In recent months I have several occasions where I have had to deal with different degrees of sadness and personal loss. I know that we all, as humans, go through times like this. I thought my topic today could address some of these difficult times…
Grandma’s Marathon has announced the recipients of its annual Ron Daws Ambassador Award, Award of Excellence, Don Fennessy Volunteer of the Year Award, Scott A. Keenan Founder’s Award, the 2019 Hall of Fame Award and the Thousand Miler Award. In 1993, Grandma’s Marathon began the…
It is early June and we who live, all year round, in the Northland have had a rough Spring. It has been rain, cold, rain, cold, etc. The topic for today is about my recent Saturday experience. Here goes: I woke up to a beautiful…
My good friend Gerry Goldfarb’s last day as general manager at the Holiday Inn & Suites will be Friday, June 21. “It’s been seven years here at the Holiday Inn & Suites and it’s been a wonderful time here in Duluth,” said Goldfarb, who is…
Grandma’s Marathon has announced the recipients of its 2019 Rudy Perpich Public Service Award. Named after the late Minnesota governor who was a strong supporter of the annual event, the award is given annually to current or former public employees or elected officials who have…
Every mid-May I put insurance on my 1999 Mercedes convertible, and it becomes my summer car. It is a way of declaring that the weather will be fine — for at least the next four months — for that top-down experience. This year it has…
Local weekly newspaper living legend Jake Benson has received Grandma’s Marathon’s prestigious 2019 Marsh Nelson Media Award. Benson is owner, publisher and editor of the Proctor Journal, Hermantown Star and Floodwood Forum. Since 1906, The Proctor Journal has been publishing as a small, independent, family-owned…
Continued sanitary sewer work on Maple Grove Road will temporarily change access to Loberg Avenue intersection in Hermantown. Beginning Monday, June 10, Loberg Avenue will be closed south of the Sam’s Club entrance. There will be no access to Maple Grove Road from the southbound…
Lake Superior College will host the regional Lake Superior Libraries Symposium on Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on LSC’s main campus. The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by library staff and technologists from Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. The Lake…
The Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Foundation today announced that Law Enforcement students Mikayla Cozzi and Alida Hogan have been awarded the Katie Poirier Memorial Law Enforcement Scholarships for 2019. The students were selected from a group of outstanding applicants who are seeking…