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Owners Of Popular Duluth Martini Lounge Announce Permanent Closure
Fans of a popular Downtown Duluth hotspot got some sad news on Thursday. The owners of Black Water Lounge on the street level of Greysolon Plaza on Superior Street shared in a social media post on Thursday afternoon that they will be closing down the martini lounge after 15 years of serving cocktails and food items.
Rochester walk to support the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota
ROCHESTER, Minn. - It's an event to raise awareness of seizures and support families, friends and neighbors that are impacted by epilepsy. The 'United in Epilepsy Regional Walk' took place at Cascade Lake Park on July 18. The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota officially kicked off its walk series in Rochester...
From retired sailors to tour guides on the William A. Irvin
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - There’s a lot of history to take in when touring the William A. Irvin in Canal Park and that includes the folks on board who lead tours for visitors from around the world. A lifetime on the Great Lakes still wouldn’t be long...
Aaron Blanchard Joins UMD Women’s Soccer Coaching Staff
DULUTH, Minn.- The UMD women’s soccer team has added an assistant coach. Former Northland College head coach Aaron Blanchard has joined the staff. He previously served the Lumberjills for the past four seasons. Blanchard is also the head coach of the Superior City FC women’s team. This past summer,...
Scholastica’s Jason Schmitz to Coach at 2024 Women’s NCAA College Basketball Academy
DULUTH, Minn.- St. Scholastica women’s basketball head coach Jason Schmitz will make his way to South Carolina later this month. Schmitz is one of the 10 coaches picked to lead at the 2024 Women’s NCAA College Basketball Academy. The camps are put on to provide prospective student-athletes a...
Wild State Cider’s Dogfest offering a big chance to adopt a dog
What’s Brewing: Wild State Cider’s Dogfest offers a chance to adopt a dog. Saturday, the first annual Dogfest will take place at Wild State Cider, featuring 5 different animal shelters. Dogfest invites the community to swing by with their dogs to celebrate the dog days of summer, the...
UMD alumni Curtis Cox receives Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nomination
UMD alumni Curtis Cox has been named a 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee. Cox received his nomination for a bone marrow donation. In the spring of 2023, Cox participated in UMD’s Be the Match program, where he discovered he had matched with a two-year-old boy. Cox was flown out to Washington D.C. where he underwent the bone marrow extraction, and the next day, the two-year-old received the infusion.
City by City: Duluth, Floodwood, Superior
Duluth, Minn. - The St. Louis County Historical Society is opening a new exhibit on historic photographs of Duluth. “The Views of Duluth” is a free exhibit that features copies of Hugh McKenzie’s photographs and other notable Duluth photographers whose work highlights the establishments and architecture of the 1900s. From quiet streets and scenic overlooks to grand theaters and exciting recreation events, “The Views of Duluth” is located on the fourth-floor gallery above the Great Hall of the Duluth Depot at 506 W Michigan St. The Depot is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit will be open through August 31.
Duluth Woman’s Club Host 56th Annual Tour of Homes and Gardens
DULUTH, Minn. — The Duluth Woman’s Club held their 56th annual Tour of Homes and Gardens Wednesday. 5 homes, 3 gardens, the Woman’s Club itself and the Duluth Boat Club all got in on the action. FOX21 cameras were allowed inside one of the homes which boasted some historical features.
The man who caught the flying bullet after former President Donald Trump was shot — Wisconsin’s Afternoon News
MILWAUKEE — Doug Mills of The New York times thought it was going to be just like any normal Donald J. Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania as he began to get images of the former President speaking to a full crowd last Saturday — until, it wasn’t.
Wisconsin Cold Case: DNA Breakthrough Solves Gruesome 1963 Gas Station Murder!
GREEN BAY, WI – More than fifty years after a man was brutally murdered at a gas station in Wisconsin, authorities believe they have finally identified his killer. Advanced forensic testing on DNA samples from the crime scene has led detectives to a suspect, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office announced.
New Behavior Health Clinic Looks to Bridge Gap for Crisis Response
DULUTH, Minn. — A new behavior health care center is set to open near Downtown Duluth next week. During Tuesday’s public safety meeting, members of the Human Development Center opened the presser stressing the need for mental health support. A new Urgent Care Behavioral Health Clinic will open up on Monday with a dedicated space meant to de-escalate and service people who are having a mental or behavioral health crisis.
Rochester, MN Woman Wins Big Cash Prize from Kwik Trip Giveaway
Kwik Trip, based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, has nearly 900 stores in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, and South Dakota. It was recently recognized by USA Today as the best gas station in America. The convenience store chain is having a lot of fun this year. In the spring, they...
Around the Circle This Week: July 18, 2024
Think Fresh on Sunday … Fresh Water & Lake Superior Day. This Sunday is the third Sunday in July … and that means it is Lake Superior Day. Our Big Lake is the only Great Lake with its own designated day, thanks to a group of Thunder Bay residents who started it in the 1990s and revived a decade later by the late Bob Browne of Superior, who had served on the Lake Superior Binational Forum. The forum has since been sunsetted, but Lake Superior Day continues and some shoreside communities plan events to celebrate our watery backyard holding 10% of the world's fresh surface water (some of it seen here in this photo by Christian Dalbec).
Ashland County Sheriff’s report
7/1 Caller requests to speak to law enforcement because she believes her sister is in her basement on North Third Street in Butternut. Caller at a gas station on Highway 2 in Odanah reports a gas drive off worth about $35. Caller reports there’s an injured fawn at the bottom of Hidgbridge Hill. ...
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