DULUTH, Minn. – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has announced that the contaminated Minnesota Slip will be dredged and capped. Nearly 37,000 cubic yards of sediment are contaminated where the William A Irvin is docked. The toxins located in the sediment are at high enough levels that they could affect the bugs and fish that live there. However, the contaminated…
DULUTH, Minn. – Zero Hour Escape Rooms unveiled a new challenge today called “The Wheelhouse”. Players take the role of an engineering team trapped aboard the sinking “Bill E. Irvin” Lake Superior cargo vessel. The room took about a couple months to build and test out before it was ready for the public to take on. “We thought it would…
DULUTH, Minn.-Registration prices to enter Grandma’s Marathon will be increasing Jan. 1. The fee will go up $10 to $135. Those who registered early got the discounted price. The price will go up another 10 dollars in April. Registration for the William A. Irvin 5K and Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon is already closed. Grandma’s Marathon weekend will be held June…
Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award on a musician for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
A well-known ventriloquist is in the Northland.
The William A. Irvin Haunted Ship 2016 will incorporate traditional scares, as well as government conspiracies in this year’s theme: What the Government Won’t Tell You.
Duluth Mayor Emily Larson says she is determined to fix the troubled blue bridge that connects Canal Park to the DECC.
Brighton Beach is a piece of Duluth that merges wildlife with city, but this normally peaceful place turned fatal Tuesday for a local dog owner.
Three Duluth Projects are still in the running for the Knight Cities Challenge.
Registration for the 2016 Grandma’s Marathon officially closed Thursday after hitting the registration limit of 8,500 runners.
Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay has been offered the job as Chief of Police in Wichita, Kansas, according to The Wichita Eagle.
It’s a popular sport that has produced some Olympic athletes from the Northland: Curling. In this week’s Great Outdoors we stop in at the Superior Curling Club.
Runners hoping to get into the 2016 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon only have a few more days to enter the lottery.
Get ready to ignite the fright within, as the William A. Irvin’s Haunted Ship is open for business.
Workers at the William A. Irvin are putting the finishing touches on the Haunted Ship and this year more than ever its not for the faint of heart.
The City of Duluth wants your input on plans to improve and renovate two popular parks: Memorial Park and Irving Park.
Twelve–year–old Nate Burke was struck by lightning more than two weeks ago at Enger Golf Course.. Wednesday night, he and his family gathered in the same place where he almost lost his life, to say thanks to the heroes who saved him.
Thirty-six Girl Scouts toured the Twin Ports, learning about and experiencing the five modes of transportation.
It is official, the 39th annual Grandma’s Marathon is in the book for 2015.
A man who lost a leg reached his goal Friday of completing a 5K run/walk.
About 18,000 runners from nearly 50 countries will take part in Grandma’s Marathon this weekend which will bring in lots of fun and energy along with traffic and crowds.
-The race will begin at 6:00 p.m. Traffic on Harbor Drive behind the DECC will be closed at 3:00 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m. traffic will be diverted off portions of Railroad Street for the duration of the race.
A Proctor bus driver with a bright idea is setting a new standard for bus stop safety.
With higher–than–average temps in January, the 11th Annual Great Lakes Pond Hockey Classic saw warmer weather than in the previous 10 years.
