Sports column: Duluth mayor prepares for Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon
Born and raised in Duluth, our Mayor Don Ness has been around Grandma’s Marathon for his entire life, and it’s something he can’t picture the city without.
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So I recently spent the longest 37 hours of my life while waiting two hours in a hospital waiting room.
RELATED CONTENTColumn: Is love all we need in 2013?
I love my husband. I love Mexican food. I love happy hour. And I love Lake Superior. I sure use the word “love” easily. So, what does “love” really mean?
RELATED CONTENTSchools column: To prepare for future, schools focus on the here and now
Whether cold and blustery or warm and welcoming, spring is a busy time of year for people in our schools.
RELATED CONTENTColumn: Small courtesies, common good
Ours is a city of small courtesies. Not small as in mean or stingy: small, as in tiny in stature, pocket-sized.
RELATED CONTENTColumn: Can clean water and copper mines coexist?
This spring I have delighted in traveling mile after mile of quiet county roads by bike. On one recent ride I was surprised by the incredible quantity of water washing about in all directions. I rode north from the Lake, and crested the hill to fields and forests suddenly unlocked from winter’s grip.
RELATED CONTENTMiss West Duluth looks for former winners to celebrate milestone year
This summer, the Miss West Duluth Pageant will be celebrating its 25th year, and in full-celebration mode, the organizers of the event and Spirit Valley Days are hoping to get as many past winners as possible back in town to celebrate.
Harbor City students promote fitness at the YMCA
Harbor City International School sophomore Mary Myers scaled the rock climbing wall at the Duluth YMCA with ease as a dozen or so classmates climbed other parts of the two-story wall and helped with the harness systems.
RELATED CONTENTCollaboration allows school district to strengthen community partnerships
When the Grant Community School Collaborative started in 1997, it was designed to provide after-school and summer enrichment programs for students at the East Hillside school.
RELATED CONTENTNorthland Nature: The woods is greening, from the ground up
After several delayed starts, spring has come to the Northland. A few days of temperatures in the 70s along with the threshold of 15 hours of daylight has put nearly everything in the mood of May.
RELATED CONTENTInvasive species harm local streams
As the Vista Star passed under the Blatnik Bridge on its way back in from the River Quest voyage, a group of Lincoln Park Middle School students looked at a picture of some goldfish in a pond at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Bagley Nature Area.
Students get an ‘icy’ welcome
As the Vista Star departed from the port Monday afternoon, a group of Lakeview Christian Academy sixth-graders gathered in the lower level cabin to listen to presenters from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center talk about hypothermia.
Vista boat becomes classroom for sixth-grade science tour
Hundreds of area sixth-graders traded in their classroom desks for seats on the Vista Star last week.
RELATED CONTENTColumn: The Affordable Care Act: How might it impact you?
You’ve most likely heard of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — it’s certainly been a very politically debated and legally contested law.
Column: Tall Ships Duluth 2013 will be biggest ever
This year we are bringing in a record ten ships to glide into the harbor for Tall Ships Duluth 2013, July 25-29. This will be our biggest tall ship event, ever.
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