Former Carlson Bookstore Building Sold; Pop-Up Venue Planned For Garage
DULUTH, Minn. - Some changes in real estate are coming to downtown Duluth. The old Carlson Bookstore building at 206 E. Superior Street has been sold.…
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Knowing Your Neighbors: Dovetail Cafe
DULUTH, Minn.-Many big coffee shops like Starbucks, and smaller niche cafes like to boast of their organic, single origin coffee. But how many can boast that their entire coffee shop is homegrown?…
Taste the Flavors of Fall this Week in Downtown Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. - Are you looking for easy lunch and dinner options this week? If so, the Greater Downtown Council in Duluth has you covered! Eat Downtown - Flavors of Fall Duluth…
Community Asked How 4th Street Indigenous Market Be Developed
DULUTH, Minn.- The American Indian Community housing organization or AICHO invited the community to the site of the future indigenous food market for an Open House on Saturday. Attendees…
Duluth and Germany Come Together Next Fall
DULUTH, Minn.- Next fall Bayfront Park will be turned into a little Germany. Kern and Kompany just announced they'll be hosting an Oktoberfestival at Bayfront. The event will feature German games,…
PUC Votes to Approve Minnesota Power Natural gas Plant
DULUTH, Minn. – In a Monday morning 3-2 vote the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved Minnesota Power’s Nemadji Trails Energy Center. Last year Minnesota Power announced plans to build a $700 million natural gas plant in Superior. Minnesota Power would…
Dovetail Open for Business
DULUTH, Minn.- A new cafe has opened at the Duluth Folk School in Lincoln Park. Dovetail Cafe and Marketplace opened their doors and welcomed first customers last week. The Folk School…
US Probes Ford Pickup Tailgates Opening Unexpectedly
DETROIT (AP) - U.S. safety regulators are trying to figure out why the power tailgates on some Ford F-Series pickup trucks can open unexpectedly while the trucks are moving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into F-250…
Sears Files for Chapter 11 Amid Plunging Sales, Massive Debt
NEW YORK (AP) - The company, inundated by debt and falling sales, said Monday that it would begin liquidation sales and close another 142 stores before the end of the year. The company that dominated the American retail landscape in…
USW Frustrations Grow, say ArcelorMittal Management Provoking Work Stoppage
DULUTH, Minn. - A day after members of the USW union voted by a 10-1 margin to ratify a new four-year contract with Cleveland Cliffs, the USW Negotiating Committee released a bargaining update highlighting growing frustrations with ArcelorMittal management. The…
Follow the Green Balloons this Saturday in Lincoln Park
DULUTH, Minn. - Local business owners in Duluth's Lincoln Park Neighborhood invite you to stop by and explore their space this Saturday, October 13. The third annual Lincoln Park Open…
Canal Park Recovers After Storm
DULUTH, Minn. - A normal fall day in Canal Park; sunshine, tourists walking along the shore. It's a sharp contrast from the fury on Lake Superior only one day before. "She's like…
Starbucks Provides Backup Care Benefit to US Workers
SEATTLE (AP) - Starbucks' U.S. employees have a new benefit: subsidized backup care for children and adults. The company says employees will get up to 10 backup care days each year to use when regular care is unavailable. More than…
Get Felted Soap at Apple Fest
BAYFIELD, Wis.- Believe it or not there's more than just apples at Apple Fest. There are all types of vendors taking advantage of the large crowds to sell their…
Students Tour Factory for Manufacturing Week
DULUTH, Minn. - Governor Mark Dayton declared this "Manufacturing Week" in Minnesota. Some prospective workers had the chance to tour a manufacturing facility in Duluth. Students in the Pathways to Prosperities program…
Bayfield Apple Festival This Weekend
BAYFIELD, Wis. - Shops in Bayfield have been spending the week preparing for the Apple Festival crowds. Booths, tents, and stands are going up all around town. The Fat Radish will…
Amazon ups Hourly Wage to $15, Will Advocate for Higher pay
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, which has faced political and economic pressure to raise pay for thousands of employees, is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month and said it will push…
Knowing Your Neighbors: Diamond Royal Tack
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Northern Midwest isn't normally knowing for its Western staples, but Fox 21 found one of the only places in the Twin Ports that can help…
Cleveland-Cliffs, Steelworkers Reach Contract Agreement
HIBBING, Minn. (AP) - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United Steelworkers have reached a tentative agreement on a new, four-year contract. The Cleveland-based company and the union announced the deal Sunday. The proposed contract takes effect Monday and covers about 1,800…
National Coffee Day is Finishing off September, but There's More to it Than Your Regular Cup of Joe
DULUTH, Minn.- Fox 21's Viktoria Capek takes you to the "lab" of Duluth Coffee Company where Jess Rossing creates organic beauty products and body scrubs from dried coffee grounds. She tells us all about her business Pretty Gritty Body. For…
