Duluth News Tribune

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...

The Duluth News Tribune received several awards in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. Winners were announced Thursday night during the MNA awards banquet in Minneapolis. Competing in the large dailies division (circulations over 10,000), the News Tribune...

The News Tribune is looking for unique playrooms to feature in a new Home series: View of a Room. Have you re-created “Elmo’s World” or built an indoor playground? Maybe you’ve created a camping-themed room or an area with reading nooks and secret crannies? Tell us about...