Man dies in industrial accident at Superior wood shingle plant

Emergency crews were called to a wood shingle manufacturer just after 7 p.m. at 2700 Winter St.

Duluth police officer pleads guilty in collision

A Duluth police officer accused of twice backing his personal car into another vehicle in a parking lot outside a Lincoln Park bar and leaving the scene while off duty admitted to his crime Tuesday in State District Court.

Duluth police nab property crimes wanted person

Duluth police turned a tip Tuesday into an arrest of a Property Crimes Wanted Person of the Week.

Moose Lake school bond issue defeated by wide margin

The ballots for the Moose Lake school referendum vote were still being counted at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, but Superintendent Bob Indihar said the writing was already on the wall.

Trial postponed in state theft case against Duluth man

A trial scheduled to start Tuesday for a Duluth businessman accused of stealing nearly $800,000 from the Minnesota Department of Revenue was postponed as a new attorney took over the case and the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office filed an amended complaint with another theft charge.

Eh? Art in the park and on your coffee table

Bellisio Foods to buy California food manufacturer

Bellisio Foods, the nation’s third-largest manufacturer of frozen entrees, is about to get bigger with a deal to purchase Overhill Farms.

Duluth School Board delays decision on open lunch period for high schools

Duluth East and Denfeld high school students have to wait at least another month to hear whether they’ll be allowed to leave campus for lunch next school year.

• Duluth School Board to ask for operating levy vote, cuts teachers

Wednesday's weather for Duluth and the Northland: More rain expected

There's a 60 percent chance of rain with highs in the mid-50s.

• Adam Clark
• Sunny skies forecast into Memorial Day weekend as days of drenching near an end

Franken: Federal budget cuts to blame for gas price hikes

Sen. Al Franken is blaming the recent spike in Minnesota gas prices in part on the Department of Energy’s decision to stop publishing refinery maintenance reports two years ago.

• U.S. Sen. Al Franken

Shipping traffic for May 22, 2013

• Walter J. McCarthy Jr.

Minnesota Republican legislators bemoan session of 'overtaxing, overspending, overreaching'

Fourteen hours after the Minnesota Legislature session ended, Republican leaders were in Duluth to express their disappointment over its results.

• Republican legislators in Duluth

Sunny skies forecast into Memorial Day weekend as days of drenching near an end

The drought is drenched. Spring fire danger is snuffed. Trees are leafing out. And the grass is green and getting longer.

• Miller Creek in Lincoln Park
• Wednesday's weather for Duluth and the Northland: More rain expected

Minnesota PCA OKs Magnetation plant No. 4

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s citizens board on Tuesday unanimously approved plans by Magnetation to build its fourth iron ore recovery plant on the Iron Range, this time near Coleraine in Itasca County.

• Map of Magnetation plants
• Civil disobedience training held to stop Gogebic Taconite mine

Downtown Duluth businesses decry synthetic drug users

The week kicked off with businesses in Duluth’s Old Downtown reacting to bad news.

• Signs
• Coney Island
• Last Place on Earth owner Carlson would consider moving his business
• Businesses near Last Place on Earth