Caring Corner Cube Gives Back To Those In Need
DULUTH, Minn. A West Duluth resident has started a new way to give back to her neighbors. It's called the "caring corner cube" and it's located at the intersection of 8th St.…
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Cloquet Community Garden Celebrates First Harvest
CLOQUET, Minn. The newly established Cloquet Community Garden has become quite the hit around town. Located at the Zion Lutheran Church, the garden consist of 36 different plots that were planted by…
Volunteers Honored for Hunger Action Month
DULUTH, Minn. - Volunteers are essential for the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank. Friday, they held their annual Hunger Action Month Volunteer Appreciation Event, which celebrates the works that these volunteers…
Pence to Join Walker for Wisconsin Business Tour, Discussion
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence plans to join Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday to tour a Milwaukee-area business and talk about tax reform with local leaders. The event at Weldall Manufacturing…
Northland Foundation Awarded $686,500 Grant
DULUTH, Minn. - The Northland Foundation has been awarded $686,500 from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. The fund supports increased lending activity in low-income…
New "Makers Mercantile" is Space for Northland Makers
DULUTH, Minn. - A new space for makers has opened in Duluth. Makers Mercantile is a shop selling work from many North Shore makers. The shop carries a mix of art, décor,…
Duluth Housekeepers Compete In Housekeeping Olympics
DULUTH, Minn. - Housekeeping Appreciation Week is this week, giving local hotels a chance to show their appreciation for their hard workers. In Duluth, local hotels went head to head at Grandma's…
The Breeze Inn Gets In The Oktoberfest Spirit
DULUTH, Minn. -- It's fall and almost October, and many places are transforming into the Oktoberfest mood. That's exactly what's happening at the Breeze Inn on Jean Duluth Road. This is the…
Mayor Larson Puts Duluth's Tourism Tax Revenue Under Microscope
DULUTH, Minn. - With the city of Duluth facing $2.1 million in cuts for 2018, Mayor Emily Larson is looking at every single dollar that flows in and out…
Superior Adds Funding To Police, Fire In 2018 Budget
SUPERIOR, Wis. - While Duluth is facing cuts to police and fire, it's the opposite for the city of Superior. Mayor Jim Paine says the police department is getting an additional $28,000…
Last Day of the Season for Downtown Farmer's Market
DULUTH, Minn. -- Rain or shine, the Duluth downtown farmer’s market goes on without a hitch. This was the last week of the season for the Downtown Farmer’s Market right on the…
Northern Regional Safety Day Trains Local Professionals
DULUTH, Minn. - Preparing for the unthinkable; that's what hundreds of workers at the Northern Regional Safety Day Conference trained for. This year, preparing for emergencies also means understanding that the opioid…
Equifax Dumps CEO in Wake of Damaging Data Breach
NEW YORK (AP) - Credit reporting agency Equifax is ousting CEO Richard Smith in an effort to clean up the mess left by a damaging data breach that exposed highly sensitive information about 143 million Americans. The shake-up announced Tuesday comes…
Duluth Councilors Set 2018 Maximum Levy, Reduce Police/Fire Cuts
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth city councilors have fulfilled their state duty to set the maximum operating levy for 2018 to a number higher than Mayor Emily Larson has proposed. In a…
Farmers Seeing An End To The Season
Hermantown, Minn. Local farmers are wrapping up their growing seasons. That also means that the local farmers markets are coming to an end. Monday the Hermantown farmers market ended their season. Local…
Mechanics: Winterize Now Before Panic Time
DULUTH, Minn. -- Now that summer is in the past, it's time to skip fall and think about winter, at least for your car's sake. The crew over at…
New Menu Items Coming to AMSOIL Arena
DULUTH, Minn.-If you are sick of the same old food at AMSOIL Arena, you will be in for a surprise during the upcoming UMD Bulldogs hockey season. Six new items have been…
Crossbows Selling Like Hot Cakes
SUPERIOR, Wis.-The archery bow hunting season has begun in both Minnesota and Wisconsin and it's causing some local retailers to see an uptick in business. In particular, crossbows have been flying off…
Target Raising Minimum Wage to $15 by End of 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp. is raising its minimum hourly wage for workers to $11 starting next month and then to $15 by the end of 2020, a move it says will help it hire and keep the best…
First annual Ice Fishing Expo at Black Bear Casino
CARLTON, Minn. - The first annual Ice Fishing Expo at Black Bear Casino is being put on by Coates RV. Attendees were able to get up close looks at all the latest…
