
1/3: On Tuesday afternoon, the sun shone brightly as Lake Superior showed off a ribbon of bright blue open water into the canal. (Photo by Naomi Yaeger)

2/3: A couple passersby watch as the concrete “muncher” machine, left, eats its way through through the parking ramp at Essentia Health’s Third Street Building on March 18. The ramp is only 34 years old, but annual maintenance costs were high enough to warrant new construction. (Photo by Naomi Yaeger) Watch video of a muncher in action at http://youtube/6UO51VmdMh8. Tim lapse-photography of the Essentia parking lot expansion may be found at http://oxblue.com/open/knutson/all.

3/3: Author and Budgeteer columnist Linda LeGarde Grover visited the Duluth News Tribune and Budgeteer employees’ monthly book club meeting to discuss her book “The Dance Boots” on March 18. “It was cool to actually be able to talk to an author,” said book club member and Budgeteer reporter Teri Cadeau. Peanut butter cookies, a key item in the book, were served. (Photo by Richard Thomas)