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Duluth 2019 General Election Results
Emily Larson will serve a second term as Duluth Mayor. There will be three new city councilors: Derek Medved, Roz Randorf and Janet Kennedy. Paul Sandholm is new to the school board.
Duluth Mayor
Emily Larson – 13,340 | 63.65%
David Nolle – 7,509 | 35.83%
Write in – 110 | 0.52% (more…)
R.I.P. Xavier Bell, Family Freedom Center founder
Remembering Xavier Bell for his commitment to community - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota
Family, city officials reflect on Family Freedom Center founder
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A celebration of Xavier Bell’s life will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, 3 p.m., at Peace United Church of Christ. Visitation is at 2 p.m. All are welcome.
Sorry Alworth Building, you’re not special
The website of Rotary International published a story in August about reading, with “suggestions for making each book count.” Around the middle of the story is this nugget:
Recognize that not all reading pleasures can be shared. I have friends who will swear up and down that Frederick Exley’s A Fan’s Notes is the greatest sports book ever written. This, for the record, is like being the tallest office building in Duluth. Which in and of itself doesn’t make the building special.
Well, don’t worry, Alworth Building, Perfect Duluth Day thinks you’re special. All 247 feet of you.
More Duluth climate-change refuge speculation
The international news agency Reuters is the latest to report on Duluth as a potential climate-change refuge. Back in April, it was the New York Times.
R.I.P. Amendola Building
Demolition work on the Amendola Building in Downtown Duluth. (Photo by Mike Creger)
The Amendola Building at 405 E. Superior St. was demolished today to make way for Essentia Health’s Vision Northland project.
Amendola Building, Google Maps, 2018
Bob Boone and Leif Enger on CBS This Morning: Saturday
According to the West Theater Facebook page and a post on the neighborhood social networking website Nextdoor, CBS This Morning: Saturday shot a segment at the West Theater in Duluth that will air Oct. 12 during the 6 to 8 a.m. broadcast.
Apparently the show’s host, Jeff Glor, interviews West Theater owner Bob Boone and best-selling author Leif Enger. The Nextdoor post notes the West Theater will open at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday for a free screening of the broadcast. The West Theater Facebook page lists 8 a.m. as the time of the screening.
Duluth Coffee Pale Ale wins GABF gold medal
Earth Rider Brewery was awarded a gold medal at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival, the world’s largest commercial beer competition. The Superior brewery was recognized in the Coffee Beer category for its Duluth Coffee Pale Ale, a mildly hopped pale crafted using single-farm sourced beans roasted by Duluth Coffee Company.
Ursa Minor Brewing of Duluth also brought home a medal. Its Thistle Dew won the bronze medal in the Scottish-Style Ale category. (more…)
Duluth 2019 General Election Sample Ballot
General Election polls open Nov. 5 at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. (more…)
Jessica Lange’s shout-out to Duluth
The Last Word: Jessica Lange on Buddhism, Road Trips and Ryan Murphy
Jessica Lange on 'AHS,' Ryan Murphy, her new book of photography, her favorite roles and more in Rolling Stone's 'Last Word' interview.
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From Rolling Stone magazine:
What’s your favorite city and why?
Oh God, there are different ones from different times in my life. In my 20s, it was Paris — it’s 1970, I’m living by myself for the first time, everything is alive and crazy. Being that city back then … it was like another love affair! New Orleans, because it’s a separate universe down there, with different cultures co-existing in a way you don’t see other places. And Duluth, Minnesota, because it’s home. Shout-out to Duluth!
Trampled by Turtles to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” Monday
Duluth band Trampled by Turtles will sing the National Anthem when the Minnesota Twins host the New York Yankees at Target Field in Minneapolis on Monday. The best-of-five American League playoff series begins tonight. TBT’s version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” will happen prior to Game 3 on Monday, Oct. 7, at 7:40 p.m.
Great Lakes Gear Exchange opening store in Central Hillside
Outdoor-gear consignment pop-up shop to get storefront in Duluth - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota
The business, which has operated as a pop-up shop for several months, is getting a storefront in Duluth's Central Hillside neighborhood.
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Great Lakes Gear Exchange is opening a storefront 510 E. Fourth St. in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood. The outdoor gear consignment business has existed since January and has hosted monthly pop-up shops at the Duluth Folk School and other locations over the past six months. (more…)
What Goes ‘Round in Bayfield sold; now Honest Dog Books
The former What Goes ‘Round bookstore at 38 S. Second St. in Bayfield recently changed ownership and is now called Honest Dog Books.
Duluth Stories in the Babylon Bee
Hopeless Sinner Scoffs At Idea God Would Save Other Hopeless Sinner | Babylon Bee
DULUTH, MN—Local Christian man Fred Dennis was incredulous when he heard Kanye West had experienced some kind of conversion, from committing to not making secular music anymore to inviting gospel-centered preachers to deliver messages at his events. While many are expressing a cautious optimism when it comes to the genuineness of West's salvation, the hopeless sinner is instead confident God could never save a hopeless sinner like Kanye West.
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An Oct. 1 headline in The Babylon Bee brings to light two things:
1) There is a satirical news website called The Babylon Bee, similar to The Onion. The differentiator being that The Babylon Bee refers to itself as “Your Trusted Source for Christian News Satire.”
2) It’s been around since 2016 and has referenced Duluth a few times, like The Onion has. (more…)
Unnamed Minneapolis developer has purchase agreement for Duluth News Tribune building
Minneapolis developer agrees to buy News Tribune building - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota
The building's price wasn't available at time of publishing, and will likely be available in 2020 when the purchase is complete.
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The News Tribune would lease back around 8,500 square feet in the building’s top floor.
Hundred-year commemoration of Duluth lynching could see 10,000-person rally
'Pinnacle' planned for Clayton Jackson McGhie 100th - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota
Commemoration events throughout 2020 will conclude with a planned 10,000-person rally at the downtown Duluth memorial on the 100th anniversary of the 1920 lynchings.
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It’s been nearly 100 years since Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie were falsely accused, taken by force from the old Duluth jail, and lynched by an estimated 10,000 community members at the intersection where the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial now stands.
On June 15, 2020, the community will commemorate those three men and continue to work toward a mission of fostering peace, racial equity and growth. Organizers are asking for more than 10,000 community members and visitors to attend an event at the intersection of the memorial and in the surrounding streets to listen to keynote speaker Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Ala.
