Duluth tourist hot spot will get upgrades during monthslong construction project

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center at Canal Park is getting a $3.5 million shoreline upgrade.
May 1, 2025

Minnesota plant sales offer bargains and gardening tips — here are 38 to check out

Nurseries and garden clubs across Minnesota are offering a variety of flower, vegetable, herb and specialty plants.
May 1, 2025
People looking at rows of plants.

Charges: Unlicensed driver fleeing a crash causes another in Duluth, kills nun in other vehicle

Weeks after the crash, the driver was caught driving drunk, court records show.
May 1, 2025
Duluth police Sgt. Steven Ring disinfected his squad car after his shift. The department has been hit by soaring numbers in the Northland, though it won't release totals.

No charges in Hibbing native Adam Johnson’s death during 2023 U.K. hockey game

Johnson, who played two years at UMD, was beloved among his former teammates and townmates.
April 29, 2025

Duluth businesses lauded for promoting less light, more night sky

The Lake Superior Zoo was among several local organizations tapped by Starry Skies North. The bats love it.
April 28, 2025
Tourism marketers in northern Minnesota starting to realize the gem they have above them: Dark skies. While 80 percent of the population can't see the milky way because of light pollution, areas along the north shore are prime viewing spaces for stars and even Northern Lights. A local chapter of the International Dark Sky Association is kicking off a first annual festival to celebrate the night sky in Duluth this week.

If Duluth crime is down, why are residents afraid?

As city leaders work to revitalize downtown, they fight negative perceptions.
April 26, 2025

Fiery, funny punks to nostalgic synth art-pop: Duluth’s Homegrown is eight days of local music on dozens of stages

The festival started as a birthday party for Scott “Starfire” Lunt, but more than two decades later is much, much more.
April 24, 2025

Man charged in July fatal stabbing, arson in Duluth’s Lakeside neighborhood

Tyler Walter Edwards is accused of killing Maxton Keith Gudowski in July 2024, then lighting him and his apartment on fire.
April 24, 2025

North Shore resort owner plans Mille Lacs Lake retreat

Del Mar Dunes in Garrison, Minn., is expected to have 12 units ready this summer, with more to come on its 90 acres.
April 24, 2025

In the midst of global trade war, first saltie of the season arrives at Port of Duluth-Superior

Federal Nagara, loaded with sugar beet refining equipment, cruised through the canal Monday morning.
April 22, 2025

What’s so independent about these Minnesota bookstores? Plenty.

For Independent Bookstore Day on April 26, four stores tell us what makes them tick.
April 19, 2025

Fix underway for mine pit that threatened to flood northern Minnesota town

The Canisteo Mine Pit has long threatened to flood nearby Bovey.
April 18, 2025
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