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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – City officials in Grand Forks say they are willing and ready to provide assistance to their counterparts in the flood-ravaged Minnesota city of Duluth. Mayor Mike Brown tells the Grand …
21 Jun 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Authorities in Duluth are sending out crews to assess flood damage, and try to shore up unsafe infrastructure. Deputy Police Chief Robin Roeser says authorities are “urging people to stay away …
21 Jun 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered flags flown at half-staff Wednesday for a Richfield High School graduate who was killed in Afghanistan. Army Spec. Kedith L. Jacobs was 21 years old …
20 Jun 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minneapolis teenager has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting another teen in a south Minneapolis alley. Malcolm Jackson pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Trequan Sykes. Jackson, …
20 Jun 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A fund has been set up to raise money for the family of a man allegedly punched by an off-duty Minneapolis SWAT officer. Mike Archambault says 43-year-old Brian Vander Lee is still …
20 Jun 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The Lake Superior Zoo says it has lost several animals in the damaging flood waters. A zoo spokeswoman says a “beloved” donkey named Ashley died as well as sheep and goats …
20 Jun 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Duluth Mayor Don Ness says he plans to declare a state of emergency because of serious flooding in his northeastern Minnesota city. Ness tells The Associated Press he plans to issue …
20 Jun 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The group that’s pushing to ban gay marriage in Minnesota’s constitution has raised $1.4 million for its campaign. That’s considerably less than what’s been raised by its chief opponent. Minnesota for Marriage …
20 Jun 12
Listen for details coming soon on KCHK’s Summer Prize Extravaganza! We’re going to give our listeners a chance to win a series of prizes over the Summer, June thru September. We can’t announce all the …
