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Serious injuries in crash at Lafayette Bluff

A collision involving three vehicles occurred near the Highway 61 Lafayette Bluff Tunnel in Lake County this morning, December 5, sending two people to area hospitals.

Sue Hakes to lead Phifer's bid for Congress

Candidate for Congress Leah Phifer announced today that she has hired Sue Hakes, of Grand Marais, to take the reins of managing her campaign to win the DFL endorsement to represent Minnesota’s 8

Icy roads treacherous for all

Rhonda Silence-

The ice-covered backroads of Cook County were difficult to traverse on Monday, December 4, even for Cook County Highway Department equipment.

Mayor talks propane and Rec Park

Rhonda Silence-

The Grand Marais City Council covered a variety of topics at the last meeting, ranging from challenging propane tank placement in downtown Grand Marais to the city's parks department planning and

School board to consider principal resignation at special meeting

Rhonda Silence-

At the end of October, School District 166 Principal Adam Nelson told some school staffers that he may be leaving for a position at the Wrenshall School District.

Winter storm starts with extremely icy roads

Rhonda Silence-

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the entire North Shore for today and tomorrow.

LSProject: Analyzing the size of Lake Superior

Lake Superior is outrageously huge. That’s understood.

Weekend News Roundup for December 2

Each week the WTIP news staff compiles a review of news from the previous five days. Mining exploration near the BWCA advances in Congress. The firearms deer harvest was up in the Northeast.

Sheriff’s Office seeking suspect in ski hill altercation

Rhonda Silence-

Cook County Sheriff deputies were paged to Lutsen Mountains Ski Hill yesterday morning, November 29, for a dispute between two brothers over money.

Update:Internet outage impacting hundreds of Cook County residents resolved

WTIP just received an update from a spokesperson with Arrowhead Electric/True North Broadband about the technical difficulties with Internet access to approximately 700 customers.