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Community rallies around keeping Willow River & Togo Correctional Facilities open

08/13/2020 10:36 PM

Community members held a rally Thursday to bring about awareness about keeping Willow River and Togo Correctional facilities open amid budget shortfalls brought on by the pandemic.

Pollution to Pristine: A Rainy River success story

An Eagle with an attitude on the north shore

Hibbing woman sentenced to 37 years for murder

UMD community reacts to fall sports games getting canceled

Check out Honk the Moose geocache adventure lab in Biwabik

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VOTE 2020 - Minnesota & Wisconsin Primary

U.S. Senate - Minnesota (D)

U.S. Senate Minnesota (D)

Reporting: 100%

Tina Smith Smith (D) (I)

87%

Paula Overby Overby (D)

Ahmad Hassan Hassan (D)

Full Results

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U.S. Senate - Minnesota (R)

U.S. Senate Minnesota (R)

Reporting: 100%

Jason Lewis Lewis (R)

78%

Cynthia Gail Gail (R)

John Berman Berman (R)

Full Results

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U.S. House - Minnesota Dist. 8 (R)

U.S. House Minnesota Dist. 8 (R)

Reporting: 99%

Pete Stauber Stauber (R) (I)

94%

Harry Welty Welty (R)

Full Results

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Semi truck driver dies after crash in Sawyer County

NSIC cancels all games through end of year, affecting UMD

World & National

UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties

Israel and the United Arab Emirates say they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal.

Mexico to keep US border closed to non-essential travel

Mexico plans to extend the closure of its shared border with the United States for another month to non-essential travel.

Tropical Storm Josephine forms; no warnings in effect

Tropical Storm Josephine has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, making it the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season.

US jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high

The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week. The decline suggests that layoffs are slowing,

This Week in Mining

Keetac remains on indefinite idle, and steelworker leadership weighs in.

Indefinite idle continues at Keetac, but two projects underway

About 40 workers are clocking in at Keetac to help finish up two projects, but the mine remains idled indefinitely.

Northshore Mining is getting ready for a restart.

Northshore Mining will be back in operation next week

Workers at Northshore Mining are heading back to work, as the CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs said they expect operations to begin again next week.

Minntac and Minorca each have one case of COVID-19

Two more cases of COVID-19 are being confirmed at the mines. There is one case at Minorca and one case at Minntac, according to union leaders.

WDIO Sports

Gone Fishin' August 13th

Recent photos from Cathy Martin, Tim Alzheimer, Jeff and Dana Sanders, and Ahna Anderson.

Aces top Lynx 87-77 for sole possession of 2nd place

A’ja Wilson had 23 points and eight rebounds, Angel McCoughtry scored 21 points and the Las Vegas Aces topped the Minnesota Lynx 87-77 for sole possession of second place.

Darvish takes no-hitter into 7th, Cubs beat Brewers 4-2

Yu Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his third straight dominant start, and the major league-leading Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night.

Grizzlies roll past Bucks 119-106, reach West play-in round

Jonas Valanciunas and Ja Morant had triple-doubles and the Memphis Grizzlies kept their season alive Thursday with a 119-106 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, who were missing star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo after he was suspended for head-butting an opponent.

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*** ELECTION TESTING: WDIO is testing election software. The numbers, totals displayed here are for testing purposes only. TEST TEST TEST *

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NSIC cancels all games through end of year, affecting UMD

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Tech Up program aims to close the digital divide

Fire reported in basement of building in Hibbing

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Wisconsin COVID-19 Update Thursday

Michigan COVID-19 Update Thursday

Fire at Quad Cities Recycling

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Minnesota Supreme Court fast-tracks absentee ballot case

Gov. Walz appoints new leader of MN National Guard

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