2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (347+ words) WAUSAU, Wisconsin — A plane carrying Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany was forced to make an emergency water landing Saturday night. Tiffany, who represents Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, shared in a social media post early Sunday morning that the small aircraft lost…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (379+ words) Four years ago, I asked the people of Northeastern Minnesota to send me to the Senate with a simple promise that I would put the Northland first. That means working with anyone when it helps our region, speaking up when…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (276+ words) I’ve lived in Northeastern Minnesota for more than 30 years. My husband and I raised four kids here. I built a small business here. I served on the City Council and spent a total of 10 years as mayor of Babbitt. And…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (477+ words) DULUTH — Create happiness in under a minute. That’s the pitch Danica Silcox, a junior at University of Minnesota Duluth, made to her fellow students Thursday morning in the Kirby Student Center as they passed by her table. She set up…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (542+ words) ST. PAUL — Minnesota ballots will be mailed for the general election on Sept. 18, and while Secretary of State Steve Simon assures voters “nothing has changed,” a battle in the courts and whistleblower allegations are creating uncertainty around mail voting. On…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (317+ words) Duluth News Tribune Reader's View: ICE just doing its job on immigration We are tired of picking up the tab for people who do not belong here. America is learning the hard way that illegal immigration is not always a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (522+ words) Despite having the space it needs to meet demand, Duluth is facing potentially the worst housing crisis in the state. Rents climb while construction stagnates, and people are squeezed out of their homes or home city. The greatest roadblock we…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (502+ words) On July 1, President Donald Trump was in Medora, North Dakota, visiting the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. In addition to designating the Superior National Forest (in 1909), which set the stage for the establishment of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness,…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (450+ words) Congress enacted some of the biggest reforms to two of America’s welfare programs in decades — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps, and Medicaid, which provides healthcare for one in four low-income Americans. Critics may…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (659+ words) Sometimes you lose even when you win. That’s what it feels like trying to make ends meet in today’s economy — and our ever-shrinking safety net isn’t helping. After years on a waiting list for subsidized housing, I finally made it…...