states across the country.

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Two motorcyclists injured in separate St. Louis County crashes

LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Two motorcyclists suffered non-life-threatening injuries in separate crashes Monday evening in Lakewood and Grand Lake townships. Emergency responders were called shortly after 6 p.m. to a three-vehicle crash at Lester River Road and Acquire Lane in Lakewood Township. Investigators determined that the driver

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Construction to begin Aug. 24 on 40th Avenue West in Duluth
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Construction to begin Aug. 24 on 40th Avenue West in Duluth

St. Louis County Public Works and the city of Duluth are partnering on the project, which will eventually reconstruct nearly a half-mile of 40th Avenue West and add a mini roundabout at Grand Avenue. The city also will replace utilities beneath 40th Avenue West as part of the project.

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St. Louis County installs solar renewable energy systems on three Public Works facilities
A 40-kilowatt solar array, produced by Heliene in Mt. Iron, now operates on the roof of the St. Louis County Public Works facility in Culver Township. The Minnesota Department of Commerce's Statewide Solar on Public Buildings Grant Program made the project possible. Submitted

St. Louis County installs solar renewable energy systems on three Public Works facilities

With Minnesota currently importing 100% of its fossil fuels, solar power adds “homegrown” renewable sources of energy to the building and the state’s electrical grid.

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Funding for Scandia Cemetery shoreline restoration clears important hurdle

By DANA KAZEL St. Louis County's request for funding to stabilize the eroding shoreline of the privately-owned Scandia Cemetery, has cleared an important hurdle. The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) today voted to include $1.44 million for the project on its list of recommendations

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St. Louis County declares local emergency as wildfires spread
Here is a weather model (HRRR model) forecast of near-surface smoke trends through the rest of today into tonight. Overall note is that a cold front moving south through northern Minnesota will result in winds shifting to northwest and then northerly, which will bring the plumes of wildfire smoke into the Arrowhead and eventually down towards the Twin Ports and into northwest Wisconsin towards the very late evening/overnight hours. The smoke is highlighted in brown, with darker shades indicating higher smoke concentrations. US National Weather Service, Duluth, Minnesota

St. Louis County declares local emergency as wildfires spread

Smoke from the wildfires also is creating dangerous air quality conditions across the region. By Wednesday morning, air quality throughout St. Louis County was expected to reach hazardous or very unhealthy levels.

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Red Flag Warning issued for 13 northern Minnesota counties

A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday across 13 northern Minnesota counties because of extreme wildfire danger, according to the National Weather Service. The warning covers Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau

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St. Louis County Regional Landfill begins accepting waste from five-county region
Multiple trucks hauling waste from Resource Renew in Duluth deposit the garbage on the working face of the St. Louis County Landfill in Virginia as a landfill compactor crushes and moves the garbage into a cell. Submitted

St. Louis County Regional Landfill begins accepting waste from five-county region

County officials expect the expanded service area to approximately double the volume of waste handled at the landfill. Despite the increase, officials said the facility is expected to have a long operational lifespan.

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