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One injured, four arrested in Hermantown drive-by shooting
One person was injured and four others are in custody after a reported drive-by shooting late Saturday in Hermantown. The Hermantown Police Department said a 20-year-old Superior man was hit by one of several bullets fired from a car along Oak Ridge Drive just before midnight. The...
 News September 26, 2016 - 6:35pm
A car sits in Knife River on the North Shore after a Friday night crash. (Photo courtesy of Paul von Goertz)
Car plunges into Knife River
A Duluth man was injured on Friday when the car he was driving veered off of Scenic Highway 61 and landed in the Knife River. Lake County Sheriff...
 News September 26, 2016 - 6:04pm
Michelle Donovan, Shayla Mae Donovan and Nicholas Zobel sit on Michelle’s bed in Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center. Michelle is 29 weeks pregnant and hospitalized with “MoMo” twins — identical twins sharing the same amniotic sack and placenta. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
DOUBLY FAITHFUL: Couple trusts in God for at-risk twins in the womb
When Nicholas Zobel learned that the baby in Michelle Donovan’s womb was two babies, in circumstances that placed them at risk, he was unruffled....
 News/health September 27, 2016 - 12:00am
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Koresh Lakhan (left) thanks volunteer Susan Poupore for the thank you gift given to him at the Valley Youth Center Monday afternoon. Lakhan gave the Center a $1,000 donation from the $10,000 prize he received after receiving an Unsung Hero Award from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
Quiet giver uses award money to keep helping Duluth
The start of every week at Valley Youth Center in West Duluth offers kids a hot meal that volunteers Susan Poupore and Chris Tuttle spend nearly...
 News September 26, 2016 - 9:57pm
The abandoned Clover Valley School between Duluth and Two Harbors is seen in October 2014. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
Long-closed Clover Valley School will be torn down
The old Clover Valley School hasn't heard a recess bell since 1974, but it's managed to hang on for more than 40 years, with at least some walls...
 News/education September 26, 2016 - 3:43pm
The Duluth City Council voted 5-2 to set a maximum limit of 17.65 percent on the city's property tax levy Monday. (file photo / News Tribune)
Duluth City Council caps property tax levy
A Monday night vote set the stage for up to a 17.65 percent increase in the city of Duluth's property tax levy next year. By a 5-2 margin, the...
 News September 26, 2016 - 10:25pm
Bentleyville Tour of Lights at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth. (2014 file / News Tribune)
Bentleyville Tour of Lights will be bigger than ever this year
This season's Bentleyville Tour of Lights will feature its biggest display yet, organizers announced Friday as they kicked off a fundraising...
 News September 23, 2016 - 7:36pm
NUTRITION: Avoid the temptation of processed meats
When life gets busy, it is tempting to turn to food that can take you from the refrigerator to the dining room table in minutes. But when you...
 News/health September 27, 2016 - 12:00am
Victim identified in fatal Esko crash
Authorities on Monday released the name of a woman killed in a one-vehicle crash Saturday in Esko. Robin Lee Bergquist, 41, of Saginaw, died in the crash that happened at about 12:20 a.m., the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office reported. The crash remains under investigation. Authorities...
 News September 26, 2016 - 1:36pm
ROBIN LEE BERGQUIST
ROBIN LEE BERGQUIST Robin Lee Bergquist, 41, of Twig, died unexpectedly in an automobile accident on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Robin was born...
 September 26, 2016 - 7:57pm
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump speak . REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Clinton, Trump clash over race and economy in first debate
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Democrat Hillary Clinton accused Republican Donald Trump on Monday of having a long history of racist behavior during a heated...
 News/politics September 26, 2016 - 10:03pm
A front-end loader dumps a bucketful of Magnetation’s finished concentrated iron into a truck outside of the company’s Plant 2 in May 2014. (file photo / News Tribune)
Magnetation bankruptcy settlement delayed
The federal bankruptcy court hearing that will likely decide the future of the Magnetation iron ore mining operations has been delayed for one...
 Business September 26, 2016 - 9:57pm
Vikings' Patterson finds a home on punt coverage
Cordarrelle Patterson joked this season he would be willing to play fullback or free safety if it would get him on the field. That hasn’t happened yet, but the Minnesota Vikings wide receiver was placed on the punt return team in Sunday’s 22-10 win at Carolina. Serving as the...
 sports/football September 26, 2016 - 11:29pm
Horoscopes for Sept. 27
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Avril Lavigne, 32; Gwyneth Paltrow, 44; Tamara Taylor, 46; Meat Loaf, 69. Happy Birthday: A positive attitude will improve your relationship with others. Listen and offer solutions. Take the initiative and set an example of what you expect from others...
 community September 27, 2016 - 12:00am
Frances Frances "Tootie" Lundgren
Frances Frances "Tootie" Lundgren HERMANTOWN - Frances Lundgren, 74, died surrounded by her family while in hospice care on Sept. 25, 2016. Gathering of family and friends: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 1, 2016 in the Twig Town Hall, Saginaw.
 September 26, 2016 - 9:17pm

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