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Bygones for Nov. 7, 2009

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  • Production at U.S. Steel’s Minntac taconite plant near Mountain Iron is to be doubled, it was announced yesterday. The expansion project will involve an expenditure of more than $100 million and boost pellet output to 12 million tons annually.

    November 07, 2009

  • The army of orange takes to the woods

    The two sides of deer hunting -- the boisterous comraderie with our shack partners and the quiet solitude of the woods -- keep us coming back every year.

    By Sam Cook , November 07, 2009

    Eh?: Three high schools on one stage

    Central, Denfeld and East high school students descend on the same place this weekend for a dramatic event: the production of a musical.

    November 07, 2009

    Tax Association finds local tax rates below state average

    Residents of Northeastern Minnesota counties fare better than the statewide average for property tax rates measured against market value, according to a tax watchdog group.

    By John Myers , November 07, 2009

    The planner for Nov. 7, 2009

    November 07, 2009

    Mahtowa woman awakens to find a stranger in her house

    A Mahtowa homeowner told the Carlton County Sheriff’s Department that she woke up Wednesday morning to find another woman she didn’t know rummaging through her kitchen cupboards.

    By News Tribune , November 07, 2009

    Driver dies in accident near Willow River

    An SUV driver died Friday morning after a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 35 near Willow River.

    By News Tribune , November 07, 2009

    Rear-ended pickup pushed into path of semitrailer

    One person was seriously injured Friday afternoon when a pickup was rear-ended and pushed into the path of an oncoming semitrailer on U.S. Highway 53.

    By News Tribune , November 07, 2009

    Body found on Lake Superior shore identified as missing kayaker

    Body found on Lake Superior shore identified as missing kayaker The body of a missing kayaker washed up Thursday afternoon on the shore of Lake Superior just north of Two Harbors in the Flood Bay area.

    By Mike Creger , November 07, 2009

    The vaccine is ready. Are you?

    The vaccine is ready. Are you? Flu shots will be available weekdays starting Monday and are expected to be used up quickly. But some parents are skeptical about the relatively unknown vaccine.

    By Andy Greder , November 07, 2009

    Shipping traffic: Busy day for the Anderson

    Shipping traffic: Busy day for the Anderson It will be a quiet day in the Twin Ports harbor today, but a busy day for the Arthur M. Anderson.

    November 07, 2009

    Hit-and-run driver never slowed down, complaint says

    Hit-and-run driver never slowed down, complaint says A criminal complaint says Julie Ann Gronski was drunk when she hit an 18-year-old pedestrian early on Oct. 31.

    By John Myers , November 07, 2009

    Remembering the dead souls

    Remembering the dead souls The dead were remembered with snack-sized packets of Skittles, hand-rolled cigarettes and old-fashioned bolo ties. The second annual All Souls Night festival, in the spirit of the Day of the Dead, was on Friday night at the Depot.

    By Christa Lawler , November 07, 2009

    Hermantown businessman accused of assaulting worker

    Hermantown businessman accused of assaulting worker Police arrested a co-owner of Billman Construction on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a construction worker with a backhoe.

    By Nick LaFave , November 07, 2009

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    OUR VOICES She’s not a fat lady but she sings

    You loved her in the Duluth Playhouse and the Lake Superior Youth Chorus, and now she’s hit the big time. Sarah Killough of Duluth has landed a

    Posted by: jdelage on Nov 4, 2009 at 12:43 AM | Eh? Online?

    OUR VOICES The DWI chair rolls again

    Yep, the famous DWI mower-recliner is crawling back up that hill again after being pushed back down by eBay and La-Z-Boy. The motorized chair that Proctor police confiscated after its owner drove it drunk into a parked car was yanked from the eBay auction Web site Monday after attracting bids of $4

    Posted by: jdelage on Nov 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM | Eh? Online?

    OUR VOICES You choose: Motorized La-Z-Boy or new fishing boat

    We can all agree it would be crazy to pay $37,000 for a La-Z-Boy mounted on top of an old lawnmower chassis, right? No matter how nicely mounted it is? All of us except whoever bid that much on eBay for the La-Z-Boy surrendered to Proctor police after its driver got a DWI on it. Couldn’t you

    Posted by: jdelage on Oct 31, 2009 at 12:30 AM | Eh? Online?

    OUR VOICES Eh? Tuesday? Beer bear caught on tape

    The black bear that sauntered into a Hayward grocery store last week and then lay down for a nap in the beer cooler has been released back into the wild. The bear spent the night at the local Department of Natural Resources and then was released unharmed the next morning. "He looked healthy a

    Posted by: jdelage on Oct 20, 2009 at 12:29 AM | Eh? Online?

    OUR VOICES Eh? Thursday? Go pick some apples

    Ten acres of Jonathon apples could go to waste this week without the support of volunteers. Rabideaux’s Orchard near Bayfield has more than 300 bushels of apples waiting to be picked, and Allen and Mary Jo Rabideaux have offered them to Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, but somebody i

    Posted by: jdelage on Oct 15, 2009 at 12:53 AM | Eh? Online?

    OUR VOICES Eh? Tuesday? -- Gary K. is on his way

    Garrison Keillor, writer and host of “A Prairie Home Companion” on public radio, is coming to Duluth today for a poetry reading. He’ll read with award-winning poet Louis Jenkins of Duluth beginning at 7:30 tonight in Mitchell Auditorium at the College of St. Scholastica. Ticket

    Posted by: jdelage on Oct 13, 2009 at 12:31 AM | Eh? Online?

    OUR VOICES Not just a big H; it's the biggest

    This weekend the News Tribune told you about a $1 million update of the Holiday Inn in downtown Duluth. And we told you that update includes one heck of a big "H"

    Posted by: jdelage on Oct 12, 2009 at 2:56 PM | Eh? Online?

    OUR VOICES It's Oct. 10, eh?

    What a deal Ever long for the days of full service gas? You’d pull up to the pump, and a smiling attendant would spring from the station, pump your gas and wipe your window

    Posted by: jdelage on Oct 10, 2009 at 12:00 AM | Eh? Online?

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