Liquor store sues city of Duluth over flood damage

Owners of Last Chance Liquor on East Fourth Street in Duluth are suing the city and their neighbors across the street, Whole Foods Co-op, over damage sustained in last June’s flood.

• Bottles from the basement

Carlton man pleads guilty to possessing counterfeit bills

A Carlton man accused of making and passing counterfeit money pleaded guilty to a number of related charges this week in State District Court in Carlton County.

• Aaron David Miller

Washington interstate bridge collapse caused by truck with oversize load

A truck hauling a too-tall load hit an overhead girder of a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.

• Bridge collapse
• Bridge collapse
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Duluth police officer's assault trial moved to Pine County

The trial of a Duluth police officer accused of assaulting a man in a wheelchair after taking him to the Duluth Detoxification Center has been moved to Pine City because of potentially prejudicial pretrial news coverage here.

• Richard Jouppi

Minnesota lawmakers raise taconite tax to help pay for Iron Range school construction

Minnesota’s per-ton tax on taconite iron ore produced in the state will increase a dime this year, and the extra money will be dedicated to help rebuild and retool Iron Range schools.

• Projects funded through taconite tax revenue

Duluth Human Development Center mansion to become birthing center

The mansion at 1730 E. Superior St. in Duluth used by the Human Development Center will be sold next month and become the first non-hospital birthing center in northern Minnesota.

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UMD's Bscherer goes from potential sales rep to NFL's Seattle Seahawks

FOOTBALL: Jake Bscherer didn’t give up on his dream of playing in the NFL, but the former Minnesota Duluth offensive lineman certainly started looking at moving on earlier this week.

• Jake Bscherer

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Cora Emeott, 2, has a fun time on the teeter-totter at Lakeside's Portman Park with her mom Jennie Friday morning. "We try to get to a park everyday," said Emeott. "It's finally nice enough to not battle with a winter jacket." (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)  

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