Fatal bicycle-vehicle crash in Duluth
Initial investigation shows the bicyclist, a 60-year-old male, was riding westbound when he went through the crosswalk without checking for oncoming traffic. The male was struck by two vehicles.
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Hermantown man cited in Canal Park fountain soap incident
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Chicago man arrested in downtown Duluth shooting
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police arrested a 42-year-old Chicago man Tuesday in connection with a weekend shooting downtown that left two people with minor injuries. Michael Triplett was arrested on suspicion of three counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, intentionally discharging a firearm under circumstances that
Howie: Duluth Schools’ referendum will rise or fall on trust
Financial need alone will not carry two operating referendum questions across the finish line Nov. 3. The district must confront a trust issue that has accumulated over two decades and explain why voters should believe the next 10-year, $103 million plan be better than the plans that preceded it.
Task force seizes cocaine, fentanyl following Hermantown arrest
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