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You may have noticed a gathering of emergency vehicles and the buzz of a Life Link III Helicopter around the UW-Superior campus this evening. Here's what they were up to.

You might want to keep a few pans and jugs of water around on January 14 if you live in the Kenwood neighborhood.  City crews are planning a temporary water shut-off for the neighborhood while they replace an inoperable fire hydrant on North Road.

Officials with the Cloquet Police Department are sharing that they have determined what the problem was with  their emergency weather sirens and they have fixed the problem.  The malfuntion was caused by a blown fuse/breaker on the electronic board for the siren was the culprit...

The Cloquet Police Department is alerting residents that the emergency sirens that they are hearing today - Tuesday, May 13 - is part of a test.  The emergency weather siren malfunctioned last week as part of a test procedure and workers are trying to correct it today...

Winter is not letting go of the Northland, having said that, we are approaching a large storm that will potentially drop a lot of snow on this area. What if you are caught somewhere and getting out of your car is not an option.

The Duluth Police Department launched iWatch some time back, and for whatever reason became CodeRED. The plan was to use it to be able to give more information to those that sign up. Now the Police Dept. is asking everyone in the Duluth area they serve to sign up now. This service will let you know when there is an emergency in your area you need to react to.

We all know that we should stock candles and flashlights in the house in case of an emergency.  But here's another idea for an emergency light-source that most houses have:  Crayons!

There are many small towns and villages in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I live in one, Lake Nebagamon Wisconsin, and I love the small town atmosphere. Over the years, I have been caught short of food items on more than one occasion due to storms, unexpected emergency, or my own oversight Often times the neighborhood store is closed for the night. Restaurants are usually open, but that can be hard on b

With the winter weather not being over, you hear it all the time, have a winter emergency kit in your car. Here is a good list of things to keep. So what does one need in her emergency winter car kit? According to Jim Rink, my trusty source at AAA, these are the items every motorist should have stashed in his or her car:   flashlight flares or reflective triangle distress sign telephone change   f