WDIO-TV (Duluth, MN)

The UMD women’s hockey team is leaning on returners and bringing in new freshmen talent as they head into the offseason. After their recent NCAA tournament appearance, the Bulldogs are keeping things fresh but have not turned to the transfer portal this time. Head coach Laura Schuler said this choice is intentional. “Obviously, we’ve benefited from the portal in the past significantly.

Showers and thunderstorms could develop across northeast Minnesota and up the Minnesota-Wisconsin border between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. The best chance for potentially severe storms is from 1 to 5 p.m. as the cold front moves east and convection increases. Rain and thunderstorms are expected today along I-35 and into northwest Wisconsin, with the possibility of isolated to scattered severe storms. The development of severe storms depends on earlier precipitation and cloud cover.

Minnesota lawmakers met in Duluth for a roundtable to discuss ways to support the state’s growing senior population. As well as how to address long-term care needs and ongoing problems older Minnesotans face. The event, hosted by Long-Term Care Imperative, brought together healthcare providers and bipartisan legislators to share ideas on priorities for older residents. Minnesota now has more than one million residents who are 65 years or older.

The UMD men’s hockey team is looking ahead to next season with excitement as key players choose to return instead of going pro. This past season, the Bulldogs made it back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2022 and kept their first-round unbeaten streak alive. There is a lot to be optimistic about with all the talent sticking around, even with NHL contracts on the table.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reporting a multiple vehicle accident on Highway 53 and Comstock Lake Road in Cotton Township. According to 511mn.org, the crash happened in the southbound lane around 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Drivers should be prepared for slow moving traffic, and emergency vehicles in the vicinity of Wilbert Cafe and El Toro Lounge. WDIO has a crew headed to the scene and will update this story as additional information becomes available.

Patients and colleagues are remembering Dr. Cerina Fairfax as a devoted mother, a caring dentist and the rock at the center of her family, after police say she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax. Police found both dead in their home in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Annandale, Virginia, early Thursday. They believe Justin Fairfax fatally shot his wife and then killed himself.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found. Fires used to die down or even die out at night as temperatures dropped and humidity increased, but that’s happening less often.

The owner of home shopping network pioneer QVC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing by parent company QVC Group, which also owns HSN, formerly the Home Shopping Network, arrives as long-running TV shopping networks struggle to adapt to the rapid shift by consumers now tuning in to livestreams on TikTok, or online marketplaces like Shein.

Relatives of a jail inmate who died after a Kansas sheriff’s deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for one minute and 26 seconds as he repeatedly yelled “Help!” have filed a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for the family of Charles Adair renewed their demand Friday that video of what happened be released publicly in announcing the wrongful death lawsuit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles plans to sound out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the artificial intelligence company’s new Mythos model, which has attracted attention from the federal government for how it could transform national security and the economy. A White House official, who requested anonymity to discuss the planned meeting Friday, said the administration is engaging with advanced AI labs about their models and the security of software.