News & Local Affairs
"Shift Your Shopping" holiday campaign underway
-(Click on audio mp3 above to hear a recent interview with AMIBA co-founder Jeff Milchen, on this topic.)
Preliminary 2012 firearm deer harvest numbers released
-Minnesota hunters harvested 151,400 deer so far during the 2012 early firearm season, according to preliminary numbers announced today by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.The late season
DNR wolf specialist Dan Stark on Minnesota's inaugural wolf hunt
Associated Press (AP)-The early season for Minnesota's first regulated wolf hunt has closed with nearly 150 wolves killed.
New Ranger named for Gunflint District
-The Superior National Forest announced that Nancy S. Larson will be the new district ranger for the Gunflint Ranger District in Grand Marais.
Wolf trapping begins Saturday
-Minnesota's first regulated wolf hunt moves into a new phase Saturday when sport trappers will be allowed to try their luck for the first time since the region's wolves came off the endangered
Superintendent talks about future of tech at ISD166
-Technology looms large on the horizon for ISD166. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with Superintendent Beth Schwarz about tech, budgets and new vehicles.
For the time being -- nice weather
-Nice weather for the next couple of day, then turning cooler. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with meteorologist Carol Christenson about late November as well as weird fall tornadoes.
Sen. Bakk looks toward 2013 legislative session
-The Minnesota Legislature is back in the hands of the DFL. District 3 Sen. Tom Bakk is the new Senate Majority Leader. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with Sen.
Hospital faces fiscal cliff losses
-If the country goes over the fiscal cliff at the end of the year, it will take a substantial chunk of Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center with it.
Wolf season part one ends
-The first half of Minnesota's inaugural wolf hunt closed Sunday, Nov. 18, with fewer than 150 wolves killed, according to Department of Natural Resources numbers.


