Darrin and Michelle Keiper, along with their two children, will be presented this year with the 2021 Don Fennessy Volunteer of the Year Award following more than two decades of dedicated service to Grandma’s Marathon. In the mid-1990s, Michelle Keiper was a student employee working for Grandma’s Marathon Board member Candace Furo, who recruited her...
April 20, 2026
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June 9, 2021September 5, 2021Community News, People, St. Louis County
Marinucci named St. Louis County Director of Land and Minerals
Julie Marinucci has been chosen as the new Land Commissioner and Director of the St. Louis County Land and Minerals Department. Marinucci first joined the county in 2018 as the Mineral Development Specialist. The following year, she was promoted to Deputy Director of Land and Minerals. Her appointment to lead the department follows the retirement...
June 5, 2021September 5, 2021Community News, Grand Marais, Latest Posts, People
Lindholm picked to lead I.S.D. 166
Christopher Lindholm was selected by the school board to become the next superintendent of I.S.D. 166. Lindholm has been the superintendent of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, since July 2013. His last day on the job will be June 30, 2021. Prior to that, he was superintendent of the Burnsville-Eagan Savage school district, and before that Principal...
June 4, 2021September 5, 2021Community News, Duluth Police
Duluth Police arrest two suspects from the May 22 secondary shooting event
The Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force and the Duluth Police Department Violent Crimes Unit arrested two men identified in a shooting that took place in the 100 block of East 3rd Street on May 22, shortly after 7 p.m. The men were arrested after both were suspected of firing shots at a...
May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Community News, Media
FOX 21’s Ali wins award
Sam Ali joined FOX 21 in January of 2018 and currently serves as the station’s multi-talented sports director. The 2021 Duluth Times’ Television Sports Journalist of the Year spent the previous three years as the sports director at ABC 10 in Marquette, MI and a year as news director at the WOLV radio station in...
May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Community News
Tomanek seeks reelection
Duluth at-large city councilor Terese Tomanek held her father’s umpire facemask during a press event Tuesday morning to announce her intention to run for reelection in the fall. The event was held outside historic Wade Stadium in West Duluth, where she said her father umpired and wore the facemask.
May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Community News
Children’s Museum opens downtown in pop-up playspace
The Duluth Children’s Museum has popped up for play in Downtown Duluth. While the museum works to prepare its new space in Lincoln Park for a June opening, an empty storefront across from the Sheraton is being used for a temporary mini-museum experience. “We’re so excited to welcome the community to our new location in...
May 28, 2021September 5, 2021Community News
Warning of dangerous swimming conditions
By Kate Van Daele Due to a High Risk of Rip Currents today, the Duluth Fire Department is issuing a warning of dangerous swimming conditions for Park Point beaches effective immediately and continuing until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. This warning means that wind and wave conditions can support strong rip currents. Rip currents will most likely...