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Duluth Police officers are on scene in the 2500 block of West 2nd Street for a report of a shooting. This remains an active and ongoing incident.
Breaking News: Duluth Police Department responding to shooting incident
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Quote Me: Roger Reinert on his 2026 budget proposal
"After reviewing the City’s finances, community needs, and individual economic realities, I have proposed a 2.7% inflation-only maximum levy for 2026." -- Reinert
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Duluth will spotlight jobs and training this week as Mayor Roger Reinert proclaims Wednesday Workforce Development Day in the city. The declaration comes during Workforce Development Month, a statewide effort to highlight the programs and partnerships that connect Minnesotans to careers. Reinert will read the proclamation at a 1 p.
Howie: Reinert’s 2026 budget faces test of tax promise
A windfall of state aid helped soften the edges. Local Government Aid jumped by $4.4 million in 2024, the largest increase in more than two decades and the equivalent of a double-digit property-tax hike. The city collected $35.2 million in aid in 2025, nearly one-third of its General Fund.
Howie: Duluth firefighters honored in ceremony of service
Public ceremonies like this one don’t always make the evening news. But they should. They are checkpoints in the life of a department that few of us notice until a siren wails down our street or a medic kneels over a loved one.
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Ten Tenors returning to DECC
The Duluth show, among the first Upper Midwest dates confirmed for the 30th Anniversary World Tour, is expected to feature signature medleys along with three new arrangements created for U.S. audiences.
Howie: Bulldogs, if you’re not buying in? Get off the bus.
Here’s a bottom-line truth fans remember: passengers ride. Bulldogs drive. And right now, this train’s stalled. The team, the fans, the entire program — everyone deserves better. Time to stop watching VHS tapes of 2019. Time to earn the sweater again.
Minnesota Star Tribune will close the Heritage printing facility
“Our industry continues to evolve rapidly, and this change will help us preserve resources, invest in our digital transformation, and continue delivering the high-quality journalism Minnesotans count on.” -- Steve Grove, CEO and Publisher
Sports Notebook
The HowieHanson.com is powered by Lyric Kitchen · Bar Claire Niksich buried an 62nd-minute goal off a feed from Eilee Gunderson to give Hermantown a 1-0 win over Two Harbors in a Lake Superior Conference girls soccer match Saturday night at Corey Veech Field at Centricity Stadium. Agates keeper Nadia