Invasive 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.
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The bodybuilding world brought Duluthian Shannon Gardner and Hermantown native Sherri Irving together.
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After a long Twin Ports winter, local motorcyclists have no doubt been itching to get out for some fun in the sun on their bikes. And what better place to do so than on the shores of the greatest lake?
Northland Nature: Walking after the snowmelt
The lake is still covered with ice: I’ve never seen it frozen this late before. But the series of warm days at the end of April has melted the snowpack greatly; only patches remain in the woods.
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