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Viking Octantis cruise ship docked along DECC waterfront
Onlookers peeked at the Viking Octantis docked only feet from the DECC. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Viking Octantis cruise ship docked along DECC waterfront

"So it's not only the convenience of the new seawall dock space that's going to invite more cruise ship traffic, but also the visual coming down the hill and being struck in the face by a huge cruise ship tied up next to the DECC." -- Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert

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The Minnesota Star Tribune offers employees buyouts
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The Minnesota Star Tribune offers employees buyouts

“Every media company in the country is going through tremendous transformation right now in the face of unprecedented challenges and new opportunities. We’re no different.” -- Publisher Steve Grove

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Expanded coverage of student-athlete recruiting coming to Minnesota
Former Cherry guard Isaac Asuma is now playing for the Gophers. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Expanded coverage of student-athlete recruiting coming to Minnesota

The Minnesota Star Tribune and Prep Network, a national leader in high school recruiting rankings and coverage based in Plymouth, Minn., are teaming up to co-produce expanded coverage of recruiting topics, rankings and news in Minnesota. As the Midwest’s largest news organization, the Minnesota Star Tribune is extending its

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Good Reads & Listens
From a Duluth community-building event in 2024. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Good Reads & Listens

Today at The Minnesota Star Tribune: 4 things to watch as Minnesota Legislature races to pass budget before deadlineA short special session may be necessary, lawmakers have acknowledged.Allison Kite‘Ready, set, go’ for residents as crews battle fires in northeastern MinnesotaThe Camp House and Jenkins Creek fire have not

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Minnesota Star Tribune partners with local baseball leaders to support Baseball Day Minnesota and expand coverage of the sport
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Minnesota Star Tribune partners with local baseball leaders to support Baseball Day Minnesota and expand coverage of the sport

Sign up for North Report The Minnesota Star Tribune is teaming up with the organizers of Baseball Day Minnesota to support the state’s premier midseason event for high school baseball players on May 17 in Waconia. Additionally, Minnesota Star Tribune readers will see expanded coverage of high school baseball,

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Saturday Notebook: Minnesota Matters tour stop, Wild, Vikings in the news
Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert will serve as a panelist at next Thursday's Minnesota Matters event. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Saturday Notebook: Minnesota Matters tour stop, Wild, Vikings in the news

The Future of Downtown Duluth will be the panel discussion topic and Q&A during a The Minnesota Star Tribune Minnesota Matters tour stop in Duluth on Thursday at Clyde Iron Works upstairs bar. Panelists include Roger Reinert (Mayor of Duluth), Sara Rolfson (Zeitgeist Business Director), Joel Kilgour (Project

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The Minnesota Star Tribune to launch new podcast

The Minnesota Star Tribune to launch new podcast

The Minnesota Star Tribune in partnership with Lemonada Media announced today the launch of the new podcast Worth It, premiering on Friday, May 2. Hosted by the Minnesota Star Tribune’s night editor Nicole Norfleet and new outstate columnist Aaron Brown, Worth It is an every-Friday podcast that delivers news

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Today at The Minnesota Star Tribune
People cross 1st Avenue along Superior Street on April 11 in downtown Duluth. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Today at The Minnesota Star Tribune

If Duluth crime is down, why are residents afraid? Eric Faust opened his coffee roastery during the height of downtown Duluth’s synthetic drug crisis, fueled by a notorious scofflaw head shop. It was “a super low point,” for the neighborhood, he said of the time more than a dozen

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Today at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Tommy Sar has to push open the automatic doors that only partially opened in the skyway near the Press House Apartments where he lives in St. Paul. Sar, who uses a wheelchair, has lived in the Press House Apartments downtown since 2019. The skyway closures earlier this month severely limited his ability to access the eastern part of downtown. (Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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As buildings close, navigating downtown St. Paul skyways has become a hassle Office towers have fallen into financial distress in the era of hybrid and remote work. But shuttering them creates commuting, accessibility and small business obstacles. Read more. In the midst of global trade war, first saltie of the

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