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Old metal pipe that had been holding part of Chester Creek underground since 1960 has been dug out and the stream remeandered to create trout habitat in Duluth's Aspenwood neighborhood. Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com
Stretch of Chester Creek sees first daylight in decades
When the U.S. Air Force was building its housing for officers and others at the Duluth air base, it's clear the generals were more worried about...
 News August 19, 2018 - 9:00pm
A menu from the Flame on the harbor, date uncertain. A small note in the top left hand corner reads: "Due to the Government Amusement Tax, there will be an additional charge of 20% after 9:30 P.M." A full lobster dinner is advertised for $4.25, and the half fried spring chicken is advertised as being "served on a flaming sword." Photo by Kathleen Murphy
Duluth Relics: Memories of The Flame run deep
My journey to find information on a Duluth relic began this time with a deceptively simple item: a postcard. One of the smaller postcards I...
 lifestyle/food August 19, 2018 - 9:00am
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Motorcyclist dies after hitting a deer near Buhl
Motorcyclist dies after hitting a deer near Buhl A 20-year-old Hibbing man died after his motorcycle struck a deer on Highway 169 on Saturday...
 News/accidents August 19, 2018 - 6:57pm
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Property Transactions for Aug. 20, 2018
Duluth Property Transactions Aug. 9-15 1318 E. 10th St., Kim Mandery purchased from Joseph P. and Jean A. Pessenda for $167,000, residential,...
 Business August 19, 2018 - 7:00pm
ICE arrested a wanted man driving his pregnant wife to give birth. She drove herself to the hospital.
Maria del Carmen Venegas was on her way to deliver a baby boy, her fifth child, by Caesarean section in a planned operation Wednesday afternoon. Her husband, Joel Arrona-Lara, was driving her car to the hospital. Two SUVs swooped in to block the vehicle at a San Bernardino, California,...
 News/government and politics August 19, 2018 - 8:49am
The S.S. William A. Irvin has sat in Minnesota Slip since 1986. Plans call for moving the ship in September or October in order to move forward with cleaning the slip. The Irvin will also undergo repairs to its hull while in dry dock. 2018 file / News Tribune
City lays out details for delicate relocation of William A. Irvin
Preparations are already in the works for the delicate movement of the William A. Irvin, Duluth's 611-foot long floating museum. For the first...
 News August 18, 2018 - 7:13pm
Kayden Peltier, 2, right, walks on a padding that looks like a wood floor at home in Minneapolis on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Kayden and two siblings, one of them Konnor, center, were hit by a car in a Minneapolis park during a high-speed chase. Kayden broke his neck. His dad, Kyle, holds Millianna, eight months. (Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press)
They were at the playground. Then everything changed: After a fleeing driver veered into a Minneapolis park, the Peltiers have known pain, anger and hope
MINNEAPOLIS — About a dozen pairs of tiny shoes are piled up in Nicolle and Kyle Peltier's North Minneapolis entryway on a July day, and...
 News/accidents August 19, 2018 - 6:40pm
Neil Paul Davidson
Neil Paul Davidson Neil P. Davidson, 56, of Duluth, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospital surrounded by his loving family....
 August 19, 2018 - 9:37pm
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
After #MeToo, Kevin Spacey movie 'Billionaire Boys Club' earns $126 on opening day
Sometime over the weekend, a moviegoer at the Deer Valley Cinema in Antioch, California, forked over $9 to sit in an otherwise empty theater...
 News August 19, 2018 - 3:31pm
2018 News Tribune file photo / This is an aerial view, made with a drone, of the Pastoret Terrace building in Duluth as it looks now, following a fire in 2010.
Local View: Embracing preservation only when convenient
The Duluth Economic and Development Authority recently announced it rejected all proposals submitted to redevelop the burned-out Kozy Bar and...
 opinion/columns August 18, 2018 - 8:24pm
Matters of Record received Aug. 18, 2018
District Court St. Louis County Aug. 10 Amy C. Childs, 56, Hermantown, inattentive driving, fined $40. Anna R. Frink, 23, Duluth, inattentive driving, fined $50. Brian J. Kinney, 29, Hermantown, first count of driving after revocation (offense date 4/20/12), second count of driving...
 News/crime and courts August 19, 2018 - 3:28pm
Brenda Long and her mother, June Alleman, both of International Falls, feel sadness as they look over photos of Brenda's brother Gary Trafton (left) and her father, Michael Trafton, both of whom died from alcohol-related illnesses. Long's father used to bring her and her brother to the bar when they were kids. They would while away the time playing pool while their father drank. Her brother was a Marine. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
Alcohol-related deaths on the rise in Minnesota
Brenda Long ticked off the names of men in her life who died young. Mike Trafton, her father, at age 48. Tom Trafton, her older half brother,...
 News August 18, 2018 - 7:28pm
King Edward II was known for his close relationships with two men. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
'The king and his husband': The gay history of British royals
Ordinarily, the wedding of a junior member of the British royal family wouldn't attract much global attention. But Lord Ivar Mountbatten's has....
 News/world August 19, 2018 - 11:00am
Michael Gene Spehar
Michael Gene Spehar Michael Gene Spehar, 68, of Duluth, Minnesota died on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at Solvay Hospice House, after a courageous...
 August 19, 2018 - 7:38pm
A nest of a ruby-throated hummingbird. Note the coating of lichens on the outside. Photo by Larry Weber
Weber column: Hummingbird nest reveals elaborate building
I walk by a patch of wild blackberries before I enter the woods. During the second half of August, with the passing of blueberries and raspberries,...
 sports/outdoors August 19, 2018 - 2:30pm

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