show moreThis island crew really cleans up
A year ago, Brandon Kohlts volunteered for a cleanup of Hog Island in Superior Bay. The crew from the St. Louis River Alliance hauled off a few boatloads of stuff, he recalled.
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Today should be partly cloudy around the region thanks to a brief visit from a cell of high air pressure.
Local view: Memorial Day holiday is meant to honor war dead
Memorial Day is the most hallowed of all days of remembrance acknowledged by veterans.
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Campsites may be less tidy. Vault toilets at campgrounds might be more aromatic. Rangers will be harder to find. Visitor centers could be closed more often. Those are just a few of the changes that visitors to national parks across the Northland are likely to notice this summer as a result of a federal process called sequestration.
RELATED CONTENTHundreds join search for toddler missing from Minnesota campground
Hundreds of volunteers and rescue workers helped search Saturday for a 2-year-old girl who went missing from a campground in Elk River a day earlier.
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Superior police say the suspect in a fatal shooting Thursday had been involved with the victim’s fiancee and once told the woman he couldn’t live without her and wanted to kill the man she was with.
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Monday is Memorial Day, when people across the United States will gather to honor and remember those who have given their lives in service for the nation.
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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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COURAGE IN THE KITCHENJerri’s Mom’s Potato Salad
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Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.State Wires: MN | WI
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