DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - An 8-year-old boy who was sucked into a culvert during record-setting rain in Duluth told his mom he just plugged his nose and prayed during a dark, six-block ride that felt to him like 100 miles. After hours of torrential rains subsided on Wednesday, Kenny Markiewicz and his 10-year-old cousin went outside to splash in the puddles - but the flooding created a deep pool near the culvert, and the sewer's powerful current sucked him in.

...found in a swampy wooded area near Cloquet on Oct. 4. Twenty-two-year-old Michael Siewert and a 17-year-old Duluth boy are charged with intentional second-degree murder. Twenty-four-year-old Alyssa Peterson and 56-year-old...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Seven-year-old Jack Broadmoore of Duluth has dreamed up a unique way to share his love of reading with children around the world.

...seven individuals and top four relays will advance to the Section 7-1A meet June 3 at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Boys team scores: 1-Virginia 86.5, 2-International Falls 79.5, 3-Mesabi East 68, 4-Eveleth-Gilbert 66...

...Sunday from Lower Whitefish Bay near Brainerd. The Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/rcIHVu ) says a 16-year-old Duluth boy died after hitting his head on a boat and slipping underwater on Island Lake in St. Louis County Friday evening...

SATURDAY Cross country running Wadena-Deer Creek in Swain Invitational at Duluth Boys soccer Detroit Lakes vs. Brainerd at Baxter, 11 a.m. Girls soccer Moorhead vs. Brainerd at Baxter, 1:30 p.m. Girls...

DULUTH (AP) - Three teenagers and a woman were arrested after a 5-year-old boy was killed and were awaiting charges Thursday, authorities said.

...an auction for hand-painted/pinstriped items throughout the weekend, with all monies raised going to support the Duluth Boys & Girls Club. The arenas will be filled with a variety of customs, trucks, 4x4s, racing carts, hot rods, street...