Knife River News

The rail cars along Interstate 35 will be moved to an area behind Leif Erickson Park Wednesday but the cars along Highway 61 going up the Knife River will probably be there until the spring, according to Ken Buehler, director the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

RICHMOND - Fire damaged a steel storage shed on Jay Avenue in Richmond Friday night.

The driver of a car that led police on a high-speed chase for almost 120 miles Saturday afternoon that ended in a fiery crash in Knife River was apparently suicidal at the time, the Minnesota State Patrol reports, and hadn't committed any major crime before the chase started.

During high speed pursuits, most law enforcement agencies have the option of deploying these stop sticks.

A Princeton, Minn., teenager led authorities on a 120-mile, high-speed chase Saturday from Mora, Minn., to a crash near Knife River, the Minnesota State Patrol said.

For Mora Officer Steven Hoberg a routine Saturday patrol quickly turned to anything but that, when a speeding driver refused to stop.

The Northland's Knife River is one of nearly 3,000 bodies of water in Minnesota not meeting water quality standards.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is inviting the public to comment on a draft Knife River pollution report from Oct.

Wea ve seen positively lunatic Chinese DIY-ers build their own helicopters and submarines .

If you were up along Duluth's North Shore Saturday afternoon, you would have likely noticed quite the celebration happening along the Knife River.

Driver after driver craned their necks for a better look as the sleek steel machine passed by them on Highway 61 through Two Harbors.

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend On The Move Engineer builds submarine 8/20/2009 by Richard Thomas Brimson resident Dean Ackman is building a 21-foot personal submarine to use in Lake Superior.

The Thief River Falls City Council has accepted a bid for the relocation of 1,500 feet of Pennington County Road 62 .

Duluth is full of gorgeous old historic homes, and today hundreds of people were allowed to tour a select few.

Stoney Point Pensieve Lake Superior from Stoney Point near Knife River, Minnesota My wife and girls are out visiting relatives for a few days .. I have the house to myself .. I find this wonderful for a day or so ... and then I go crazy.