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Howie: Duluth future runs through healthcare

How do you replace lost industrial base? How do you stabilize tax revenue? How do you bring consistent, year-round activity back into a hollowing downtown? Rochester, Cleveland and Pittsburgh leaned into medicine and were successful.

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Obituaries

Obit: Steve Jansson

Steve will be remembered for his kindness, his gentle nature, and the warmth he extended to all. His caring spirit lives on in the deep relationships he built and the countless lives he touched. He will be missed now and always.

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Obituaries

Obit: John Locker

John was a true inventor and serial entrepreneur — creative, relentless, and often years ahead of the market. In 1978, he brought the family back to Duluth and built the Courthouse Racquetball Club, which he operated until the mid-1990s.

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