Marriage bill event in downtown Duluth
This is not an endorsement, but we were asked to mention that Minnesota United in Duluth is hosting a fundraiser Saturday to help build momentum to pass the Freedom to Marry bill into law. Chester...
View ArticleCold bracket busters
At least this cold weather could come in handy for something. Duluth and other Midwest cities have a chance to go all the way this year in the Toughest Weather City Tournament on weather.com. Minnesota...
View ArticleWe’re third-best educated
Minnesota is among the best educated states in the country, according to a recent report. With 46.6 percent of the working-age population holding at least a two-year college degree, Minnesota is No. 3...
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Duluth gets credit for ‘Tarjay’ nickname
An obituary in the Washington Post this week for Douglas J. Dayton — the first president of Target and uncle of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton who died of cancer July 5 at age 88 — described how he turned...
View ArticleHorseshoes and health care
Minnesota’s health commissioner has a passion for pitching horseshoes. That has led him to talk health over games of horseshoes across the state during the past two summers. On Tuesday, Dr. Ed Ehlinger...
View ArticleMN Reads, on the radio
A new KUMD radio show called “MN Reads” debuts at 8:15 a.m. today during the station’s Northland Morning. The weekly program is about books written by Minnesota authors. This week’s show discusses...
View ArticleMinnesota sells itself off
You paid for it once, why not again? The state of Minnesota will auction its surplus equipment on Saturday in Arden Hills. Up on the block will be about 100 cars and trucks, generators, welders, air...
View ArticleHelp a kid out
Every once in a while, the tech-connected youth will throw a surprise curveball and embrace the slow, outmoded technology of yesteryear. Eh? received an interesting request recently. It seems that a...
View ArticleNolan to honor vets
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan will be visiting the Hoyt Lakes VFW Post 8144 on Saturday. To mark the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which propelled the United States into World War II, Nolan...
View ArticleBalsam bough-nanza
Did you ever wonder where all those Christmas wreaths come from? Well, the Northland’s forest is the easy answer. In Minnesota alone, about 1,700 tons of balsam boughs are harvested each autumn,...
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