Business

Superior Closes Chapter on Failed Kestrel Plant

City Council votes to dissolve Tax Increment Financing District they created for the project

SUPERIOR, Wis. – The City of Superior has officially moved on from the failed Kestrel Project. The proposed airplane manufacturing company was supposed to bring a big economic boom to the city and create hundreds of permanent jobs but the business never came. The Superior City Council voted unanimously to dissolve a Tax Increment Financing District they created for the…

Last Saltie of the Season Departs Harbor of Duluth-Superior

Great Lakes shipping season likely to last another several weeks

DULUTH, Minn. – The last saltie of the season shipped out of the port of Duluth-Superior Saturday. The Federal Rhine departed Saturday afternoon. According to the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, the 2018 shipping season has been a strong one both with shipments of grain and iron ore cargoes. “When we look back about five or six years we average about…

Survey Results Released For ‘Imagine Canal Park’ Experiments

DULUTH, Minn. – Survey results are in from the Imagine Canal Park pop-up experiments that will be used as a guide to the city of Duluth as to what people want or don’t want for the future of that busy tourist section of town. More than 1,200 residents, visitors, business owners and stakeholders filled out of the survey. Out of…

Duluth Bar Owner Opening Pub In Former ‘High Fives’ In Superior

SUPERIOR, Wis. – The owner of the Rex Bar in Duluth is expanding in Superior to open a new pub in a familiar location. Mike Lemon says he’s turning the former High Fives on 5th into Average Joe’s Pub & Grub. The remodeled building on the corner of North 5th Street and Hammond Avenue will open in the next few…

Wasabi Restaurant Opens in Duluth

Japanese restaurant opens in the Old City Hall building on East Superior Street

DULUTH, Minn. – Wasabi Restaurant is now open on East Superior Street in Downtown Duluth. The Japanese restaurant offers twenty-dollar all you can eat sushi, just like their other location on Tower Avenue in Superior. New for the new store, Wasabi has added a Poke Bowl to the menu. It’s basically sushi on the go. They have several signature bowls…

Wasabi Restaurant Opens Friday at 2 p.m.

DULUTH, Minn. – Black Friday means Wasabi Restaurant is opening for the first time in Downtown Duluth. The new signage is now up on the Old City Hall building on East Superior Street. The Japanese restaurant will open Friday at 2 p.m. You can expect the usual $20 all-you-can-eat sushi like the restaurant in Superior. And a new item on…

Small Business Saturday This Weekend

For some shops in Duluth, it's the busiest day of the year

DULUTH, Minn. – Not only is Black Friday this weekend, but Small Business Saturday is as well. It’s an important day for local shops and stores across the Northland. Small Business Saturday is the busiest day of the year for some local shops, according to the Greater Downtown Council. Statewide, 1.2 million people work for employers that fall in the…