Lake Superior College students in all programs will experience a full day of extra-curricular learning Wednesday at the main campus. Regular classes give way to this conference-style event offering dozens of 50-minute academic and life skills sessions taught by Twin Ports experts in 10 subject clusters. Community partners from Essentia
St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay today recognized the life saving responses of citizens, volunteer firefighters, law enforcement other first responders, and 911 emergency communications specialists as he presented 911 Lifesaver Awards to the people involved in three separate incidents. Among those honored are Mike Plesha, Andrew Peyla, Danny Mackey,
By Kelli Latuska Officials from the City of Duluth, along with officials from community partners Saint Louis County and the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, provided an update on the response to the heavy rain event over the weekend at a press conference today. Four inches of rain fell in
“We’re gifted with this resource today, and it would be easy to lose if we forgot.” -- Jack Ezell, former Manager of Planning and Technical Services and current WLSSD Board member
Rocket-armed Duluth Denfeld quarterback Mace Brooks, a rising college prospect whose elusiveness reminds many fans of former Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton, on his team's 4-0 start: "The season has been going really good. We started off with strong home wins against Mora (28-16) and Grand Rapids (24-21)
An excessive amount of water fell in this rain event, causing area streams, rivers, and creeks to run much faster than normal and to be, in some cases, exceedingly dangerous.
Another Facebook post by Duluth mayoral candidate Roger Reinert: "Yesterday many of you called, texted, and messaged to let me know you got a text 'poll.' Well, I got it too. But friends, it wasn't a poll. It's something called a 'push
Duluth Denfeld star running back Taye Manns, one of Minnesota's top college prospects in the Class of 2025. He has amazing speed and power.
Hawks football coach Mike Zagelmeyer on his team's impressive, 31-14 Northeast Red home victory over Grand Rapids on Friday night: "I thought we came out of the gates really slow on Friday, and that was disappointing as we talked about trying to make a statement right away
Every Hermantown fall sports team has enjoyed a strong start to its 2023 season. The powerful Hawks football team is 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the rugged Northeast Red conference. Hermantown blitzed Grand Rapids 31-14 last Friday night at beautiful Centricity Stadium, as elite junior quarterback Alex Schott connected with
Holy Family Catholic Church in Duluth's Friendly West End held its Fall Festival fundraiser on Saturday. Hundreds of neighborhood residents attended the annual event. More photos from today's event:
Duluth's Team, Class 4A No. 10-ranked Duluth Denfeld, pounded Duluth East 27-14 in a Northeast Red high school football game before a standing-room-only crowd Friday night at Ordean Stadium. The Hunters led 20-0 at the half, thanks in part to an 80-yard running touchdown by ultra-elite junior halfback
Duluth Denfeld (3-0) at Duluth East (1-2) Pequot Lakes (3-0) at Esko (3-0) Grand Rapids (2-1) at Hermantown (2-1) Pine City at Hibbing Cook County at Cherry Barnum at Braham Cromwell-Wright at Carlton-Wrenshall Ely at Chisholm Greenway at International Falls Moose Lake-Willow River at Mesabi East Mora at North Branch
Ordean Foundation Executive Director Don Ness, among other community leaders, on converting the Ordean Building to workforce housing and retail – "I’m very enthusiastic about the progress being made to convert additional properties from commercial office space into housing. It addresses several concerns – housing shortage, commercial vacancy rates, and
By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans were unable for a third time Thursday to begin debate on the Defense funding bill, throwing another wrench into Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership tenure. The 212-216 vote that rejected the rule for the $826 billion Defense spending measure was
By Christopher Ingraham, Minnesota Reformer The share of Minnesotans working from home during the pandemic skyrocketed, from 6.4% in 2019 to 20.9% by 2021. There was some hope — particularly among CEOs, managerial types and commercial landlords — that this was just a one-time disruption that could be reversed via
