Portions of two Duluth neighborhoods have the highest rates of children with elevated blood lead levels of any census tract in the state, according to new Minnesota Department of Health data.

On Monday, some employees at the freshwater lab received reassignments to other offices within the agency and relocation was not required. But others have not, sparking fear of looming layoffs.

The union representing federal workers said the move violated the employees' free speech rights and vowed to take legal action.

Over 10 years, the bill will increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion, cut Medicaid spending by $1 trillion and lead to 11.8 million more uninsured people, the Congressional Budget Office said.

Planted last spring but burned in last month's Camp House Fire, The Nature Conservancy returned to a plot of land along Murphy Lake to replant 5,000 tree saplings into the ash-covered ground.

The sheriff's office said "a number of cabins, garages and other structures have been affected," but no injuries were reported as of late Sunday afternoon.

Minnesota and Wisconsin attorneys general joined a lawsuit Tuesday calling the Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency's moves against the service organization “unlawful.”

Republican Keri Heintzeman and DFLer Denise Slipy face off for the seat vacated by Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, who resigned and was charged with attempting to solicit a minor.

The new proposal explicitly exempts lakers. The oceangoing vessels that travel on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes are generally too small to trigger the fees.

President Trump's federal hiring freeze is costing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facility one of its few rangers. The Corps acknowledges the popular attraction's operating hours may be affected.

A White House budget proposal would slash funding for Minnesota and Wisconsin Sea Grants, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, Great Lakes Observing System and others.

From 1990-2020, most counties in the region saw a double-digit percentage increase in home units where vegetation and development mingle, increasing the risk of property damage.

U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Hermantown, who has supported President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's cuts, said he would stick to telephone town halls.

While they support bolstering the U.S. shipbuilding industry, officials warned millions of dollars in fees each time a Chinese-built ship stops at a U.S. port would threaten Great Lakes shipping.

At virtual meetings Tuesday, employees were told to focus on wrapping up current projects and to download personnel files from their work computers, two people who attended the meetings said.

A reduction in force plan submitted by the EPA reportedly calls for shuttering the agency's science and research arm.

Trump has entertained the privatization of the USPS, while Postmaster General DeJoy has signed an agreement with Elon Musk's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency to find "efficiencies."

Cliffs said 630 employees will be laid off in 60 days. A state senator said Cliffs has excess pellets, and the auto industry, which uses Cliffs steel, faces "challenging economic conditions."

Finalized a year ago, the limits would reduce the mining industry's mercury emissions by 33%. The industry releases half of the state's emissions and missed Minnesota's 2025 reduction target of 72%.

At virtual meetings Tuesday, employees were told to focus on wrapping up current projects and to download personnel files from their work computers, two people who attended the meetings said.

Plans submitted by mining companies show an industrywide reduction of 15% by 2025, far less than the 72% required by the state.

Finalized a year ago, the limits would reduce the mining industry's mercury emissions by 33%. The industry releases half of the state's emissions and missed Minnesota's 2025 reduction target of 72%.

However, the company gets 11% of its power from neighboring Manitoba, which would be exposed to the Trump administration’s 10% tariff on electricity imports into Canada.

Northeastern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin has more than 2,300 federal employees as the Trump administration makes reductions in the workforce.

A couple dozen probationary federal employees at the region's national parks and forests lost their jobs in the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” Deeper cuts across federal agencies are expected.

A couple dozen probationary federal employees at the region's national parks and forests lost their jobs in the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” Deeper cuts across federal agencies are expected.

There are more than $6 million active National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health research grants in the Twin Ports and Fond du Lac Reservation.

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The court said the state agency must determine, again, whether the planned expansion of a basin holding back mine waste near Lake Superior requires an environmental impact statement.

Canadian oil, natural gas and electricity all flow into region and face a 10% levy in 30 days.

Participants in the race have 60 hours to reach the finish line near Tower on bike, ski or foot. They started in International Falls on Monday morning.

Participants in the race have 60 hours to reach the finish line near Tower on bike, ski or foot. They started in International Falls on Monday morning.

Participants in the race have 60 hours to reach the finish line near Tower on bike, ski or foot. They started in International Falls on Monday morning.

Participants in the race have 60 hours to reach the finish line near Tower on bike, ski or foot. They started in International Falls on Monday morning.

The 135-mile endurance race, which takes snowmobile trails from International Falls to Tower, has "on foot," bike, ski and kicksled categories.

The 135-mile endurance race, which takes snowmobile trails from International Falls to Tower, has "on foot," bike, ski and kicksled categories.