Christa Lawler
Duluth Reporter
Duluth/SuperiorBefore joining the Star Tribune in 2022, Christa Lawler was a sports reporter-turned-arts and entertainment reporter at the Duluth News Tribune. She started at the Rochester Post-Bulletin, her hometown newspaper, after graduating from the University of St. Thomas. She has lived in Duluth since 2000 and likes trail running, yoga, paddle boarding and reading.
Latest from Christa Lawler
Duluth
Landfill in Virginia, Minn., will turn heat from garbage into energy used to treat wastewater
The 10-acre cell at the St. Louis County landfill is the first of its kind in the state.
November 21, 2024
Duluth
NTSB announces cause of fatal plane crash that destroyed Hermantown house
The National Transportation Safety Board cited the pilot’s likely “spatial disorientation” in its report on a single-engine plane crash that killed all three on board — but not those in the house the plane hit.
November 19, 2024
Gophers
Gophers complete women's hockey sweep of Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota, ranked third, rolled past the No. 4 Bulldogs two days in a row and hasn’t lost to them since March 2022.
November 17, 2024
Gophers
No. 3 Gophers pound out women’s hockey win over No. 4 Minnesota Duluth
The Gophers gave UMD goalie Eve Gascon a 48-save workout in the first of back-to-back meetings.
November 16, 2024
Duluth
Police: Duluth man suspected of killing family, himself got gun permit in September
Anthony Nephew got the gun despite a violent incident two months earlier. He told officers that voices had been telling him President-elect Donald Trump was going to take control and he needed to kill his family to protect them.
November 15, 2024
Duluth
In Duluth, hundreds walk in candlelight vigil to honor slain family
Hundreds of people turned out to walk from the Nephews’ home to the Abramson house, nearly a mile through the West Duluth neighborhood.
November 14, 2024
Duluth
St. Louis County marks the end of project that brought fixes to 21 bridges and culverts
Dubbed the “bridge bundling project,” it was a three-year, $25 million collaboration between the northern Minnesota county and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
November 14, 2024
Duluth
Man charged in burglaries, assaults on elderly in their Duluth homes
Jeffrey Scott Montana faces five felony charges from last week’s spree.
November 12, 2024
Duluth
Police: Duluth man suspected of killing family, himself got gun permit in September
Anthony Nephew got the gun despite a violent incident two months earlier. He told officers that voices had been telling him President-elect Donald Trump was going to take control and he needed to kill his family to protect them.
November 15, 2024
Duluth
In Duluth, hundreds walk in candlelight vigil to honor slain family
Hundreds of people turned out to walk from the Nephews’ home to the Abramson house, nearly a mile through the West Duluth neighborhood.
November 14, 2024
Duluth
St. Louis County marks the end of project that brought fixes to 21 bridges and culverts
Dubbed the “bridge bundling project,” it was a three-year, $25 million collaboration between the northern Minnesota county and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
November 14, 2024
Duluth
Man charged in burglaries, assaults on elderly in their Duluth homes
Jeffrey Scott Montana faces five felony charges from last week’s spree.
November 12, 2024