Duluth News Tribune

When the Chilean copper mining company Antofagasta bought out Duluth Metals on Jan. 20, they paid 45 cents for every share of the foundering company’s stock. That’s better than the 7 cents per share that Duluth Metals was trading for on the Toronto Stock Exchange when the deal...

Any Embarrass residents needing to pick up mail or mail a package at the post office will need to travel 14 miles north to Tower for the foreseeable future. The U.S. Postal Service has suspended service at the Embarrass post office due to safety concerns with the building it occupies,...

Discussion about a possible 2016 school referendum continues behind closed doors in Superior. Last month the Superior School Board scrapped plans to move the matter to open session when it delayed discussion on the selection of an architectural firm to advise on referendum and pre-referendum...

A 1981 homicide case in Duluth has been solved using DNA technology and the details are expected to be released Monday by the Duluth Police and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Law enforcement hasn’t confirmed the case is that of 17-year-old Carolyn Lee Andrew, but police...

ST. PAUL — This Minnesota legislative session is heavy on nonmetro Minnesota topics, but the governor’s budget, which will be the base of whatever two-year spending plan that eventually passes, drew mixed reviews about how it would fund issues outside of the Twin Cities. Officials...

St. PAUL — Jurors convicted a St. Paul man Friday of fatally shooting his cousin last year in a dispute over money. Chevaze D. Ward, 25, was convicted of second-degree murder with intent and second-degree murder without intent for the June 25 death of Lamar Hale, 25. Jurors in...

A rash of measles cases is a learning opportunity but not a reason to panic, health experts in Duluth say. “No one in Duluth should be losing any major sleep over this,” said Dr. Linda Van Etta, an infectious disease specialist at St. Luke’s hospital. Measles, once a rite...

The director of Duluth Township’s North Shore Community School has resigned. Susan Rose, who spent seven years leading the K-6 environmentally focused charter school 15 minutes north of Duluth, will be replaced on an interim basis by assistant director Barry Wolff. Rose gave her...