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Spirit Mountain Asks Council for $235 Thousand to Make Up Lost Wages

Spirit Mountain is facing a financial crisis after their cancelled snocross event.

DULUTH, Minn.- Spirit Mountain needs cash. The executive director of Duluth’s snowy tourist attraction says they’re struggling to meet payroll for employees heading into the holiday season. Ironically, snow is holding the snow mountain back. The recent blizzard cancelled last weekend’s national snocross event and put spirit hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hole. “There’s not an insurance policy…

Parking Services Buckle Down on Parked Cars After Snow Storm

Duluth Parking Services says wrongly parked cars are blocking snow plows.

DULUTH, Minn.- The city of Duluth says they can’t give any more passes to people parked on the wrong side of the street after the snow storm. Officials were lenient with cars stuck early in the week but have started ticketing vehicles blocking plows from clearing residential roads. The Central and East Hillside neighborhoods are among the areas experiencing the most…

Duluth Business ShelDon Celebrates 30th Anniversary

ShelDon is located on East Superior St. and has been a staple of printing and copying services in downtown Duluth for three decades now.

DULUTH, Minn. – The city of Duluth proclaimed Thursday, December 5 Sheldon day in honor of the business’s thirtieth anniversary. ShelDon is located on East Superior St. and has been a staple of printing and copying services in downtown Duluth for three decades now. They have faced struggles along the way but have managed to stay strong in the end,…

Buy Coffee With a Side Sleeve of Care

Red Mug Coffeehouse sells coffee with sleeves decorated by Cooper Elementary students.

SUPERIOR, Wis.- Coffee drinkers can get their lattes with a little side of love at Red Mug Coffeehouse. Each to-go coffee from the shop will get a custom sleeve decorated by a student at Cooper Elementary School. Every student at the school made at least one coffee sleeve in honor of “caring and giving” month. “The first thing I thought is…

St. Scholastica Monastery Holds Annual Christmas Bazaar

The bazaar has been going on for around 50 years and money raised goes back to the monastery to help the sisters with things like making improvements to their building.

DULUTH, Minn. – Hundreds of eager shoppers visited the St. Scholastica Monastery on Thursday to participate in the annual Christmas Bazaar. The bazaar has been going on for around 50 years and money raised goes back to the monastery to help the sisters with things like making improvements to their building. Many of the items sold are handmade or donated…

Two Harbors Lights Up the Park for a Second Year

The event included sled dogs, horse carriage rides, and even tug boat rides.

TWO HARBORS, Minn. – Thomas Owens Park got a dose of the holiday season as it was lit up to celebrate Christmas. For years the North Shore Rotary Club has been putting up lights in the park. This is the second year, however, it was also a holiday part for the community. The event included sled dogs, horse carriage rides,…

Age Well Arrowhead Volunteers Pay Extra Focus to Elderly Community After Snow Storm

Age Well Arrowhead volunteers shovel snow and deliver groceries for Twin Ports elderly community.

DULUTH, Minn.- The snow doesn’t exactly make it easy for people to do common tasks like grocery shopping- This is especially true for the elderly community in the Twin Ports and is why Age Well Arrowhead is doing what they can to help out while the snow is piled high. Age Well Arrowhead helps older folks year–round. During a doozy…

Duluth Winter Village This Weekend at Glensheen

DULUTH, Minn. – This weekend, the Duluth Winter Village will fill the Glensheen Mansion grounds with thousands of shoppers. The fourth annual event is a one-stop shop for Duluthians to shop local this holiday season from more than forty vendors. Marcia Hales’ light display is now on the grounds, which organizers say will help make this year’s village even more…

St. Louis County Focused on Widening Streets, Clearing Sidewalks

County crews have been working hard since last weekend's winter storm

PIKE LAKE, Minn. – St. Louis County tells us all county roads have been plowed for days, but snow removal isn’t done yet. County crews are now pushing snow piles back and clearing sidewalks. Plows have been filtering in and out of the county public works building in Pike Lake after the district was pelted with more than twenty inches…

Community Professionals Fight Recidivism in Duluth

SOAR Career Solutions holds final Transition Coalition of 2019.

DULUTH, Minn.- The common goal of keeping people out of jail brought the community together for SOAR Career Solutions final “Transition Coalition” meeting of the year. The event invited mental health, academic and employment professionals to share different methods of helping people get back to normal life after incarceration. “Most people don’t have just the one problem. If you’re homeless,…

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas in Superior With Tree Lighting

The tree lighting was originally supposed to be on Saturday but was delayed because of last weekend's snowstorm.

SUPERIOR, Wis. – Superior’s big Christmas Tree was finally lit at Center City Park outside the Superior Public Library. The tree lighting was originally supposed to be on Saturday but was delayed because of last weekend’s snowstorm. “It’s something we do every year we come out and see the tree lighting and after that big blizzard we just had it’s…

Superior Roads Are At Least “Passable” After Recent Snow Storm

Next week, crews will work on clearing school crossings and safe routes.

SUPERIOR, Wis. – Across the bridge, Superior is also working to improve snow packed roads. Mayor Jim Paine says all city streets are at least “passable” at this time, but the goal is to get them back to 100%. Main and secondary roads have already been cleared. The next step is to go back through to make the streets wider….

UMD Chancellor Gives Details on School’s Budget Cuts

Chancellor Lendley C. Black makes intentions clear with up and coming school budget cuts.

DULUTH, Minn.-UMD Chancellor Lendley Black spoke out for the first time today regarding his decisions to make $5.2 million in budget cuts for 2020 school year. This, after facing public backlash from faculty and staff in the school of fine arts for choosing to focus some of his cuts on the humanities departments. UMD’s College for Liberal Arts and the…