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Brian Kobilka (left) and his wife, Tong Sun Kobilka, answer questions from reporters after hearing news of Brian Kobilka’s Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday, at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. The Kobilkas met in the 1970s while students at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Linda A. Cicero | Associated Press

Nobel Prize winner was gifted UMD student

By Jana Hollingsworth, jhollingsworth@duluthnews.com DULUTH — Brian Kobilka’s first research project at the University of Minnesota Duluth was studying gene expression in the salivary glands of insects. That was pretty...

news / region Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 3:43am

Featured from front to back are Sam Maass and Lisa Brien. Traveling with them, but not shown, were Anne and Ben Williams. Isle Royale National Park has 165 miles of trails that pass through a variety of wilderness settings. The trails feature bridges, boardwalks, prairies, beaches and birch forests, as well as breathtaking views on ridges.
Pioneer Photo/Anne Williams

Isle Royale National Park: Berries galore and so much more

Heavy fog blanketed the harbor as we stood on the dock on the morning of Aug. 12. The crew of the Voyageur II ferry worked fast to prepare for our...

news / local / outdoors Sun, Sep 13, 2009 - 12:00am