Duluth
Duluth picks out-of-state agency over local firms to market tourism
In his successful campaign for mayor last year, Roger Reinert criticized incumbent Emily Larson for choosing a Twin Cities firm over locally connected groups to market the city. Now the city is looking outside Minnesota.
November 22, 2024
Elections
This Minnesota county voted blue for nearly 100 years — until Trump
Carlton County, just southwest of Duluth, hadn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Herbert Hoover in 1928.
November 22, 2024
Greater Minnesota
Tolkkinen: All ends well for Brad, the ram on the lam, and Taz, the horse in the north
Brad the sheep and Taz the Arabian are both back home, thanks to two-legged friends who never lost hope.
AuthoredKaren Tolkkinen
AuthoredKaren TolkkinenNovember 21, 2024
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
Fatal hit-and-run charge filed against local DFL leader in northern Minnesota
Cynthia Arlene Martin said she thought she hit an owl or a turkey, according to the criminal complaint.
November 21, 2024
Duluth
Pickup driver is hit and killed by 2 vehicles while moving deer out of Wisconsin road
The chain of events occurred after dark east of Turtle Lake, the Barron County Sheriff’s Office said.
November 20, 2024
Duluth
Brad the sheep, who eluded rescuers for weeks on the North Shore, has been found
Brad was finally corralled in the Proctor area Tuesday afternoon by a veterinarian with a tranquilizer, according to the sheep’s owner Ryan Osvold.
November 20, 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
High Schools
All-Minnesota: Meet our picks for the state's best prep football players
From the Twin Cities to greater Minnesota, the Minnesota Star Tribune picks our top 25 football players in the state this year.
November 19, 2024
Colleges
Uncorked QBs smashing records all across Minnesota
Football Across Minnesota: ‘Ground and pound’ offenses are disappearing, replaced by record-setting quarterbacks at several Division II and III schools. Plus: prep stars, 8-2 Vikings and more.
AuthoredChip Scoggins
AuthoredChip ScogginsNovember 19, 2024
High Schools
Prep Athletes of the Week: Monticello's Adalynn Biegler sets state records at Class 1A swim meet
Also, Yonis Noor and Griedin Corley lead their respective teams to adapted soccer state championships.
November 18, 2024
Eat & Drink
Minnesota’s oldest candy shop makes hard-to-find sweets beloved for generations
On the Iron Range, descendants of Canelake’s Candies returned to the family business after bringing Great Lakes Candy Kitchen to the North Shore.
November 18, 2024