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Christa Lawler

Duluth Reporter
Duluth/Superior
Before 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.

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Latest from Christa Lawler

Greater Minnesota

Iron Range cold-case murder trial stalled before it starts

The search to replace two potential jurors dismissed continues Wednesday in a Chisholm man’s retrial at the St. Louis County Courthouse in Virginia.
January 22, 2025
Nancy Daugherty, 38, was found murdered July 16, 1986, in the bedroom of her Chisholm, Minnesota, home. She had been sexually assaulted. Daugherty was a mother of two, and worked in a local nursing home. Handout family photo.
Curious Minnesota

What’s the story behind Hermantown’s little brick houses?

The 1930s Jackson Project built dozens, aiming to ease urban crowding and give families a way to grow food and keep animals.
January 17, 2025
Duluth

Iron Range cold case trial redux begins this week with defense pointing to different suspect

Michael Allan Carbo will be back in court this week after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that he should have been allowed an alternate perpetrator defense.
January 13, 2025
Nancy Daugherty, 38, was found murdered July 16, 1986, in the bedroom of her Chisholm, Minnesota, home. She had been sexually assaulted. Daugherty was a mother of two, and worked in a local nursing home. Handout family photo.
Greater Minnesota

ATV riders shell out millions riding northern Minnesota trails, study finds

University of Minnesota Extension researchers found an economic impact of $36 million in St. Louis, Lake and Koochiching counties in 2023.
January 8, 2025
Spider Lake Recreation Area in Foothills State Forest was one of the first official ATV trails in the state, but the scars of high-intensity driving are still evident long after some of the worst areas were closed to riding. In this photo: Many of the steep slopes that are comon in Foothills State Forest, and are also a favorit for ATV drivers, have shown extensive erosion like this 5 foot tall gorge caused by ATV travel and erosion.
Duluth

Hermantown lands $2 million grant for developing industrial park at former Superfund site

The Hawkline Business Park is expected to cost $5 million, with the rest of funding coming from the city and private investments.
January 2, 2025
Greater Minnesota

John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon postponed to early March

The annual 300-mile race up the North Shore, which was canceled in 2024, was scheduled to begin later this month.
January 2, 2025
Ryan Redington pet each of his dogs head after winning the John Beargrease sled dog marathon on Tuesday evening. Redington finished the race with a total trail time of 29 hours 8 minutes and 19 seconds, finishing approximately 14 minutes and 56 seconds ahead of Keith Aili.
Duluth

Mary Murphy, longest-serving woman in the Minnesota House, has died at 85

Murphy, of Hermantown, took office in 1977 and served until she lost to Natalie Zeleznikar in a close general election in 2022.
December 26, 2024
Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown made an impassioned nomination speech for Melissa Hortman for House Speaker and encouraged members to read who Moved My Cheese for lessons on how to work together in the Legislature.
Greater Minnesota

Bob Dylan’s hometown fans get an early look at ‘A Complete Unknown’ in Hibbing

The Dylan biopic had a pre-screening Friday night at a theater in his boyhood home.
December 21, 2024
Duluth

Hermantown lands $2 million grant for developing industrial park at former Superfund site

The Hawkline Business Park is expected to cost $5 million, with the rest of funding coming from the city and private investments.
January 2, 2025
Greater Minnesota

John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon postponed to early March

The annual 300-mile race up the North Shore, which was canceled in 2024, was scheduled to begin later this month.
January 2, 2025
Ryan Redington pet each of his dogs head after winning the John Beargrease sled dog marathon on Tuesday evening. Redington finished the race with a total trail time of 29 hours 8 minutes and 19 seconds, finishing approximately 14 minutes and 56 seconds ahead of Keith Aili.
Duluth

Mary Murphy, longest-serving woman in the Minnesota House, has died at 85

Murphy, of Hermantown, took office in 1977 and served until she lost to Natalie Zeleznikar in a close general election in 2022.
December 26, 2024
Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown made an impassioned nomination speech for Melissa Hortman for House Speaker and encouraged members to read who Moved My Cheese for lessons on how to work together in the Legislature.
Greater Minnesota

Bob Dylan’s hometown fans get an early look at ‘A Complete Unknown’ in Hibbing

The Dylan biopic had a pre-screening Friday night at a theater in his boyhood home.
December 21, 2024
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