Duluth News Tribune

Star Tribune reporters engage in colleague-on-colleague Twitter war

Either Brandon Stahl and Rochelle Olson like to kid really aggressively, or they kinda hate each other.WTF FILES: Star Tribune runs ads on behalf of polygamist Mormon sect The two Star Tribune reporters got into a Twitter war yesterday, culminating in each of them agreeing to stay away from the othe ... More >>

Pine County Sheriff's refusal to enforce new gun regulations has at least one legislative supporter

When Andy Parrish says he has "no intention of abiding" by President Obama's new proposed gun control measure, it's one thing. But a county sheriff? That's another.SEE ALSO: MN secession petition: Glenn Beck to be first president of 'Dumbf*ckistan,' Faux Nooz reports Yesterday, Pine County Sheriff R ... More >>

Duluth couple blasts "pagan" Olympics, write that it "made one think of pedophiles"

Dennis P. and Rosemarie Mitchell are disappointed in the London Olympics. According to the Duluth couple, this year's games, and particularly the opening and closing ceremonies, "made one think of pedophiles" and of "Satan being glorified."Or so they write in a letter to the Duluth Budgeteer News ed ... More >>

Rep. Kerry Gauthier reportedly sexed 17-year-old boy in Duluth-area rest stop

SEE ALSO: Rep. Kerry Gauthier under investigation for "suspicious activity" at highway rest stopThis week, the Duluth News Tribune called out the State Patrol and Duluth Police Department for not releasing more information about a mysterious rest stop incident involving state Rep. Kerry Gauthier, ... More >>

Rep. Kerry Gauthier under investigation for "suspicious activity" at highway rest stop

SEE ALSO: Thom Pertler, Carlton County Attorney, reportedly blew a ridiculous 0.336The Duluth News Tribune is calling out the State Patrol and Duluth Police Department for not releasing more information about a mysterious rest stop incident involving state Rep. Kerry Gauthier, D-Duluth.Gauthier is u ... More >>

Duluth News Tribune runs correction to St. Luke's coverage

Last year, the Duluth News Tribune ran several investigative stories about a former neurosurgeon at St. Luke's hospital, Dr. Stefan Konasiewicz, with the gist being that St. Luke's "was aware of the harm Konasiewicz was alleged to have caused [patients] and yet continued to let him practice," accord ... More >>

Pastor Kirk Schield and his wife lose foster care license over spankings

People who have worked with Kirk and Beth Schield's foster children call them "loving and caring" parents. Yet the couple's foster care license has been revoked after a state investigator couldn't get Beth to promise she'd stop spanking her foster children.Kirk is pastor of Shepherd of the Lake Luth ... More >>

"Hunting shacks on stilts" annoy St. Louis County officials

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } For some hunters, it seems the fall Minnesota mornings spent shivering in a tiny, rickety deer stand are a thing of the past. St. Louis County officials are having trouble with the concept of hunting "mansions," or deer stands with shingled roofs, insulation, carpetin ... More >>

Poop-contaminated pool in Duluth causes Crypto outbreak

​Stop pooping in pools, people.The Minnesota Department of Health said yesterday that nine people are suspected to have Cryptosporidium (or Crypto) after swimming at Duluth's Edgewater Resort and Water Park. Crypto causes flu-like symptoms and diarrhea. It is caused by a parasite commonly spread t ... More >>

Chassis the dog goes missing in Duluth, turns up 300 miles away near Iowa border

Duluth News TribuneChassis (with Teresa) is apparently a bit traumatized after her 300-mile adventure.​Chassis, a one-and-a-half-year-old husky, began 2012 with the walk of a lifetime.The dog broke free from her Duluth home on New Year's Day. Last week, she turned up in Taopi, a southern Minnesota ... More >>

UMD hockey fans warned after "smallpox blankets" chant during Fighting Sioux series

Duluth News TribuneUMD student hockey fans have a proud tradition of making asses of themselves. ​University of Minnesota-Duluth men's hockey student season ticket holders have been warned they could have their season tickets confiscated if they repeat the ugly behavior displayed during a series a ... More >>

James Knuuttila faces 10th drunk driving arrest

Knuuttila was already scheduled for a trial this fall for another durnk driving arrest.​Someone get this guy a personal breathalyzer. James Knuuttila, a 62-year-old Wisconsin man, was arrested last week on suspicion of -- among other things -- drunk driving. This is the 10th time Knuuttila ha ... More >>

Chip Cravaack sees pork, Duluth News Tribune suddenly sees red

Cravaack beat Oberstar.​Back in October, the editorial page of the Duluth News Tribune gave Republican Chip Cravaack a big wet kiss of an endorsement in his run against Democrat Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's 8th congressional district. Now that Cravaack has vanquished Oberstar and is headed fo ... More >>

Duluth News Tribune turns against Jim Oberstar

Cravaack gives Oberstar a run for his money.​For the first time in three decades, the Duluth News Tribune did not endorse Congressman Jim Oberstar. Oberstar has been a huge asset to the 8th District, says the DNT -- this is a guy who helped build the "Bong Bridge," after all -- but the paper ... More >>

State Sen. Satveer Chaudhary admits $251K tax delinquency

Photo: Minnesota SenateMore bad news for Chaudhary​First, the DFL withdraws its endorsement of state Sen. Satveer Chaudhary over his fishy environmental measure protecting a lake by his cabin up north. Now he's in more hot water. The Duluth News Tribune is out with a story this morning repor ... More >>

Teens charged in vicious Duluth beating of Dash Johnson

Photo: banspy​Three teens were charged yesterday in the vicious beating of Arden Hills native Dash Johnson. The most violent member of the group was charged with attempted first-degree murder. Walfrid David Ashlie "Dash'' Johnson, a 21-year-old student at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, ... More >>

Bear cub Hope reunited with mom Lily

Photo via Lily The Black Bear/FacebookCoaxing Hope out of the tree​Dragged down from a fir tree by the scruff of her neck, Hope the Internet sensation bear cub was rescued Wednesday evening and reunited with her mother, Lily, by wildlife biologists who thought earlier in the week she might hav ... More >>

Lily's bear-cam cub, Hope, is missing and feared dead

Photo via Lily The Black Bear/FacebookLily gave birth in January before a live Internet audience​Hope, the cub born to Lily the black bear while millions of viewers watched live via online video, hasn't been seen since since Friday. She's feared dead, say researchers at the North American Bear ... More >>

Ely Mayor Roger Skraba promises end to BWCAW porta-potty thefts

Clear?​There's been a long-simmering resentment in Ely about the decision in 1978 to ban most motorized vehicles from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the Minnesota-Something border. And in recent years, Ely Mayor Roger Skraba has been somewhat of a poster child for locals acting o ... More >>

Hot, steamy co-eds at U of M library

It's raining men, and the U of M wants an umbrella.​The University of Minnesota-Duluth just learned an unsettling lesson about the internet: you can't control how people are going to use your content. The U of M thought it would be cute to set up a live-streaming web cam in the library. W ... More >>

U of M-Duluth Facebook racism 'horrendous and despicable'

​Not only were two University of Minnesota-Duluth white women students trading racist filth on Facebook about a third student, who is black, without her knowledge. But in the process of running down the girl because of her race, they flaunted their total ignorance of basic English. Another stu ... More >>

Scott Miner's freezing death not Duluth bar's fault

Wikipedia.​A Duluth bar won't be held legally responsible for the death of a 22-year-old man who wandered out into the frigid North Shore winter last year and froze to death, the Duluth News Tribune reports. Scott Miner went out drinking at the Copasetic Lounge on a 17-below-zero night in lat ... More >>

Moose Lake pet hoarder lived in 'toxic' home with 29 cats

Photo: sneakerdog/Flickr​"The air was absolutely toxic," Mike Licari, executive director of the Carlton County Friends of Animals, told the Duluth News Tribune. There were "more dead cats than live ones" in the house, he said, and some had been cannibalizing the bodies of six dead cats. Four ... More >>

Moose No. 4073 wanders into Duluth

So Duluth resident Dawn Bloom looks up one day and there's a big moose in her yard, accessorized with a radio collar. Mike Schrage, a biologist for the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa tells the Duluth News Tribune that No. 4073 was collared northeast of Finland, Minn., in February 2008. No one's sure ... More >>

Steven Albert Cooper, teen who open fired on fleeing convenience store workers, sentenced

Cooper seemed less than remorseful as he admitted to shooting the Duluth clerks while they tried to escape.

UMD grad just plays dead guy on Law & Order: SVU

We'd like to pretend that's all you get with a UMD degree, but it's not really true.

Husband uses crowbar, gun to force 2nd man into sex with his wife

Kevin Robert Thompson is in a whole lot of trouble after catching his wife with another man.

Man driving motorized La-Z-Boy gets DWI

If you ever consider taking your motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair out from a night of drinking, it might just be better to leave it at home.

Minn. man attacked by bobcat while hanging out with pet ducks, goose

A 52-year-old Hermantown man wasn't expecting much out of his Friday evening. Just a relaxing night hanging out in his garage with his 11 pet ducks and one goose.

Minn. Hells Angels visit cost $185,000 in patrol overtime

That's one heck of a babysitting charge.

Police beatings, ball slashings, and cat killings

A violent week in the news

Rubber ball fetish man pleads guilty to ball slashing

The Duluth man with a fetish for breaking into buildings and slashing large rubber exercise balls pleaded guilty Wednesday to his latest incident.

When otters attack: Austrian tourist in Wis. gets rabies shots after bites

An Austrian woman visiting a Wisconsin lake got quite a surprise when she saw several otters swimming near her. Before she knew it, the cute and seemingly innocent animals were attacking her.

Duluth store stops selling "My Indian name is Crawling Drunk" shirts

One Duluth tourist store apparently thought visitors would love to take home a souvenir t-shirt making fun of drunk American Indians they saw on their trip.

When Hells Angels bark bigger than bite, bikers get burned

The looming threat of the Hells Angels can lead to problems when police try to watch them a little too closely as they go about their legal and quite normal vacationing activities. Some business owners are yelling overkill.

Creepy UMD student to plead guilty to harassing cousin for nude photos

A University of Minnesota Duluth student allegedly wanted naked photos of his cousin so badly that he chose the blackmailing route to get them.

Man with exercise ball fetish says he is only a threat to rubber orbs

Good to know: The Duluth man known for his confessed fetish for cutting large exercise balls says he is only a threat to the balls he uncontrollably attacks with large blades.

Duluth's rubber ball fetish burglar at it again

The man has a professed sexual fetish for slashing rubber exercise balls and he is accused of burglarizing yet another place to satisfy the urge, police say.

Vandals chop down Minn. 'honking tree'; what will we honk at now?

Two Harbors is mourning the loss of one of their most historic residents: the Honking Tree. Late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, someone with a chainsaw took down the 75-foot-tall white pine in the median of the Two Harbors expressway.

Duluth F-16s help track down Canadian suicidal pilot

Wednesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Limbaugh: Pioneer Press, U Journalism 'Screwl' sucking on gov teat

Rush Limbaugh rans about the recent Minnesota grant to help newspapers get up to speed on this new Internet thing everyone's been talking about.

Minnesota journalists still don't understand the Internet?

The Duluth News Tribune, Pioneer Press, and the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication announced a $238,000 state grant that will help them retrain journalists on media in the digital age.

Are home tapers ripping off musicians?

A local connection to Kenyan violence

Crime blotter: planting evidence

Pioneer Press Agonistes: So much for happy endings

Carl Hiaasen on Knight Ridder

Duluth is dead! Long live Duluth!

North Shore: R.I.P.

Tales of Wonder