Duluth faces stiff competition for state public works money

More Minnesota communities will be disappointed than happy as state officials look to divide $47.5 million for public works projects. Duluth alone is seeking projects that would eat up about a third of the state grant program set up by the Legislature this session.

Thomson flood aid paperwork was held up by DNR

The Thomson City Council voted Monday night to officially finish an application for inclusion in the National Flood Insurance Program, paving the way for its eligibility to receive federal flood aid. The resolution came after the city found out last week that paperwork had been held up by the Department of Natural Resources in 2009.

Duluth Planning Commission backs using Prindle Mansion for treatment center

After 90 minutes of discussion with the public, the Duluth Planning Commission approved a special-use permit Tuesday evening that will allow the Prindle mansion in the Endion neighborhood to be used as a residential treatment center for women with alcohol and drug addictions.

Standoff at Charter Communications ends in arrest

A 27-year-old Duluth man is in jail pending felony charges of making terroristic threats after allegedly saying he was going to burn or blow up the Charter Communications building at 640 Garfield Ave. in Duluth, then showing up at that facility Tuesday morning.

Man helps save friend who suffered stroke in BWCAW

Fifteen miles from Ely and more than 100 miles from Duluth, Scott Pirsig pushed his canoe away from the shore of South Hegman Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It was nearing midnight, and he had just left his buddy Bob Sturtz behind in the tent at their wilderness camp.

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