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Duluth News Tribune

UMD grad is musical ambassador for festival


University of Minnesota Duluth graduate Emily Hagen has been masterful at recruiting overseas talent for the Sieur du Luth Summer Arts Festival.

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Rules set passenger limits, driving curfews for young drivers


For the first six months they have their licenses, Minnesota drivers ages 16 and 17 may not drive between midnight and 5 a.m. and may have only one passenger younger than 20; work and school exceptions exist.

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Review: Finnish plays translate into something funnier than the originals


Director Brian Matuszak's specialty is slapstick, but the three one-act comedies, translated from Finnish, presented Thursday at the Proctor Area Community Center, don't afford many opportunities for pratfalls and spit takes. Making do with what he's got to work with, Matuszak stages them with a degree of physicality that would have, in their original productions, had the performers hospitalized for hysteria or demonic possession.

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Northland Summer Destination: Hill Annex Mine


Take a boat ride tour looking back at 100 years of mining history in the small town of Calumet. To get to the boat, bus through the old shops and factories where iron ore was processed. Some of the machinery and conveyer belts still sit where they were left when operations stopped 30 years ago.

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Duluth police, fire combination raises many questions


Department leaders investigate a proposal to combine their departments; officers and firefighters are concerned about training and response times.

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FOX 21 WX UPDATE for July 25th: Spotty thundershowers; HI: 80; LO: 56


Good morning, here's your forecast for Friday, July 25th:
The unpleasant side of summer, for many Northlanders, is the humidity and unfortunately, we'll be dealing with it again today!

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Review: 'Tick, tick ? BOOM!' makes enjoyable yet poignant listening


The "other" musical written by Jonathan Larson of "Rent" fame, "tick, tick ? BOOM!" is clearly autobiographical: An aspiring musical composer is deathly afraid turning 30 will mean the end of his dream.

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Sami camp offers glimpse of authentic Finnish culture


A traditional Sami camp complete with reindeer has been erected outside of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center as part of FinnFest, offering a glimpse into what life is like for indigenous cultures living within the Arctic Circle.

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Updated: Duluth sailor less than 400 miles from finish of TransPacific race


Duluth's Eric Thomas remained in fourth place among all boats and first in his class as of 11 p.m. Wednesday in the 2008 Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race from San Francisco to Hawaii.

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Northland Summer Destinations: Lutsen Mountains Alpine Slide


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