NORTH SHORE

In Duluth throat singing demo, she who laughs last, wins

Nina Segalowitz and Lydia Etok gave a Nunavik-style throat-singing demonstration Friday afternoon at Siiviis Gallery in Canal Park. The duo was on its way to Sivertson Gallery in Grand Marais to perform as part of the 13th Annual Inuit Premiere, an event that highlights the shop’s Northern artistic influences.

By Christa Lawler , March 15, 2013

The race is tight heading into Beargrease sled dog finish

On Tuesday, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon racers weren’t making predictions about who would be first across the finish line Wednesday morning.

By Steve Kuchera , March 12, 2013

Bygones for Tuesday, March 12, 2013

News Tribune, March 12, 1973

Fire of undetermined origin that broke out yesterday afternoon destroyed the three-story Brooklyn Elementary School in Hibbing. Students will be transported to other Hibbing elementary schools for the balance of the school year, officials said.

March 12, 2013

Beargrease marathoners report slow going on wet snow

John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon mushers were reporting a tough trail and slow going Monday.

By Steve Kuchera , March 12, 2013

Construction Zone: New Cook County Whole Foods Co-op in the works

The Cook County Whole Foods Co-op in Grand Marais has torn down its previous, aged building and is constructing a larger home on the same site.

By Andrew Krueger , March 11, 2013

Grand Marais couple nears end of 11,700-mile educational expedition

The last time kayakers Dave and Amy Freeman of Grand Marais checked in, they were sitting out Superstorm Sandy on the New Jersey coast.

By Sam Cook , March 10, 2013

Trout for Scouts on the Gunflint Trail

The American flag and the Troop 129 Boy Scout flag had just been placed in mounds of snow on Moss Lake. The troop’s flag ceremony was about to begin when another flag pre-empted the formalities.

By Sam Cook , March 10, 2013

Hike! Long-awaited Beargrease sled dog race starts today

Amid falling snow, teams entered in this year’s John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon underwent veterinary checks on Saturday ahead of today’s long- delayed, long-awaited return of the race up the North Shore.

By Andrew Krueger , March 10, 2013

Northland man guilty in wolf-killing case gets month in halfway house, lifetime firearms ban

As punishments go, the month Vern Hoff must spend in a halfway house for his crime may pass quickly. But as a federal judge noted Thursday, the lifetime ban on firearms will require some big adjustments for the Northland man who took his new bride hunting for their honeymoon.

By David Hanners , March 09, 2013

MORNING UPDATE - Beargrease preview: Wisconsin native goes from model to musher

Wisconsin native and Alaska resident Zoya DeNure has perhaps the most diverse resume of any of the racers starting Sunday’s 29th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon.

By News Tribune staff , March 07, 2013

Winter storm watches, warnings issued for the Northland

A winter storm tracking across southern Minnesota is forecast to bring accumulating snow to much of the Northland from late tonight through Tuesday afternoon.

By News Tribune staff , March 03, 2013

Winter storm watch issued for Twin Ports, Two Harbors, Cloquet

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the Twin Ports and points south and west for the possibility of more than a half-foot of snow by Tuesday afternoon.

By News Tribune staff , March 03, 2013

Anglers brave Lake Superior waves in search of 'loopers

Nobody will say the Kamloops rainbow trout fishing on Lake Superior has been fast lately. “Ten hours on Sunday to hook just one fish,” said Seth Fromberg of Duluth. Was it worth it? “It’s always worth it,” Fromberg said.

By Sam Cook , March 03, 2013

Kamloops returns were up last year

Returns of adult Kamloops rainbow trout to the French River hit 1,241 last spring, Department of Natural Resources officials said. That’s the highest return since 2005, when 1,942 were counted at the DNR’s French River trap.

March 03, 2013

Man injured in snowmobile accident on North Shore trail

A Byron, Minn., man was injured on Saturday when he was thrown from his snowmobile on the North Shore State Trail.

By News Tribune staff , February 24, 2013