The long Labor Day Holiday weekend is underway and with it comes a crackdown on impaired driving and enforcement of other traffic laws. Extended hours and additional personnel will be on duty with local police, sheriff offices and the state patrol. Ryan Morris, Traffic Crash Invesitgator with the Duluth Police ...More
The Twin Ports will again be the scene of the annual GLBTAQI Pride Festival. An estimated 7 to 10 thousand people are expected to attend a variety of events over the weekend at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth. Among the highlights are the bon fire on Friday night, a 5-k ...More
A 17 year old male has been charged in district court for his part in an August 19th assault and robbery of a 52 year old man in Duluth. The victim was walking to work around 5 a-m on the 600 block of East 1st Street when he was confronted ...More
Three different projects that will bring fiber optic cables into Duluth have been announced. Federal money was awarded to Enventis to build 428 miles of fiber optic cable in Greater Minnesota. That includes a line from Duluth to St. Paul. The Merit Network in Michigan will construct a 1200 mile ...More
Two major construction projects to improve the water delivery system for businesses and residents in the Upper Piedmont, Duluth Heights, airport and mall locations of Duluth will begin September 14th. An elevated water storage tank will be built on Basswood Avenue at a cost of nearly 3 million dollars. The ...More
A tentative ageement has been reached between the nurses union and St. Lukes Hospital in Duluth. The pact came early this morning after a marathon negotiating session that began on Tuesday. The Minnesota Nurses Association is recommending that nurses ratify the agreement in a vote scheduled for Wednesday, September 8th ...More
The 2011 issue of the Farmers Almanac says Duluth has the second worst winter in the country. The annual magazine took a number of meteorological factors into consideration to pick the five cities in the U-S that they say has the worst winter and worst summer weather. Topping the worst ...More
It appears that Superior will follow Duluth's lead and consider a ban on synthetic marijuana in an upcoming City Council meeting. An ordinance will be introduced by Council President Bob Finsland and Police Chief Floyd Peters at the September 7th Superior City Council meeting. Superior Mayor Dave Ross is ...More