News and Current Affairs
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…)
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…)
John Ramos ramps up his edgy journalism with Duluth Monitor
John Ramos strolls with his son, Walter, on the fishing dock that was once part of the Duluth/Superior Interstate Bridge. (Submitted photo)
A longtime Duluth journalist known for his combative style and sharp wit has created a new outlet for his work. John Ramos launched the Duluth Monitor website in June. (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.
PDD Quiz: September 2019 in Review
Test your knowledge of local headlines with this month’s quiz!
The next PDD quiz, on the history of the Hunters Park neighborhood, will be published on Oct. 13. Submit question suggestions to Alison Moffat at aklawite@d.umn.edu by Oct. 8. (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.
The Noble Pour cocktail lounge planned for Lincoln Park
Duluth Grill owner Tom Hanson stands behind the bar at the Noble Pour, a new lounge he is developing at 1907 W. Superior St. Hanson purchased the bar from the now-closed Red Herring Lounge.
A new Lincoln Park night spot will feature an artifact from the recently closed Red Herring Lounge, a well-loved but short-lived downtown Duluth music venue. (more…)
Duluth sees its first ‘virtual restaurant’ with Bowls to Go
Restaurant developer Rick Lampton shows off the 310 Pub kitchen in Duluth where Bowls to Go menu items are prepared. Lampton and his partners own the 310 Pub, 7 West Taphouse and Grizzly’s Wood-Fired Grill.
A new Duluth restaurant is going without wait staff, tables, even walls because its fresh, hot food is delivered wherever hungry customers want to eat. (more…)
Adas Israel Congregation synagogue destroyed by fire
The Duluth Fire Department responded at 2:23 a.m. to a report of a structure fire at Adas Israel Congregation, a Jewish synagogue at 302 E. Third St. (more…)
Missing Person: Jacob Lavoie
The Duluth Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 21-year-old Jacob Michael Lavoie. He was last seen at Grandma’s Sports Garden in Canal Park on Saturday, Aug. 31, at around midnight, and early on the morning of Sept. 1.
Lavoie is a white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing approximately 150 pounds, with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. He might be wearing a black Nike baseball hat, red/salmon long-sleeve shirt and jeans. Anyone who has information about Lavoie’s whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Duluth Police Department Juvenile Services Unit at 218-730-5560, or call 911. (more…)
Iwen wins prize
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that UW-Superior professor Jayson Iwen has won a $5,000 poetry prize. (more…)
Superior Entry Lighthouse on Wisconsin Point sold
Wisconsin’s Superior Lighthouse sold for $159,000 - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota
After more than a month of bidding, the lighthouse was sold.
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The century-old Superior Entry Lighthouse on Wisconsin Point sold for $159,000 to Steven Broudy of San Francisco, Calif. The new owner will have to maintain it. (more…)
