DNT investigation: Former patient says methadone treatment was ‘just another addiction’

In 2010, Josh Bergstedt became one of thousands of people who have dropped out of Minnesota's methadone programs without completing the treatment. From 2007 to 2011, 94 percent of the state’s methadone patients who left the programs did so without completing the treatment.

Longtime Duluth doctor, medical examiner dies in plane crash in Wyoming

Longtime Duluth pathologist and deputy St. Louis County medical examiner Dr. Donald Kundel was flying to Wyoming for a celebratory hunting trip with his son on Friday when the experimental plane he built crashed, ending his life. He was 79.

New mountain bike trail under construction at Spirit Mountain

With shovels and an excavator, a work crew is opening up a new, twisting mountain bike trail down Spirit Mountain — and in doing so, organizers hope, they’ll also open doors to a lot of new riders.

Astronaut draws crowd at Duluth Airshow

Undeterred by a brisk north wind, clouds and occasional sprinkles, thousands of people streamed into the grounds of the Duluth Airshow on Saturday to gaze up at mind-bending aerial acrobatics, marvel at huge airplanes and wonder at the latest in aeronautic technology.

Customers have kept Mabel Galvin at Duluth post office for nearly 46 years

When Mabel Galvin started working for the U.S. Postal Service, it was to be a temporary, two-week job to help get through the Christmas rush. Just short of 46 years later, Galvin is set to retire on Oct. 1.

St. Louis County Board set to take a stand on marriage amendment

A majority of St. Louis County commissioners appear poised to pass a resolution opposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage.

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