Alex Buie

WDIO News covering Duluth, Superior, Iron Range, NW Wisconsin, and U.P. Michigan

Winterscheidt has been serving with the Superior Police Department for 18 years, holding various roles within the Department.

WDIO News covering Duluth, Superior, Iron Range, NW Wisconsin, and U.P. Michigan

The MPCA says the PFAS are from firefighting foam used at LSC’s Emergency Response Training Center. Duluth’s drinking water has not been impacted.

St. Louis County Public Health says COVID-19 transmission in the region has been low for three consecutive months.

Investigators learned one of the suspects was living in the U.S. illegally from Mexico, and has been deported numerous times.

This is not a work-stoppage, just an informational picket, as negotiations continue over new three-year contracts.

Those funds are to be distributed as quickly as possible.

Big features include a cashless and cashier-less pay system, and new ticket stations.

Organizations that received grants do work in relation to domestic violence and human trafficking.

When given during the third trimester of pregnancy, Tdap vaccination prevents more than three in four cases of whooping cough in infants younger than two months old.

Kids entering Kindergarten through 6th grade are eligible to register. Camp runs from June through August.

The fundamental right to an abortion is now law in Minnesota, as Gov. Tim Walz signed the PRO Act Tuesday. Minnesotans have the freedom to make decisions about their own reproductive health.

4,686 Warnings and 808 Citations were issued, 207 individuals were arrested, and 243 stops required no action.

The Minnesota Department of Health is closing the COVID-19 testing location at the DECC.

Gov. Tim Walz has outlined a massive health & safety budget proposal, which includes funding to increase public safety, lower gun violence and violent crime, and invest in meaningful criminal justice reform.

The bill offers an additional 26 weeks of benefits for over 400 workers.

The funds are to help students practice as mental health providers, to meet the region’s growing needs.

The program will ensure emergency services can keep operating, in the event of a power outage.

Essentia says bed space is backed up in their hospitals, and it’s mostly because of staff shortages in nursing homes. Not enough caregivers in those facilities means people are spending more time in hospitals.