Due to the continued high risk of rip currents today, the Duluth Fire Department is issuing a warning for dangerous swimming conditions for Park Point beaches effective immediately and continuing until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, July 8. This warning means that wind and wave conditions can support rip currents. Rip currents are life-threatening to anyone entering...
April 21, 2026
Category: Breaking News
Prep sports fall practices begin August 16
Minnesota high school boys and girls fall sports teams will begin official 2021 preseason workouts on Monday, August 16.
Motorcycle, motor vehicle crash in Hermantown
Hermantown – Hermantown Police responded to a report of a motorcycle-motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Lavaque Road and Arrowhead Road on Friday. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2000 Harley Davidson, driven by a 56-year-old male from Solon Springs, Wisc., was southbound on Lavaque Road when it crashed into a 2011 Chevrolet Impala...
Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival cancelled
Superior, Wis. – The Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival, slated for August 27-28, has been cancelled. The decision comes after careful deliberation by the Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival’s Executive Committee, which concluded that there is too short of a timeframe to successfully organize the event. “Each dragon boat team is made up of 20...
Essentia Health relaxes visitor restrictions
As the prevalence of COVID-19 declines across our region, Essentia Health is returning to pre-pandemic patient visitation at its hospitals and clinics. Like many health systems, Essentia responded to the public health crisis in spring 2020 by limiting visitors to its facilities. This was done to protect the patients, staff and the communities it serves....
Duluth Fire responds to structure fire in Central Hillside neighborhood
By Clint Reff Just before 8 p.m. Friday, the Duluth Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire at 100 block of East 3rd Street. The original dispatch reported a lot of smoke coming from a two-story apartment building. Upon arrival crews found a large amount of smoke coming from a basement unit....
City of Duluth tax levy spikes 65.4 percent
The City of Duluth has raised its share of the local property tax levy an unprecedented 65.4 percent, compounded, in the last six years as follows: 2021 — 2.98% increase 2020 — 8.46% increase 2019 — 5.92% increase 2018 — 10.19 increase 2017 — 17.65% increase 2016 — 7.68% increase Under former mayor Don Ness:...
Final stretch of Superior Street to close through September
The final portion of the Superior Street Reconstruction Project is now closed to vehicular traffic. Work will be starting on Superior Street between 3rd Avenue East and 4th Avenue East today. While work is being done within this section, the 3rd Avenue East intersection will remain open. This portion of Superior Street will be closed...