Bill would restrict access to juvenile records for lesser crimes

Few people would be comfortable being judged by decisions they made as teenagers.

Saturday's weather for Duluth and the Northland: Chance of thunderstorms

There's a 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms across the region with a high of 63.

• Adam Clark

All eyes on favored Orb at Preakness

PREAKNESS: Everything’s a go for Orb. The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course.

• Kentucky Derby winner Orb

Minnesota Slip pedestrian lift bridge is broken again

The Minnesota Slip Bridge, the pedestrian lift bridge linking Canal Park to the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, is stuck in the open position, city officials announced late Friday.

• Minnesota Slip Bridge

Duluth man accused of stealing two cars, fleeing

Law enforcement authorities from Carlton County and Duluth allege that Raice Warren Johnson has little regard for vehicle ownership or police.

• Raice Warren Johnson

Urgency to get outdoors grows as we age

Sam Cook column: Up along a river on the North Shore, the steelhead angler said something that seemed to transcend the simple act of fishing. He said he didn’t know how much longer he’d be able to fish like this. He is at that place where most of us will get one day.

• Sam Cook

Rural Douglas County fire department hit by thieves

The thieves took fire gear, saws, medical supplies, air tanks, a gas detector and more from the Dairyland Volunteer Fire Department's satellite station. They also cut radios out of two trucks, putting both vehicles out of commission.

North Dakota billboards aim to lure business from Minnesota

The Greater North Dakota Chamber has created billboards that mock decisions made this session by the Minnesota Legislature, including bills that have proposed raising taxes on income and consumer products such as tobacco, gas and beer.

• Billboard

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Fresh earth

"I've been waiting a long time to dig in the dirt," said Mary Mackay Gaidis earlier this week as she prepared a garden plot for planting corn at her home on Park Point. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

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