Lake County News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty used emergency budget powers to slash more than $730 million.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a three-year prison sentence for an Ely man who participated in a drunken shooting spree that terrorized campers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

The motorcyclist killed in Chicago last weekend by a driver painting her fingernails grew up in Minnesota.

Cradled gently in the tines of a huge forklift Tuesday, the remains of the "honking tree" were removed from the spot where it had fallen and placed on a flatbed truck.

Vandals have felled the iconic "honking tree" just south of Two Harbors in northern Minnesota.

One of the most popular beaches in the Ramsey County park system will be closed this season, a victim of continuing drought in the area.

"Have shovel, will work cheaply" could be the theme for bid results so far on federal stimulus projects.

Lake County Recycling Center is just another business affected by the economy. a oeThe recycling companies a theya re actually making stuff out of this,a said Curt Gadacz, Lake County solid waste officer.

Larry Saur was a 23-year-old "kid" with a degree in business education when he applied for and got the job as deputy court clerk.

Lake County undersheriff Jerry Norberg said, at a Lake County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, the Hella s Angels motorcycle gang will be in the area for the last week of July to Aug.

Limbs of trees were broken by giant hands of ice last week. Many residents, especially in the Silver Bay area, did not receive power until days after the initial storm.

Heavy snowfall in Lake County forced the 1,500-student Lake Superior School District to close at noon today.

Line by line, pole by pole, electricity is slowly being restored to people along the hills of the North Shore, although hundreds remain without power.

An ice storm barreled through Lake County Monday, leaving at least 2,000 homes without power.

Cooperative Light & Power in Two Harbors says severe icing conditions have rendered much of its service area without power.

The Lake County Board of Commissioners got a thumbs-up from Two Harbors' mayor Tuesday night during the test-run of what will be a monthly night meeting "I love this idea," said Randy Bolen Jr.

Bambi may no longer be safe in Two Harbors. At Mondaya s city council meeting, mayor Randy Bolen Jr.

Just when the grass was starting to peek through the snow piles, winter is reminding us that it still has some punch left.

The fate of the proposed Project Labor Agreement policy still awaits, and ita s still a topic of discussion at the Lake County board meeting.

The "new" board for the Two Harbors Development Commission approved a $200,000 business subsidy loan from the THDC to Bodies in Balance at a meeting on Monday.