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Child care worker, teacher shortage ripples across economy

Even the pandemic’s grip on the economy loosens, a new challenge is cropping up for child care professionals at the new facility, and for teachers, across the region: an apparent labor shortage.

Business

Baptism River Barbecue Co. offers food with a north woods smoke flavor

Couple launches Baptism River Barbecue Co. with a flair for working together, and sourcing local flavors and ingredients.

August 04, 2021 10:00 AM

News

Crews fight wildfires along Minnesota North Shore highway

Multiple fires burned an estimated 45 acres on Saturday.

April 04, 2021 07:20 PM

Business

Does Northshore Mining's tailings basin expansion require environmental review?

Regulators weigh environmental review of Milepost 7 tailings basin expansion after Cleveland-Cliffs submits permit application.

January 22, 2021 05:00 PM

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Minnesota friends, ages 20 and 101, bonded by COVID-19

With help from her friend, Esther Olson, 101, is able to live at home after a battle with the coronavirus.

December 21, 2020 01:52 PM

By Teri Cadeau

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'It’s just one more kick in the stomach:' Already reeling from COVID-19 closures, Iron Range braces for mining layoffs

Nearby businesses fear fewer customers as cities anticipate less production revenue.

April 27, 2020 06:34 PM

By Jimmy Lovrien

Al and Jenny Lopez, both 81, are happy in their apartment at Primrose Assisted Living. They married on Valentine's Day a year ago and will be celebrating their first anniversary. "If you're lonely and there's somebody in your life you enjoy being with, go for it," said Jenny. Bob King / Forum News Service

'Go for it': Couple celebrates first anniversary at 81

DULUTH-Al and Jenny Lopez dated for three months before they decided to tie the knot on Valentine's Day last year."When you're 80 years old, why wait? You might wait too long and then you're sorry," Jenny said.But whether they really dated before...

February 13, 2018 04:57 PM

By Lisa Kaczke

News

Hibbing trucker sent to prison in fatal North Shore crash

TWO HARBORS, Minn.--Soon after a federal agency pulled his commercial trucking license and a judge ordered him not to drive, John Ray Carpenter was back behind the wheel.

February 05, 2018 08:56 PM

By Tom Olsen

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Business

Cliffs CEO promises continued growth in '18

DULUTH - Cleveland-Cliffs had a good year mining and selling Minnesota and Michigan iron ore in 2017, the company reported Thursday, Jan. 25, and should have an even better year in 2018.Cliffs nearly doubled net revenue, hitting $371 million in 2017.

January 25, 2018 02:34 PM

By John Myers

This aquaponics operation in Silver Bay has sat vacant since the late summer of 2016, when UMD closed down its research at the city-owned facility. Jamey Malcomb /Forum News Service

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Northern Minn. aquaponics venture goes belly up

SILVER BAY, Minn.--Bruce Carman Jr. talked a good talk. But after more than a year of hype, the 59-year-old entrepreneur has little to show for his pledge to demonstrate that aquaponics will be "the way of the future," as he told the News Tribune...

December 27, 2017 06:52 AM

By Peter Passi

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14-year-old girl dies after falling off cliff north of Duluth

A 14-year-old girl died Sunday afternoon after falling off a cliff at Palisade Head, located along the shore of Lake Superior northeast of Silver Bay.The Lake County Sheriff's Office received word of the incident shortly after 1 p.m. A sheriff's ...

September 11, 2017 01:13 PM

By Duluth News Tribune

While standing along along Highway 61 near Schroeder, Minn., Judith Hazen and Marc Davey try to work out exactly where Hazen's car rolled in an accident that occurred on May 15, 1996. Davey came to Hazen's rescue and pulled her from the car to keep her safe. The two reunited in Tofte on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, more than 21 years later. Bob King / Forum News Service

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Accidental reunion: 21 years after North Shore crash, woman meets her rescuer

Marc Davey produced family pictures. Judith Hazen came with a binder filled with mementos from a previous occasion.It was the sort of thing one might expect to see at a reunion of two people after more than 21 years apart -- but with a difference...

September 03, 2017 05:00 AM

By John Lundy

t6.11.12 Bob King -- kingPLANE0612c2 -- Captain Bob Swearengin with the Civil Air Patrol steps out of a plane at the Duluth International Airport after completing a 3-hour mission helping to search for the missing plane Monday.

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After 5 years, search continues for missing Minnesota pilot and plane

DULUTH, Minn. - Michael Arthur Bratlie was a seasoned pilot with thousands of hours of flying time when he left for a round-trip sightseeing flight from St. Paul to Duluth to test a new engine on June 8, 2012.No trace of Bratlie, a retired U.S. N...

June 29, 2017 08:00 AM

By Lisa Kaczke