Eveleth News

MN2nd NewsMinute,0254 Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS It's another busy day for Senator-elect Al Franken.

Sen.-elect Al Franken is already marching into his new role: He'll participate in six Independence Day parades on Minnesota 's Iron Range.

Past and present taconite workers will receive letters from the University of Minnesota in coming weeks inviting them to participate in a massive screening for a rare lung disease.

It was an impromptu farewell at American Legion Post 71 Sunday morning as a handful of Vietnam Vets prepared to depart for the welcome home they never got.

New $9 million Holiday Inn Express and Suites Opens in Mountain Iron, Minnesota; The 79-Room Hotel is First Structure to be Built as part of Planned 47-acre Development Jun.

Taste: These pretzels were similar in many ways to Twisted Grandma's other flavor, Buttery Garlic Goodness , which is to say, they were quite good.

A crowded field of bidders translated into big savings for street improvements at the site of the new Perham hospital.

Paul and Sheila Wellstone, shown in a 2000 photo, had a profound impact on Marcia Avner that has lasted well beyond the October 2002 plane crash in Eveleth in which the Wellstones and six other people died.

May 9, 2009 9:34 pm US/Central EVELETH, Minn. The funeral for Dan Zamlen has drawn hundreds of relatives and friends, who recalled the University of St.

Friends Sarah Nilles and Monica Jarvis embrace after a memorial service for Dan Zamlen at the Chapel of St.

The St. Louis County Board voted 6-1 Tuesday morning to sell the former county jail building to the city of Duluth for $1. The board also approved giving the city $107,678 - the amount the county was about to spend to demolish the building until the city stopped the process.

May 5, 2009 8:58 am US/Central EVELETH, Minn. A grand jury has indicted 30-year-old Jesaiah Carlson with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of Megan Anderson in August 2007.

Friends of Dan Zamlen plan to return home to Minnesota's Iron Range this weekend to say goodbye to the Eveleth native whose body was pulled from the Mississippi River.

Daniel Zamlen, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of St. Thomas from Eveleth, Minn., had been missing since April 5. A body recovered from the Mississippi River is confirmed to be that of a University of St.

Taste: The smallish knotted pretzels in this bag had lots of seasoning visible on their surfaces, mostly whitish in color, with some green pieces.

While there are anecdotal reports of declining populations of northern leopard frogs, data gathered from the DNR's annual frog and toad survey suggest they are doing fine.

Today's growing issues of unemployment, homelessness and disillusion hit close to home for Tracina Coward and Liz Kuoppala.

The Minnesota House has unanimously approved legislation that would require a quicker response when young adults go missing.

THE LATEST: The family of the missing University of St. Thomas student is offering a $5,000 reward for information that could lead to finding its son.

The reward for information on the whereabouts of a University of St. Thomas student who disappeared more than 10 days ago has been doubled to $10,000. The university announced the increased reward Thursday for information about Dan Zamlen, 19, of Eveleth, Minn.