DULUTH, Minn. – The Christmas spirit has come alive at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth for the 22nd- annual Bentleyville Tour of Lights. The tour is America’s largest free walk-through lighting display. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived by helicopter to flip the lights on Saturday night. Bentleyville shines bright with more than five-million lights, including a 128-foot LED tree that…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — Mont Du Lac Ski Resort is making snow as it prepares for this year’s season. The resort is looking forward to this winter as the last two seasons have been difficult for business. “We’re hoping for a great winter. You know, the last couple of winters have been difficult with natural snow, so we’re just hoping for…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — Superior Choice Credit Union gave away Thanksgiving goodie bags Wednesday night. In every bag there was a frozen turkey, a bag of potatoes, and a can of green beans. The staff gave out 200 goodie bags to people in need. Staff said that with the ongoing food crisis, they want to lend a helping hand to the…
DULUTH, MINN- The continental ski and bike shop hosted a maintenance workshop on Sunday night. The workshop was to teach women and people of the queer community how to do repairs and maintain their bikes. “We want to make sure that everybody has access to the knowledge and the skills to makes sure their bikes are running safely and reliably.”…
WEST DULUTH, MINN- The Duluth Fire Department responded to a fire right before noon on Sunday. Officials say the CN Facility staff assisted crew on the scene. Damaged from the fire is estimated to $60k. The Duluth Fire Marshall’s office is investigating the cause of the fire.
DULUTH, Minn. — The Duluth 1200 Fund celebrated its 40th anniversary at Zeitgeist. The private non-profit supports entrepreneurs and business owners by providing mentorships and loans with a mission to grow the economy and create jobs in Duluth. Wednesday night’s celebration was to celebrate the hard work of everyone involved and the success stories. “We really hope that one,…
DULUTH, MINN- Starting this month, the YMCA is waiving membership fees and offering free memberships for federal employees on furlough during the government shut down. “I feel a sense of hope because I know that when we work together, when we support each other there’s nothing that we can’t get through.” Says Duluth YMCA Sarah Cole. Come in and show…
DULUTH, MINN- The Duluth area chamber of commerce hosted their 155th annual Forging The Future event at the DECC tonight. Every year thirteen hundred leaders from the community come together to celebrate achievements and challenges from the past year. CEO of API group Russ Becker was a keynote at the dinner. He spoke about ways to grow the economy in middle…
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN- Fairlawn Mansion is celebrating Halloween early with their flashlight tours. Folks gets to come to the mansion after dark for a 30minute tour. During the tour you learn about superstations from the Victorian era and the staff shares paranormal experiences that happened while they were alone in the mansion. The manager of Fairlawn Mansion says they’re just really excited…
WEST DULUTH, MINN- April Ugstad has been crocheting for 20years. She said, it started when she was 18years old working at a ticket booth for a movie theater. Ugstad would crochet in between movies while she was bored. From crocheting hats for family and friends she started crocheting dolls. “Somebody sent me an inspo picture of a Freddy Kruger cat…
DULUTH, MINN- Kimberly Christine has been doing what she calls,” dark tourism” for 13years. She’s lived in Savanah, Georgia and LA, California where she was introduced to paranormal investigation and tour guiding. She started Duluth Ghost Tours in 2022. The tours starts from the Boardwalk in Canal Park and ends at the Lighthouse. At the end of the tour Christine…
DULUTH, Minn. — Seniors at UMD grew giant pumpkins in honor of a researcher’s late husband. The pumpkins were grown to honor University researcher, Val Brady’s husband, Danny Tanner, who died in February. He loved growing pumpkins, so in his memory, Brady got her students together to grow pumpkins. The student manager of the UMD land lab, Justin Cilenti,…
DULUTH, MINN-Zoey Nicole has been the lead makeup artist of the Haunted Ship for four years. She was 16 when she started volunteering. She said her first night volunteering was imitating. “Here I am trying to imitate everybody next to me. I see three other artists and their awesome. They’re amazing! I was just blown out of my mind because…
DULUTH,MINN- Brian Matuszak wears many hats — a college professor, a mentor, and an actor. But at his core, his greatest passion has always been comedy and the stage. Matuszak’s acting journey began in 1984 when he performed in Fools by Neil Simon at the Duluth Playhouse. “I auditioned for a few other shows but hadn’t been cast in anything,…
DULUTH,MINN- Body Electric celebrated the kick off to Spooky Season with the Gothic Ball on Saturday night. This is their third year hosting the event. Body electric is a performing company in the Twin Ports who perform at local gatherings. The money raised in the event will go to Body Electric to continue to do more shows throughout the…
DULUTH, MINN- Lance Todd is a film maker who lives in Duluth. He’s been a professional film maker for 15years, but he’s been making films his whole life. “It was never really a choice. I just, the second I can hold up that camera I was making movies.” Says, Todd. He went to The LA Film School for two years…
Duluth, Minn- Apps such as Tik Tok, Instagram, and X (formally known as Twitter) are examples of social media platforms we easily get lost in. It’s easy to get distracted while doom scrolling for a couple of hours. Adults can tell the difference between skits and Artificial Intelligence, but young children may lack that skill. Child psychology specialist, Lauren Browender says,…
DULUTH, MINN- Superior resident Brinn Gordon is a multi-talented individual. During the day, they’re a bank teller. By night, they’re a DJ, rapper, and a drag performer. As a child, their family would either sing in choir or play instruments. They would watch music videos on the Black Entertainment Television and Music Television channels, that’s when they knew there was…
DULUTH, MINN.- It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina hit. Many lives were taken and changed forever; many more struggled just to survive. West Duluth resident, Cooper Joseph says Katrina was a devastating storm. He lived in Louisiana at the time, 75 miles from New Orleans. Joseph was a Fire Captain of the volunteer fire department. He happened…
DULUTH, MINN- Brian Gandy, John Hakala, and Adam Mahoney are three close friends from Grand Rapids Minnesota. Their passions for music started as young as seven, they have memories to rocking out to the band Kiss with their families and picking up guitars while coming to the realizations they found their callings. They started off playing songs on Brian’s back…
DULUTH, MINN- Jeremy Dickson is a man of many hats. He’s a retired volunteer firefighter, a local filmmaker, but you may know him as a Twin Ports Ghostbuster. Better known as the man behind the wheel of the Ectomobile. It all started with his love for the 80s movie, Ghostbusters; starring Bill Murry. Dickson says, Ghostbusters was the first movie…
SILVER BAY, Minn- The Silver Bay multi-modal trailhead center had their ground breaking Monday, August 4, 2025. The recreational center will allow people to park large vehicles like RVs and trailers in its parking lot. It will also come with a coin operated showers. Most importantly, Minnesotans can enjoy the outdoors safely. Trails will be provided for activities like hiking,…
WEST DULUTH, Minn.-Day two of Spirit Valley Days lit up the streets with a car show today. The car show took over West Duluth with all types of unique rides. Local car owners showed off their hot rods they’ve been working on all year. Young and old car fans got up close looks at cars they don’t see everyday;…
WEST DULUTH, Minn.- Excitement is on in West Duluth for the annual spirit valley days. The parade took over Grand Avenue this evening. The weather was beautiful, despite the smoke in the air from the wildfires. People still showed up to watch the floats go by and to score some candy on the sidelines. Spirit valley days runs through Sunday.
DULUTH, Minn.- If you’re having trouble finding somewhere to live in Duluth, you’re not alone. And a recent study confirms the problem. The local vacancy rate for rentals is only at 1.8 percent, and only around 58 percent of people living in Duluth actually own the roof over their head, according to Maxfield Research and Consulting, who was hired by the…
Jayme Heim RICE LAKE, Min. – Council Woman Jayme Heim has been appointed mayor of Rice Lake by council after Mayor Suzanne Herstad resigned. “It makes me feel proud that rest of the council trust me with this position.” says Mayor Heim. While, Mayor Heim says reasons for the resignation are not clear; she states Herstad said in a letter,…
