07/23/2008 09:35 AM The compact prohibits the diversion or exportation of large quantities of Great Lakes regional water outside the watershed, whether that’s a thirsty town 50 miles outside the watershed, a thirsty state 500 miles away or a nation 5,000 miles across the ocean.
07/23/2008 12:00 AM Duluth Mayor Don Ness unveiled a plan Tuesday to reduce the number of city departments from nine to five, a change he said should improve City Hall’s efficiency but won’t affect Duluth residents much.
07/23/2008 12:00 AM After several months of gloom-and-doom budget news from Duluth City Hall, Mayor Don Ness’ administration has a good reason to celebrate.
07/23/2008 12:00 AM Not only is the company increasing production and employment, but it plans
to implement methods and equipment that would reduce pollution
07/23/2008 12:00 AM The U.S. House and Senate on Tuesday both passed legislation that exempts small recreational boats from falling under federal regulations for water discharges from their bilge pumps, showers, outboards or engines.
07/23/2008 12:00 AM In a setback for the prosecution, the testimony of five women who allege that a Duluth physician touched them inappropriately will not be allowed as evidence when he stands trial on a charge of sexually assaulting another female patient, a judge has ruled.
07/23/2008 12:00 AM A woman taken into custody Monday after she took another woman’s child home from child care was released Tuesday and not charged in the incident, according to the Superior Police Department.
07/23/2008 12:00 AM A Duluth man who had marijuana in his system and was driving drunk when his vehicle struck a motorcycle pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal vehicular operation resulting in death.
07/23/2008 12:00 AM When Superior’s former fire chief, Stephen Gotelaere, was caught falsifying travel records, the city negotiated an agreement to try to restore the public money and drive him out of office.
Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.
Texas authorities on Wednesday began looking for five indicted members of a polygamist sect, in a child sex-abuse case that the group's spokesman alleged was a face-saving move by officials who lost a court battle over their seizure of hundreds of children from a sect-owned ranch.
Property and casualty insurer The Travelers Cos. Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit declined 25 percent as it wrote fewer premiums, took higher catastrophe losses and recorded fewer investment gains.
Time catches up with area bridges One month ago, the nation’s eyes were focused on the Minneapolis bridge collapse. But for engineers across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, the real story is a silent, growing one devoid of death and drama.
'Rocket' in Superior is about communication, not art Chuck Frederick
The “rocket” tower that can be seen across the Twin Ports is a communications tower built decades ago to beam telephone signals to towers in Pattison Park and Poplar.
Pass the potato salad, with a side of advice Sam Cook
We gathered the other night at a friend’s cabin for a send-off. A family we know is moving to Alaska, and this was our final farewell. It was our most recent gathering in a summer that has been full of friends and food and significant passages.
Don’t be so quick to define the Hillside Hannah Dentinger
On June 14, Stanley Boody was shot and killed at 227 W. Third St. A couple of weeks later, gunshots were fired at Fourth Avenue East and Eighth Street. That same evening, a man was reported robbed at knifepoint at 119 E. Fourth St.
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![United Taconite operations manager Michael Norton of Hibbing walked between conveyor belts that carry finished pellets to storage at the then newly reopened taconite production plant near Eveleth in 2004. After nearly closing, the mine and pellet plant are running full tilt. On Tuesday, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced plants ot pump $104 million into its operations, boosting production by 13 percent and creating 24 jobs. [2004 FILE PHOTO/NEWS TRIBUNE]](http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/gfx/photos/thumbs/pxutac0723a.jpg "United Taconite operations manager Michael Norton of Hibbing walked between conveyor belts that carry finished pellets to storage at the then newly reopened taconite production plant near Eveleth in 2004. After nearly closing, the mine and pellet plant are running full tilt. On Tuesday, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced plants ot pump $104 million into its operations, boosting production by 13 percent and creating 24 jobs. [2004 FILE PHOTO/NEWS TRIBUNE]")
Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.
