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Great Lakes swimmers plan to complete the journey the Edmund Fitzgerald started
This weekend, a group of long-distance swimmers plan to begin a more than 400 mile swim relay across Lakes Superior and Huron to complete the journey of the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald started 50 years ago this fall.
Duluth officials cancel agreement for huge hilltop housing development
The Duluth Economic Development Authority voted Wednesday night to cancel the development agreement for Incline Village, a massive proposed $500 million development that had planned for more than 1,000 housing units overlooking downtown and Lake Superior.
Duluth EPA staffers put on leave for signing on to letter of ‘dissent’ critical of Trump administration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed up to six employees of the agency’s Duluth research lab on administrative leave for signing their names to the “declaration of dissent,” pending an investigation.
Largest grain terminal in the Duluth-Superior port set to close
The CHS grain terminal in Superior, Wis., with 500 silos, the largest terminal in the port of Duluth-Superior, will permanently close at the end of August and 25 employees will be laid off.
An Alaska brown bear has a new shiny smile after getting a huge metal crown for a canine tooth
An Alaska brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth after a first-of-its-kind procedure. The 800-pound bear named Tundra was put under sedation Monday and fitted with a new titanium alloy crown.