Local News
Lake Superior – Lutsen Mountains pipeline progresses
-Plans for a new pipeline to supply Lutsen Mountains with water from Lake Superior are moving ahead, according to an update released Wednesday.
November is Family Caregivers Month
-Over 65 million people in the U.S. do care giving at some level. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with CarePartners Clinical Coordinator Jeannette Lindgren about National Family Caregivers Month.
Lodging tax revenues for September improve
-Lodging tax revenues for the seventh month of 2012 were up compared to September of last year county-wide.
ISD166 to start pulling old gym floor
-The Community Ed gym floor is being torn up, enrollment is better than expected and winter is around the corner.
Weather to warm as result of east coast storm
-Warmer weather is in the forecast, but it’ll be dry, not like the super storm out east.
Dupre to head back to the mountain
-Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marais is planning a third attempt to become the first person to reach the summit of Alaska’s Mount McKinley in January. Dupre will make the attempt in January 2013.
Bands close lands to wolf hunt
-The Grand Portage band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa say that tribal lands on the reservations at Grand Portage, Nett Lake, and Lake Vermilion will be closed to wolf hu
Weekend News Roundup for October 27
-Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.
WTIP airs Marriage Constitutional Amendment discussion
-The ballot question reads, Recognition of Marriage Solely Between One Man and One Woman.
Unsold Minn. wolf hunting licenses to go on sale
-BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Hunters will have another chance if they didn't win a lottery for Minnesota's early season wolf hunting licenses.