Duluth
August 13, 2021
A rendering showed proposed uses for a stretch of Interstate 35 between downtown Duluth and Canal Park. Reimagining the corridor got backing from the

Duluth council looking at reimagining I-35 downtown

The federal infrastructure bill includes $1 billion to fund such study efforts.
Local
August 13, 2021
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Duluth theater to require vaccination proof or negative test

The small theater reopens after 18 months with an Aug. 18 performance.
Duluth
August 13, 2021

Twin Cities man yet to be found after swimming to shore in northern Minnesota

The 21-year-old was on the lake with a friend, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said.
Duluth
August 12, 2021

Housing project moving ahead at historic downtown Duluth jail

The trickiest part of creating an apartment complex out of the 98-year-old jail is removing the stacks of steel cells.
Duluth
August 12, 2021

Attempted murder charge in Duluth drive-by shooting

The victim survived, and a passerby was nearly struck by gunfire Tuesday.
Duluth
August 12, 2021
Duluth
August 11, 2021

One of 2 Hibbing twin toddlers locked in hot car has died

The boy's twin brother has been released from a Duluth hospital. The boys apparently entered the vehicle on their own.
Duluth
August 10, 2021
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Incumbents, new faces advance in Duluth City Council primary

One at-large candidate led by a single vote Tuesday night.
Duluth
August 10, 2021

78-year-old dies after vehicle plunges into St. Louis River

The crash happened near Cloquet Tuesday afternoon.
Business
August 10, 2021
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MPCA reports more drilling mud spills along Line 3 route

Severe drought has Enbridge buying water from two northern Minnesota cities.
Duluth
August 10, 2021
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Duluth bypasses its visitors bureau, looks to hire Twin Cities firm for tourism marketing

Visit Duluth and its local predecessors had handled that role for 85 years.
Duluth
August 10, 2021

Locked in a hot car, Hibbing toddlers hospitalized

One boy is in critical condition at Children's Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis.
Duluth
August 10, 2021
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Long waits in Minn. as Canadian border opens to vaccinated Americans

Travelers waited as long as 8 hours to cross through International Falls.
Duluth
August 9, 2021

Longtime St. Louis County Attorney announces early retirement

Mark Rubin, 66, has served in the office since 2010.
Local
August 8, 2021
Outdoors
August 8, 2021
After a long day's fishing on Lake of the Woods near Big Narrows, which lies about halfway between Minnesota's Northwest Angle and Kenora, Ontario, th

Anderson: Welcome to Canada? Border reopens this week, with restrictions

Beginning Monday an entirely new chapter of border-crossing stories will be written as Canada again allows Americans to cross. But not all Americans. Here's what you need to know.
Duluth
August 7, 2021
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Closures, not smoke, keeping some from Boundary Waters

Determined visitors brave smoke, drought, live fires.
Duluth
August 6, 2021
Matt Baumgartner, President of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce, posed for a portrait in the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Lake Ave

Duluth chamber's new leader says organization must take lead in pandemic recovery

His goal is "to make Duluth more prosperous for every person who's here."
Movies
August 6, 2021
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Minnesota Deaf school grad Daniel Durant is Duluth's resident movie star

Duluth resident Daniel Durant is ready to make a splash on the screen with "CODA."
Local
August 5, 2021
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Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth schools reinstating mask mandates

The move goes into effect Monday in Mpls.; board vote to come in St. Paul.
Duluth
August 5, 2021
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Use of deadly force justified in February standoff in Duluth

K-9 Officer Luna was shot and killed by David Conwell during the standoff.
Local
August 5, 2021
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New front in Line 3 legal fight: Wild rice is plaintiff in lawsuit against DNR

White Earth Band of Ojibwe exerts sovereignty, advances novel "rights of nature" theory.
Duluth
August 4, 2021
Most of the love locks on the Duluth Lakewalk were removed during the construction of the new lakewalk leaving only a handful tucked away in a corner

Duluth's Lakewalk's love locks 'doomed in a dump'

A decision was made to remove the posts along with the rest of the debris in rebuilding after storm.
Duluth
August 4, 2021
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Hockey coach John Craig Arko, who made space for Minnesota's youngest players, dies at 79

He saw that Minnesota's most talented young players were missing out on elite playing opportunities in the offseason, so he co-founded the Minnesota Blades in 1989.
Local
August 4, 2021

At least 2 die in Aitkin County crash

The condition of one driver, a 23-year-old man from Brooklyn Park, has not yet been disclosed.

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