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Duluth Seaway Port Authority executive director to retire
Adolph Ojard, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, announced today plans to retire this year after serving in that leadership role for the past decade.
The retirement of an industry leader such as this will be felt not just in the Port of Duluth-Superior, but throughout the Great Lakes-Seaway ...
Crawford Community Diversity Award winner
The Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Superior has chosen Carl Crawford as its Community Diversity Award Recipient for the 2012-13 school year.
Carl is a graduate of UW-Superior and played and coached basketball with the Yellowjackets as well. Carl was the featured speaker ...
KBJR 6 and KDLH 3 win journalism awards
KBJR 6 and KDLH 3 have been awarded Eric Sevareid Awards from the Northwest Broadcast News Association.
The awards, given out the Midwest Journalism Conference on April 13, include:
. First-place, Talk/Public Affairs — Northland Voices: Ground Zero in the War on Synthetic Drugs (Barbara Reyelts)
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KUWS FM’s Mike Simonson wins national journalism award
Wisconsin Public Radio reporter Mike Simonson and the late Jim Packard were just named winners of a National Headliner Award for their documentary titled “Forever Ace: The Richard Bong Story.” The piece, which aired on Veteran’s Day last year, received the first-place award in the “Broadcast ...
Schneider named KBJR 6 and KDLH sports anchor-producer
Zach Schneider has been named main sports anchor-producer for KBJR 6 and KDLH 3.
Schneider, a Duluth native, takes over for Tom Hansen, who left the anchor desk last month for a position at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Schneider began his tenure at KBJR 6 and KDLH 3 in 2008 as an intern while ...
Ness wins award for outstanding contributions to disaster recovery
Duluth Mayor Don Ness has been honored with the Minnesota Phoenix Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Phoenix Award is presented to a private-citizen, volunteer, and a public official who have each made an outstanding contribution to ...
City of Duluth hires human resources manager
Audra Flanagan has been selected to serve as the city of Duluth’s Manager of Human Resources, Healthcare & Safety.
Flanagan, a lieutenant colonel, served as the Wing Executive Officer for the 148th Fighter Wing, the Duluth-based Air National Guard base. She was responsible for managing all aspects ...
UMD professors receive Imagine Fund Awards
Professors from a variety of disciplines are recipients of the University of Minnesota’s 2013 Imagine Fund Annual Award. The fund supports research in the arts, design, and the humanities. This year, 130 awards were given throughout the U of M system.
The UMD professors and the titles of their research ...
Lt. Governor Yvonne Prettner Solon to represent Minnesota at international economic development forum
Lieutenant Governor Yvonne Prettner Solon will travel to Santa Fe, New Mexico on Thursday to represent the State of Minnesota at an international economic development forum, where she will lead a roundtable discussion on economic collaboration and regionalization.
Using examples from the University ...
Duluth’s Mary Amerman wins Lake Superior Magazine’s photo contest
A photograph that captures the sensation of the infinite and the eternal felt near Lake Superior — while showing our small, hopeful presence beside it — earned Mary Amerman of Duluth the Grand Prize in the 18th annual Lake Superior Photo Contest, announced in the current February/March issue ...
