The low levels of water in the St. Louis River and in the Thomson Reservoir will require “many, many inches of rain before we see it get back to normal,” Jay Cooke State Park naturalist Kris Hiller said.
CARLTON, Minn. — A portion of the gaming floor at Black Bear Casino in Carlton was shut down Monday, March 9, after a man took his own life in one of the casino’s restaurants.
The 34-year-old Bayfield County man was found guilty last month of premeditated murder and other charges in the April 2018 shooting in rural Carlton County.
In a letter to parishioners, Bishop Paul Sirba said the diocese had been notified of a sexual abuse accusation against the Rev. David Tushar, priest at St. Francis Catholic Church in Carlton and Sts. Joseph and Mary Catholic Church in Sawyer.
NEAR SAWYER, Minn. -- Just minutes into this particular fishing excursion, Bret Baker started the verbal barbs with a backhanded comment about his son Joseph's first largemouth bass of the day.
JAY COOKE STATE PARK -- As his stubby, plastic kayak dipped under the wave of a rapids, between two boulders and then out of sight, Jon Schmidt let out a primal scream audible even over the roar of the river.
DULUTH, Minn. - Dave Jones made the trek east from tiny Jacobson in Aitkin County to ride Minnesota Highway 210 on Wednesday, Oct. 4, as it reopened through Jay Cooke State Park for the first time since the historic 2012 flood devastated the road...
CARLTON -- Relatives say a family of five from Kentucky killed in an Illinois flood Saturday was driving to the northeast Minnesota town of Carlton to visit family when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters.Erin and Adam Schutt and their ch...
