Snapping Turtles

Thu. Jun. 11th, 2015  |  Emily Stone

The old turtle scraped at the sand with her naily toes as the kids gathered in a wide circle around her. Sometimes I get questions about dinosaurs on field trips, but they don’t fit into the Museum’s focus on Northern Wisconsin species.

Piloting a German Beer

Thu. Jun. 11th, 2015  |  Jim Lundstrom

Plenty of people fall in love with a particular beer, but not many fall in love so hard that they decide to become beer distributors.

You, too, can be part of Scott Walker’s inner circle

Thu. Jun. 11th, 2015

If you think that none of today’s presidential candidates care about people like you, check out Republican Scott Walker.

City has long history of sweetheart deals with A & L

Sat. Jun. 13th, 2015  |  Robert Boone

A & L has historically had the benefit of preferred treatment by the City of Duluth, most notably during Mayor Gary Doty’s administration.

Steering the Steering Committee

Sat. Jun. 13th, 2015  |  Robert Boone

 ? Upon reading this week’s cover story, it’s possible that people will be dismayed at the Machiavellian maneuverings of Mayor Ness’s administration as to the future of Duluth’s ?downtown library.  While it is fair to be concerned, a greater benefit

Peter Yarrow From Peter, Paul and Mary Tells Us About Music and Activism

Wed. Jun. 17th, 2015  |  Paul Whyte

They will acquire a kind of vitality and immediacy that is very important because I think that is in people’s hearts. The same impulses to make a more sane and just world. That still exists and we can be united. People can enjoy it and be connected

Wake up Minnesota, your babies are crying

Wed. Jun. 17th, 2015  |  Carla  Arneson

More than wild rice is being harmed.

The free market has me suspicious about the food market

Wed. Jun. 17th, 2015  |  Forrest Johnson

Oh, to be a capitalist, a free market capitalist, in the industrial grade food business. It can’t get any better as long as people still mate and produce more little consumers as blind as their parents when it comes to eating habits.

Irreplaceable and Irrevocable

Wed. Jun. 17th, 2015  |  Harry Drabik

It will amaze some that consultants and engineers were not brought in beforehand to study and propose. The case was one of the most competent and experienced locals putting their heads together to plan and execute the job.

The Slow Insanity of Prison

Wed. Jun. 17th, 2015  |  A.C. Hawley

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2.24 million Americans are currently imprisoned. That works out to 716 prisoners per every 100,000 residents.