1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (487+ words) Last Christmas season, Zach More, a recent University of Minnesota Duluth graduate and brewer at Canal Park Brewing, was inspired by the Duluth Sister Cities’ holiday tree display at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Each year, dozens of volunteers decorate…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (254+ words) News-Tribune, Sept. 7, 1926 Mrs. E.B. Rice, author, lecturer and internationally known psychologist, is conducting a series of lectures in the Pompeiian Room of Duluth’s Spalding Hotel on the topics of “Mental Bondage,” “Realizing Your Idealism” and “The Kingdom of Happiness.” Through vibrations…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (254+ words) News-Tribune, Sept. 5, 1926 Duluth parks collectively amount to about 2,500 acres, almost one-third of which has been gifted by citizens, according to a recent survey. The city’s first park was a small strip of 2.4 acres in Fond du Lac platted for park…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (522+ words) Despite having the space it needs to meet demand, Duluth is facing potentially the worst housing crisis in the state. Rents climb while construction stagnates, and people are squeezed out of their homes or home city. The greatest roadblock we…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (250+ words) News-Tribune, Aug. 31, 1926 Arrowhead Airways of Duluth will open negotiations with the Canadian government to carry mail between Winnipeg, Duluth, St. Paul, and Chicago. An 800-foot runway, under construction for the past two months, will be completed this week about five…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (245+ words) News-Tribune, Aug. 28, 1926 James Geary, who saved 1,400 lives in 1878 when he piloted a train through fire-ravaged forests to Duluth, died in Omaha, Nebraska, penniless and forgotten in a tarpaper-covered cottage. After the fire incident, he spent an entire year in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (190+ words) News-Tribune, Aug. 25, 1926 Duluth police have begun a “war” on what Chief E.H. Barber termed “maniac motorists,” with 12 people arrested for speeding and one for drunken driving, all in the same day. The decision was precipitated by a fatal crash…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (182+ words) News-Tribune, Aug. 22, 1926 Mobile barber shops may be coming to Superior to combat exorbitant charges for haircuts. Ralph Greenfield, leader in the fight against the recently established union price of 75 cents, said he already has four trucks equipped with everything but…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (687+ words) DULUTH — After more than 20 years of work, a massive revitalization of the city’s Harbor Highlands neighborhood has finally reached the finish line. Officials on Monday celebrated the completion of the sixth, and likely final, phase of the housing development near…...

4+ week, 35+ min ago   (248+ words) News-Tribune, Aug. 17, 1926 The Duluth Corner Grocers Association is challenging a city ordinance prohibiting the sale of staple groceries on Sundays. Two of the organization’s members are arraigned for the sale of several articles last Sunday, leading to a test trial…...