Bee Gee’s Robin Gibb dies at 62
Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era as part of the Bee Gees. The 62-year-old singer died Sunday “following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery,” his family announced.
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One hundred sixteen passengers and four crew members were aboard Allegiant Air flight 449 — an MD-83 twin-engine jet, built in 1987 — when it departed from Duluth and had to return due to engine problems on Friday evening.
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Filmmaker Genevieve Davis researched her paternal grandmother, an unwed mother during the 1920s who settled in Northeastern Wisconsin. The result — “Secret Life, Secret Death” — a docudrama that tells the story of a good girl who fell into a life among criminals.
RELATED CONTENTBook charts golf’s birth in Minnesota
If Rick Shefchik’s first-of-a-kind Minnesota golf book is never expanded, it certainly can stand on its merit as a marvelous historical record and photo narrative.
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Their party faces a $1.3 million debt, ideological differences and lingering questions about a sex scandal, and Republicans leaving their state convention Saturday both acknowledged the problems and kept their chins up.
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You wouldn’t have had to follow the Legislature closely this year to know the issue dominating the Capitol’s halls and the state’s airwaves was a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.
RELATED CONTENTYour safety announcements may be used as a comedy device
ROBIN WASHINGTON: The safety instructions on a recent Delta flight from Minneapolis to Duluth made for a late-night comedy routine, leaving most passengers in stitches, myself included.
RELATED CONTENTVote for your favorite Northland hamburger for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the restaurant of your favorite burger.

Duluth spring day
Hardy fans needed umbrellas, blankets, raingear and warm clothes to watch a lacrosse game at Duluth’s Public Schools Stadium on Sunday afternoon. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

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