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Duluth prison camp to remain open, reversing earlier decision to 'deactivate' the facility
Northeast Minnesota Republican Rep. Pete Stauber announced the prison camp would be staying open, more than seven months after the federal Bureau of Prisons announced it would be closed.
Duluth EPA staffers put on leave for signing on to letter of ‘dissent’ critical of Trump administration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed up to six employees of the agency’s Duluth research lab on administrative leave for signing their names to the “declaration of dissent,” pending an investigation.
An Alaska brown bear has a new shiny smile after getting a huge metal crown for a canine tooth
An Alaska brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth after a first-of-its-kind procedure. The 800-pound bear named Tundra was put under sedation Monday and fitted with a new titanium alloy crown.
Northern Minnesota forest recovering from May wildfires, but lakes could suffer for years
The woods are already starting to regenerate in the area scorched by the Camp House Fire near Brimson, Minn. But researchers worry ash and fine sediment washing into lakes and streams could lead to future water quality problems.