show moreBill 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.
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When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow Lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home.
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North Dakota is promoting its business climate at Minnesota’s expense in a mocking billboard campaign spearheaded by a former official of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce.
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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.
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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.
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"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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An asteroid it would take an hour to walk across will speed past Earth on May 31 and provide radio astronomers a perfect opportunity to nab closeup views of its surface. 1998 QE2, discovered in 1998...
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5/17/13 at 8:49 PM
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EVERYDAY GOURMETZesty Tomato Quinoa
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5/18/13 at 9:19 AM
COURAGE IN THE KITCHENPan-Fried Asparagus
Chuck, Ive found a real good place for brook trout, said my father when he picked me up at the bus station in Hayward. The spring semester was over and I was home for a few days before heading back to...
5/18/13 at 8:15 AM
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On Monday, I posted an entry about playing the roll of the woman at the well in a sketch at an evening worship service on Sunday night. I had a lot of positive feedback from readers, and I fully belie...
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The grand girls dog died on Wednesday May 15th. Dakota was a Sheltie and they got her when they lived in Illinois. She must have been about twelve years old. She didnt do old age well, she suffere...
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