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    November 29, 2012

    Portage on Scott Seekins, recording in an attic, and impromptu lyrics

    Witness the evolution of a young band. Duluth transplants, Portage, bring to Minneapolis a string of harmonies that bring to mind the guts of rock music which are culled from the disheveled corners of generations past. The group is set to release their sophomore album Landings, with songs that segue ... More >>

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    November 29, 2012

    Duluth roiled by two recent blackface incidents [VIDEO]

    In recent weeks, video of two young Duluth women wearing blackface and uttering absurdly offensive racial slurs went viral (the footage can be seen below the jump). Just a week later, a photo of a Pizza Luce employee wearing blackfare at a Halloween party has surfaced.SEE ALSO: 11 white supremacists ... More >>

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    November 6, 2012

    Obama effigy hangs from Duluth billboard [PHOTO]

    First Wisconsin, then Rochester, and now Duluth? Sadly, it appears that's the case.SEE ALSO: Laura Mulholland, Rochester anti-Obama racist, has a public Facebook profile For the third time in recent weeks, an Obama hater has chosen an especially hateful way to express their opposition to the preside ... More >>

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    October 30, 2012

    Don't be fooled: Hurricane Sandy didn't set a Duluth seal look-alike free in Manhattan [PHOTOS]

    Here's the blessing of social media: When storms like Hurricane Sandy hit, folks as far away as Minnesota can get a first-hand look thanks to photos uploaded to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and elsewhere.SEE ALSO:-- Duluth floods: Top 10 jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]-- Duluth flood: 10 more jaw-drop ... More >>

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    October 24, 2012

    Carlton County Attorney Thom Pertler's 0.234 DUI arrest: The dashboard footage [VIDEO]

    In July, Carlton County Attorney Thom Pertler was arrested for driving while three sheets to the wind -- his blood-alcohol level was 0.234, though he reportedly blew a surgical anesthesia-level 0.336 immediately after being pulled over. A nearly empty bottle of vodka was found in his vehicle.Five we ... More >>

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    October 11, 2012

    St. Luke's becomes first hospital in state to follow NYC's lead, ban sale of sugary drinks

    A month after New York City approved a ban on sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces, Duluth-based St. Luke's Hospital has taken the next step and is banning the sale of all sugary drinks on hospital premises. SEE ALSO:-- MN Blue Cross' new anti-obesity ads spark controversy: Do they shame fat people? ... More >>

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    September 14, 2012

    Raccoon becomes part of road as striping crew paints over Duluth-area roadkill [PHOTO]

    SEE ALSO:-- Gauthier decides not to seek reelection after DFL Rep. Huntley calls him a "child molester"-- Duluth's Last Place on Earth raided as new synthetic drug crackdown goes into effect-- Duluth flooding sets zoo seal free downtown [PHOTOS]In his last life, he was a raccoon. Now, he demarcates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2012

    Stop the Un-Fair Campaign's new Duluth billboard: 'Embrace diversity, don't deface it'

    SEE ALSO:-- University of Minnesota-Duluth suspends involvement with "divisive" Un-Fair Campaign [VIDEO]-- 11 white supremacists turn out in Duluth, get pelted with snowballs-- "It's hard to see racism when you're white" billboards roil DuluthThe Un-Fair Campaign has divided Duluth since "It's hard ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2012

    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 >>

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    August 13, 2012

    Jim Carlson, owner of Duluth's Last Place on Earth, running for president

    SEE ALSO: Duluth's Last Place on Earth raided as new synthetic drug crackdown goes into effectJim Carlson is known for making millions selling synthetic marijuana. Now, as the Grassroots Party's official presidential candidate, he wants to push for the real thing's legalization.Carlson is named as t ... More >>

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    July 26, 2012

    Duluth's Last Place on Earth raided as new synthetic drug crackdown goes into effect

    SEE ALSO:-- Adam Budge, 18, charged with murder following friend's synthetic drug overdose-- House approves synthetic drug crackdown amid concern about prison overcrowdingJim Carlson, owner of Duluth's Last Place on Earth, has made millions of dollars selling synthetic drugs -- in fact, he estimated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2012

    Duluth flood: Dayton "very disappointed" in FEMA's decision to deny individual assistance

    SEE ALSO:-- Duluth floods: Top 10 jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]-- Duluth flood update, and 10 more jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]-- Mark Dayton declares state of emergency over Duluth floodingOn July 19, Governor Dayton requested individual assistance for home and business owners affected by June's one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2012

    University of Minnesota-Duluth suspends involvement with "divisive" Un-Fair Campaign [VIDEO]

    See also:-- "It's hard to see racism when you're white" billboards roil Duluth-- 11 white supremacists turn out in Duluth, get pelted with snowballsA week after UMD Chancellor Lynn Black said his school remained "very much committed to the goals of the [Un-Fair] Campaign," university administrators ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2012

    Duluth flood: Lake Superior looks like it was infused with chocolate milk [PHOTOS]

    The effects of last month's unprecedented flooding can be seen in aerial shots of Lake Superior, which show chocolate milk-colored waters stretching all the way from the Twin Ports to Wisconsin's Chequamegon Bay.Erik Brown, acting director of the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2012

    Wilco get the key to Duluth at Bayfront Festival Park, 7/1/12

    WilcoBayfront Festival Park, DuluthSunday, July 1, 2012See Also: Slideshow: Wilco in DuluthNels Cline on Wilco's future and his favorite Cibo Matto tuneWilco lend helping hand to Duluth floods victims Seeing Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy onstage at Bayfront Festival Park's pavilion is to see a man in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2012

    Wilco lend helping hand to Duluth floods victims

    See Also: Trampled by Turtles join Twin Ports Bridge Festival to help Duluth flood victims The Duluth floods drowned my record collection Duluth flood updates: Low, Charlie Parr, & Trampled by TurtlesTip of the hat to Wilco for joining the cause to help those in need following the ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2012

    Trampled by Turtles join Twin Ports Bridge Festival to help Duluth flood victims

    Related:The Duluth floods drowned my record collectionDuluth flood updates: Low, Charlie Parr, & Trampled by TurtlesAs the devastating, catastrophic images and stories of the flooding in the Duluth began circulating, you knew that the dedicated, hardworking people of that area would see to it to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2012

    Duluth flood update: Images from after the rain [PHOTOS]

    Two days after a massive deluge flash-flooded the Duluth area, the scope of the damage wrought by the natural disaster is becoming clearer.Authorities preliminarily estimate that the flood caused at least $100 million in damage. In Duluth, 30 percent of the homes suffered water damage, and in the sm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2012

    Duluth flood update, and 10 more jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]

    Thankfully, the rain has stopped in the Duluth area, and the forecast is dry for the next handful of days. While it'll take some time to fully assess the damage yesterday's historic flooding caused, Mayor Don Ness tentatively estimates the impact in terms of "tens of millions of dollars, if not more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2012

    Duluth flood updates: Low, Charlie Parr, & Trampled by Turtles

    Related:Duluth floods: Top 10 jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]Duluth flood update, and 10 more jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]With the stark, grotesque, and unnerving images from Duluth's massive flood comes the worry about our upper Minnesota neighbors -- some of whom are musicians. As the devastation pil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2012

    Feisty -- the wild-eyed, freedom-loving Duluth seal -- is headed to the Como Zoo

    Duluth's flash-flooding allowed Feisty the seal to have a night on the town. Now, she gets to take a road trip to St. Paul.Feisty and Berlin the polar bear are headed to the Como Zoo and will remain there until the flood-ravaged Lake Superior Zoo can repair damage caused by the Duluth Deluge.Como Zo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    Duluth flooding sets zoo seal free downtown [PHOTOS]

    The Lake Superior Zoo is one of the hardest-hit victims of the torrential rainfall and subsequent flooding that has the Duluth area on lockdown today.According to the Duluth News Tribune, the zoo's Polar Shores exhibit, which housed seals and a polar bear, has been completely flooded out. The zoo's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    Duluth floods: Top 10 jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]

    The Duluth area is in the midst of the worst flash-flood to hit the North Shore in at least 40 years. In fact, it may be the worst flash-flood the area has ever seen.Thanks to photo sharing made possible by social media, those of us in the Twin Cities and elsewhere have been able to watch as unbelie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2012

    Pracna: Getting happy down by the river

    Pracna on Main117 Main St. SE, Minneapolis612.379.3200; Pracna websiteHours & DetailsEveryday 9-11 p.m.$3 microbrews and domesticsIt's always nice to hang out down by the river. Truth be told, St. Anthony Main is one of our favorite spots in Minneapolis. Recently we made a late-night pit stop to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2012

    Controversy surrounds alleged anti-gay Saturday night mob beating near Duluth

    Max Pelofske, a 21-year-old Duluth man, says he was at a graduation party shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday night when he was brutally beaten by an anti-gay mob.Pelofske told the Duluth News Tribune he had just arrived at the party, held in an abandoned gravel pit in New Independence Township, when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Trampled by Turtles Day declared in Minneapolis and Duluth

    Duluth's Trampled by Turtles have long since captured the undying affections of Twin Cities music fans, as evidenced by their extremely sold-out show tonight at First Avenue which kicks off their biggest U.S. tour yet (including a spot in the just announced Lollapalooza line-up in Chicago) in su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Wilco's Minnesota dates: Rochester and Duluth (so far)

    Related:Wilco at the State Theatre, 12/6/11Slideshow: Wilco at The State Theatre Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has no interest in falling into predictable patterns. Watch him smoke a cigarette out of his bellybutton in I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, the 2002 documentary about the band, if you don't b ... More >>

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    March 28, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    11 white supremacists turn out in Duluth, get pelted with snowballs

    ​It probably wasn't the sort of showing members of the Supreme White Alliance had in mind, but really, what else did they expect? Eleven members of the white supremacist group took part in an anti-Un-Fair Campaign march in downtown Duluth on Saturday morning, only to be vastly outnumbered by count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Duluth: Racial justice, pro-white rallies scheduled concurrently this Saturday morning

    ​This Saturday should be an interesting one up in Duluth.Backers of the Un-Fair Campaign's controversial "It's hard to see racism when you're white" billboards have scheduled a pro-racial-justice counter-rally set to happen concurrently with a white nationalist group's pro-white rally.The racial j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Chip Craavack objects to proposed mission reduction for Duluth Air National Guard

    ​A proposed one percent reduction in the Defense Department's more than half-trillion-dollar budget could result in a mission reduction for Duluth's Air National Guard base.The base is currently on call around-the-clock. Fighter jets are prepared to scramble and intercept any air threat, including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Duluth: "Pro-white" rally to protest anti-racism billboards

    A pro-white group plans to rally in protest of Duluth's controversial anti-racism billboards.​Backlash against the Un-Fair Campaign's "It's hard to see racism when you're white" billboards continues. Stormfront -- a "white nationalist" group devoted to promoting white pride throughout the world -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    "It's hard to see racism when you're white" billboards roil Duluth

    This billboard has some folks so upset they've threatened the Duluth mayor.​New anti-racism billboards in Duluth have sparked a heated debate.The billboards, created by the Un-Fair Campaign, tell passersby that "It's hard to see racism when you're white," but some white folks in the predominately ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Duluth tourism study examines $10 million investment, coins phrase "Duluth tourism"

    Duluth is a tourist destination for Twin Cities residents who don't have the internet.​Duluth has spent more than $10 million to promote itself as a tourist destination. Now, a marketing firm has spent a bit more money to see if that did any good. The results are mixed, according to the newly rele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Woman in gasmask scares the hell out of Duluth post office

    Photo by Richard Riley, Flickr."You guys do overnight delivery?"​There are some accessories you just can't wear into a government building. As a Duluth woman proved yesterday, a gas mask is pretty high up on the list. Just after 10:00 a.m. Monday, a woman walked into a Duluth post office sporting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Duluth's best food spots that only locals know about

    Get out of my way, I'm hungry!​Grandma's Marathon is this weekend, drawing thousands of participants from around the globe.  From Two Harbors to Canal Park, all the usual restaurants and bars will be packed with throngs of tourists. While we love the Pickwick and Fitger's Brewhouse as much as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Christopher Bjerkness, Duluth's rubber ball slasher, breaks into another gym

    Duluth's rubber exercise balls are safe again.​Christopher Bjerkness, the Duluth man with a weird and unhealthy obsession for slashing squishy rubber exercise balls, has been caught breaking into another gym. Police say 33-year-old Bjerkness tripped a security alarm at Duluth's Chester Creek ... More >>

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    March 30, 2011

    Duluth loses Google broadband bid to Kansas City

    The search is over.​Children in Duluth no longer have to live under the threat of their parents naming them "Google Fiber," because the giant web search company has decided to award its much-ballyhooed fibre optic broadband internet project to -- drum roll please -- Kansas City. Bummer for Du ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    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 >>

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    October 6, 2010

    RIP HellBurgers (Hell's Kitchen Duluth)

    Even a burger conversion couldn't save Hell's...​Even though rebranding Hell's Kitchen, Duluth, as HellBurgers gave the Canal Park restaurant a big boost, it wasn't enough to keep the place in business. HellBurgers closed on Sept. 26, three years into a ten year lease. The Duluth News Tribun ... More >>

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    October 6, 2010

    Duluth headshop sues city over synthetic pot ban

    Duluth's synthetic-pot ban also outlaws hemp clothing and VapoRub?​While California appears on the verge of legalizing real marijuana, Duluth just got itself sued for trying to ban fake marijuana. Duluth became the first city in Minnesota to ban the popular legal smokes in August, over the ob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    'Duluth! A Love Story' exhibit opens at Cult Status Gallery Saturday

    'Monster' by Chris Monroe​With all the beauty Duluth has to offer, especially at the turn of each season, it is not surprising that it remains one of Minnesota's most-beloved destinations. So how nifty would it be to import the scenic views and beauty the city has to offer down here to the Twin Ci ... More >>

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    September 1, 2010

    Duluth charter school requires see-through backpacks

    Image by wired_gr on FlickrMiddle school: It just got worse​Oh God. Zits, periods and mean girls make middle school bad enough. Now school administrators in Duluth have made the humiliation even worse by forcing students to wear clear backpacks. The horror.

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    August 30, 2010

    Duluth set to ban synthetic marijuana

    Let the prohibition begin!​Here's some further evidence that your window to smoke synthetic cannabis is closing fast: The Duluth City Council is voting tonight on whether or not to ban the psychoactive "herbal incense" products that have flooded head-shop shelves over the past year.

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    July 9, 2010

    Ball slasher Christopher Neil Bjerkness violates probation, good taste

    Bjerkness violated parole, but Duluth's rubber balls are safe​The good news about Christopher Neil Bjerkness violating the terms of his probation is that he didn't relapse into his weird self-described sexual fetish of stabbing big, squishy rubber balls with a cold, hard knife. No, in this ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Duluth residents asked to limit water use, longingly stare at Lake Superior

    Photo by James Jordan​You know the saying "water water everywhere and not a drop to drink"? If you've ever wondered what it must be like stranded in the ocean with dry mouth, ask the residents of Duluth. They have the world's third-most voluminous body of fresh water in their backyard, but the ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Sound Unseen branches out to the Great Lakefront

    ​It's been 10 years since Sound Unseen began its yearly showcase of the most promising music-related films, a nice round number on which to expand, or straight-up double in size. So of course that's exactly what they're doing: the first annual Sound Unseen International, Duluth will be taking plac ... More >>

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    April 14, 2010

    Maria Bamford

    ​It's been 10 years since Sound Unseen began its yearly showcase of the most promising music-related films, a nice round number on which to expand, or straight-up double in size. So of course that's exactly what they're doing: the first annual Sound Unseen International, Duluth will be taking plac ... More >>

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