90-year-old Northland man ready to dance with 10 daughters

Wilbur “Pete” Mills, 90, is planning to dance with 10 of his 11 daughters Friday at the Father Daughter Dinner Dance in Duluth.

How cold was it? Morning low temperatures from around the Northland

Temperatures dropped to as low as 20 below zero in parts of the region overnight.

Duluth schools rethink teacher reviews

Several Duluth schools are trying innovative approaches to teacher evaluations, including feedback from students and fellow teachers.

Minnesota man's invention flushes slush right down the ice-fishing hole

There are a lot of ways to clear the slush out of an ice-fishing hole, but most are either sloppy or time consuming. Now, an inventor from rural Badger, Minn., has come up with a solution to that dilemma in the form of the Slush Copter.

Hockey Day Minnesota: Grand Rapids provides chills and thrills in boys hockey win

Amid swirling snow and gusty winds, Grand Rapids defeated defending Class A state champion Benilde-St. Margaret's 3-2 in overtime Saturday on Pokegama Lake as part of Hockey Day Minnesota.

Obama’s inauguration: What would Malcolm and Martin say?

Robin Washington column: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., are arguing. It’s Jan. 20, 2009, if dates are kept in the spirit world, and the subject is Barack Obama, who is about to take the oath of office as president of the United States. Or so it goes as channeled through the imagination of Jean “Rudy” Perrault, and further distilled by Betsy Husby’s cello and the piano of Alexander Chernyshev.

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