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"The Cookies," officially dubbed the Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread, have become something of a viral phenomenon. (Amelia Rayno/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
Meet the baker behind the cookie that became a viral sensation
Perhaps if you spend much time on Instagram or surfing the web, you've already heard of them. "The Cookies" — officially dubbed the Salted...
 lifestyle April 25, 2018 - 5:00am
A family enjoys a Lakewalk ride on a surrey from Wheel Fun Rentals. The business will not be operating in Canal Park until shoreline storm damage has been repaired. (file / News Tribune)
Canal Park business closed for summer due to Lakewalk damage
Wheel Fun Rentals announced that it will be closed this summer after storms this month and in October caused more than $3 million in damages...
 Business April 25, 2018 - 5:57pm
Rendering of Zvago, a proposed 51-unit cooperative senior housing development at 3900 London Rd. Courtesy of Ecumen
Variance for London Road cooperative approved
A new senior cooperative housing development dubbed Zvago Superior Shore soon could be coming to Duluth. The Duluth Planning Commission recently...
 News April 25, 2018 - 6:45pm
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Northland residents travel by bus to Montgomery Wednesday evening en route to the Peace and Justice Memorial. Evan Frost / MPR News
Duluth bus rolls to a stop in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A delegation of 34 Duluthians making its way to the opening of a national lynching memorial this week reached one of the...
 News/education April 25, 2018 - 7:40pm
Jeffery George Ackerson, Jr., and Sheena Marie Ackerson are facing charges related to the fire that destroyed their home in Bird Island on Jan. 15. Photo submitted by Renville County Sheriff's Department
Owners of Bird Island home destroyed by fire now face charges
OLIVIA, Minn.—The owners of a Bird Island home destroyed by fire in January have now been charged in connection with that fire. Jeffrey...
 News/crime and courts April 25, 2018 - 8:01pm
Austin John Overfors
Austin John Overfors Austin John Overfors, 24, passed away unexpectedly on April 22, 2018. Lifelong Duluth resident, Austin was born on October...
 April 25, 2018 - 7:39pm
Authorities in Sacramento, Calif., announced Wednesday that they had arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo in the so-called Golden State Killer case. MUST CREDIT: Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
'Golden State Killer' suspect, a former police officer, arrested after DNA match, officials say
More than 40 years after the so-called "Golden State Killer" began to terrorize Californians, raping dozens of women and killing at least 12,...
 News/crime and courts April 25, 2018 - 7:41pm
An employee passes an order to a customer at the drive-thru of a Subway Restaurants location in Princeton, Illinois, on April 20, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
Subway plans 500 U.S. store closings amid global growth
Subway Restaurants, the world's most ubiquitous dining chain, will continue closing U.S. stores as it expands internationally. After peppering...
 Business/restaurants and bars April 25, 2018 - 11:36am
HUD Secretary Ben Carson, seen here on March 20, has pushed for raising the amount that low-income families are expected to pay for rent. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Eric Thayer
Ben Carson proposes raising rent for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday proposed raising the amount that low-income families are expected to pay...
 Business/Real Estate April 25, 2018 - 2:45pm
Erik Sutton
Superior mayor announces cause of fire battalion chief's death
A Superior Fire Department battalion chief who retired just a few weeks ago died on April 18 after "a long and brave struggle" with mental illness,...
 News/fires April 24, 2018 - 9:34pm
Major pushback against Line 3 recommendation
A judge's recommendation that the Line 3 pipeline replacement should follow its existing route across Minnesota — through two reservations...
 Business/energy and mining April 25, 2018 - 8:47pm
A Port Authority official berated and cursed at officers during a traffic stop. A dash cam was on.
There is, of course, no official manual on how to use an official government position to get officers to tear up a ticket, but for any enterprising...
 News/nation April 25, 2018 - 3:01pm
An ATV fell through the ice near Cameron Park on Wednesday in Bemidji. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer) play button
ATV falls through ice on Lake Bemidji
BEMIDJI, Minn. - No one was hurt when an all-terrain vehicle fell through the ice on Lake Bemidji on Wednesday morning, April 25. According to...
 News/accidents April 25, 2018 - 2:14pm
North Dakota's Deion Harris, a 2014 Hibbing graduate, returned three of his five interceptions for touchdowns as a junior in 2016. (Photo courtesy of North Dakota athletics)
NFL draft: Hibbing's Harris looking forward
Deion Harris will be in Grand Forks, N.D., this weekend, where he's pushing hard toward the end of another semester at the University of North...
 sports April 25, 2018 - 7:32pm
Olympic gold medalists John Shuster and Meghan Duggan display their medals as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Tuesday. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)
U.S. curling skip John Shuster attends state dinner
U.S. men's curling skip John Shuster, who helped lead the Duluth-based team to a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, attended the White House...
 News/government and politics April 25, 2018 - 6:10pm

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