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Lake Superior Ice Festival Continues

The annual Lake Superior Ice Festival officially got started today, one of the few larger events taking place during the pandemic.

SUPERIOR, Wis. – The annual Lake Superior Ice Festival officially got started today, one of the few larger events taking place during the pandemic. The warmer temperatures along with the snow created a great environment for people to come to Barker’s Island in Superior to check out the festival. With ice sculptures, a snowshoe obstacle course, and fun characters like…

Dog Sledding at Positive Energy Outdoors Provides Participants with Neat Experience

For those who want to get into dog sledding, but maybe not at the level of the Beargrease just yet, classes were available in Duluth today.

DULUTH, Minn. – For those who want to get into dog sledding, but maybe not at the level of the Beargrease just yet, classes were available in Duluth today. Positive Energy Outdoors near Rice Lake Road provides dog sledding introduction classes giving participants the expertise in how to harness dogs, handle them, and how to hook them up to the…

Vets Check Dogs Before Beargrease

With Beargrease just around the corner, vets are making sure that dogs are safe for the big race tomorrow.

PROCTOR, Minn. – With Beargrease just around the corner, vets are making sure that dogs are safe for the big race tomorrow. Veterinarians, vet technicians, and students from the University of Minnesota helped check the dogs at the South St. Louis County Fairgrounds in Proctor. “Everybody seems to be well-trained and healthy,” said Gregg Phillips, the head vet for the…

Winter Bike Week Kicks Off With Bike Tune-ups

Zeitgeist’s Winter Bike Week has begun.

DULUTH, Minn. – Zeitgeist’s Winter Bike Week has begun. As part of the festivities, Northlanders were able to come to Continental Ski and Bik today for free bike tune-ups and take-home treats. There was also a kids helmet giveaway through Safe Kids Northeast Minnesota. “Gearing it towards people who aren’t necessarily always biking throughout the winter and making it a…

Marshall School Continues with Hybrid Learning, Encourages Kids to Go Outside

With the pandemic continuing on, Duluth Marshall has created new ways to teach kids in-person.

DULUTH, Minn. – With the pandemic continuing on, Duluth Marshall has created new ways to teach kids in-person. For example, with virus transmission being lower when outside, kids can practice physical education on a makeshift rink after the school flooded half their tennis courts. The assistant principal says activities like these really boost the kids’ spirits during these uncertain times….

Changes Could Be Coming to Lincoln Park

Overall, the city’s main goal is to simply make the park safer.

DULUTH, Minn. – Some major changes could soon be coming to Lincoln Park. The park is in need of maintenance like moving the playground away from the road while adding bathrooms to the historic pavilion and reopening it. Overall, the city’s main goal is to simply make the park safer. “It hasn’t necessarily had as large of an investment for…

Warming Centers, Homeless Shelters Staying Busy

With the winter chill hitting the Northland, Northland homeless shelters and warming centers are staying busy.

DULUTH, Minn. – With the winter chill hitting the Northland, Northland homeless shelters and warming centers are staying busy. Management at CHUM says they’ve seen about 80 people a night in the shelters along with another 35 in the warming center. However, because of COVID some of the homeless are concerned about going into the shelters over fears of catching…

COVID Variants in Minnesota

COVID variants across the world have made their way to the U.S. including right here in Minnesota and now local health officials are continuing to urge Northlanders to use caution when out in the public to prevent getting these more aggressive forms of COVID.

DULUTH, Minn. – COVID variants across the world have made their way to the U.S. including right here in Minnesota and now local health officials are continuing to urge Northlanders to use caution when out in the public to prevent getting these more aggressive forms of COVID. COVID variants are now being discovered across the U.S. including right here in…

Essentia, St. Luke’s Begin Vaccinating People Age 65 and Older

DULUTH, Minn.– The race to give out the COVID-19 vaccine continues as the Northland begins to move on to the next wave of people to get the shot. So far, healthcare providers in Duluth have vaccinated over 1,400 people including frontline workers, long term care residents, and first responders. St. Luke’s and Essentia Health both started giving vaccines to people…