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    November 17, 2017
    Saturday's ‘Song of the Wild’ performance canceled
    Saturday’s performance of “Song for the Wild,” a concert at Sacred Heart Music Center featuring music by Big Top Chautauqua creator Warren Nelson and the words of Sigurd Olson, has been canceled. It is expected to be rescheduled. The concert, which was to feature Nelson, Jack...
    entertainment/musicNovember 17, 2017 - 7:39pm
    November 15, 2017
    Native View: More lost than jobs with close of match factory
    A match is a simple moment: a flick of a hand, some phosphorus, and hope is kindled. Ishkodeke: the making of fire. I have this great sadness...
    opinionNovember 15, 2017 - 6:48pm
    Members of the Douglas County Sheriff Department work to free a protestor chained to a piece of machinery on the Enbridge worksite along 58th Street in Superior on Wednesday morning. Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com
    Pipeline protest results in four arrests in Superior
    Four protesters were arrested Wednesday at an Enbridge pipeline work site in Superior. Assistant Police Chief Matt Markon said that about 15...
    newsNovember 15, 2017 - 6:09pm
    Zebra mussels attached to a stick pulled out of an infested waterway. The Minnesota DNR is ending grants to local entities that have helped pay for aquatic invasive species inspections and education, citing a lack of funding. News Tribune/2012 photo.
    Minnesota DNR ends invasive-species grants
    Even as zebra mussels, starry stonewort weed and giant Asian carp invade more of Minnesota's waterways, the state Department of Natural Resources...
    newsNovember 15, 2017 - 5:41pm
    November 13, 2017
    A gray wolf moves through forested country in winter. (2012 file / National Park Service)
    Bill would block Wisconsin law enforcement from prosecuting illegal wolf killings
    A group of Republican lawmakers from northern Wisconsin are pushing a bill that would block game wardens and police from investigating illegal...
    newsNovember 13, 2017 - 4:57pm
    November 12, 2017
    Rep. Dan Fabian, R-Roseau
    Lawmaker's Response: DFLers divided; Republicans out in force for Line 3
    Enbridge's proposed Line 3 Replacement Project spans 1,031 miles through western Canada, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Work already...
    opinionNovember 12, 2017 - 7:17pm
    Reader's View: Shut down Line 3, reschedule hearings
    The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission's unfortunate cancellation of two public hearings in St. Cloud, Minn., on Enbridge's proposed Line 3 Replacement Project denied the public a vital opportunity to provide input on a deeply important agency decision.
    opinion/lettersNovember 12, 2017 - 7:14pm
    November 9, 2017
    The Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, Wis. Vijay Kumar Koulampet - Own work (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
    Wisconsin lifts copper mine limits, but no project imminent
    Wisconsin state lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker are moving to end longstanding restrictions on copper, gold and silver mining in the state,...
    newsNovember 9, 2017 - 8:44am
    November 8, 2017
    Twin Metals headquarters in Ely. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
    Emmer bill to allow Twin Metals passes House committee
    Legislation that would erase a federal moratorium on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area WIlderness passed a House committee in Washington...
    businessNovember 8, 2017 - 7:01pm
    At least two arrested in pipeline protest in Superior
    At least two people were arrested Wednesday morning in a protest at an Enbridge pipeline construction site in Superior. According to Superior...
    newsNovember 8, 2017 - 12:46pm
    November 6, 2017
    Left: A pileated woodpecker rests on a snag in Lakewood Township. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com) Right: The statewide survey for the new breeding bird atlas found nesting pairs of red-bellied woodpeckers as far north as Duluth and Bemidji, with some seen as far north as the Ontario border. (Photo by Ken Thomas)
    Minnesota gets first new bird atlas in 81 years
    It took eight years, 700 volunteers and thousands of hours in the field but Minnesota has its first new breeding bird atlas since 1936. The...
    newsNovember 6, 2017 - 5:48pm
    Illustration by Carli Greninger
    The concerns of ag groups show just how much is at stake in the climate change debate
    Editor's note: Jonathan Knutson received a fellowship from the North American Ag Journalists to attend the Society of Environmental Journalists'...
    newsNovember 6, 2017 - 6:01am
    November 5, 2017
    Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters' View: Increase prosperity — but protect Boundary Waters, too
    The Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters is made up people from all walks of life: small-business owners and hunters, military veterans and teachers,...
    opinionNovember 5, 2017 - 6:56pm
    November 4, 2017
    UMD researcher Brad Dewey looks at laboratory-grown wild rice during a 2012 experiment to determine the impact sulfate and sulfides have on wild rice. Minnesota regulators now want to impose new rules on sulfate pollution, but mining companies and others say those rules could put them out of business. 2012 file / News Tribune
    PCA says wild rice rule won't bankrupt Northland
    If state administrative law Judge LauraSue Schlatter agrees that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency proposal to protect wild rice from sulfate...
    newsNovember 4, 2017 - 10:00pm
    Lake Superior level up in October
    For the second month in a row, the level of Lake Superior rose in a month when it usually goes down and is at the second-highest November level on record. The International Lake Superior Board of Control reported Friday that the big lake rose nearly half-inch in October, a month the...
    newsNovember 4, 2017 - 4:50pm
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