North Branch News

Search, airlift in North Branch area North Branch Police report they and deputies, and a K9 unit, were in the field near Harder Avenue and 412th Street, Sunday, May 27 in pursuit of a suspect.

NORTH BRANCH - A 28-year-old Rush City man is in jail accused of fleeing cops on a stolen ATV.

The following people were arrested between 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, and 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office: Mark Beyer, 29, of North Branch, transferred from Faribault's Minnesota Department of Corrections facility on burglary charges.

Christopher Eng has been selected as the Duluth's Director of Business and Economic Development, the city announced Tuesday.

North Branch School Board members last week heard a report from curriculum director Lolene Borsheim describing North Branch schools' methods for providing academic interventions.

Minnesota is equipping state and local law enforcement agencies with Data Master DMT units, which are the latest in the arsenal of techie tools to prosecute drunk driving.

Fishing opener is a big day in Minnesota. At Chalstrom's Bait in Duluth they are getting anglers ready for the shop's busiest two days for the year.

The Taylors Falls bridge looking east. Wisconsin DOT is the lead agency and their contractor is keeping half the bridge open for two-way non-truck traffic during decking surface improvements and adding erosion controls.