Joe Westerberg pours a beer at Bent Paddle Brewing Co. in Duluth, the brewery credited with pushing the city into the modern taproom era.

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Elijah Ojanen
Duluth

Ex-police sergeant given 10-year term for killing driver, infant son in crash in Superior, Wis.

July 18
The prosecution said during sentencing that Gregory Swanson's blood alcohol content was measured at 0.19% soon after the wreck.
Local

Black bear busts into Itasca State Park cabin after man leaves bananas out overnight

July 18
Note: Never leave a banana on the counter in your cabin. Definitely don't leave out two.
A wild elk herd in northwestern Minnesota crossed grassland. The Department of Natural Resources is working with the Fond du Lac band of Lake Superior
Outdoors

Plan to capture Minnesota elk, establish new herd gains momentum

July 18
In discussion phases since 2013, the project has concrete goals and two newly hired elk biologists.
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Business

A million gallons of coal ash wastewater spills at Minnesota Power coal plant

July 17
The Duluth-based electric utility said an unknown amount of polluted water had reached a nearby lake after a pipe leaked.
Chum executive director John Cole speaks to the Duluth City Council Monday night, as a woman holds a sign listing available shelter beds in the city.
Local

Duluth city leaders hear from more than 200 on criminalizing homeless encampments

July 16
The Duluth City Council will take up a slate of proposed nonviolent crime ordinance changes July 29.
University of Minnesota, Duluth Masters student Hira Durrani feeds a piece of fabric into the Fiber Shredder machine on July 10. The machine was devel
Business

Duluth professor's machine could make clothing more recyclable

July 16
The invention aims to reduce textile waste, which amounts to 92 million tons globally each year.
Duluth

Minnesota has plan to sell school trusts lands in BWCAW to federal government

July 12
The proposal involving 80,000 acres crafted by state officials and the U.S. Forest Service would end a long-running land management challenge.
Local

New era of leadership begins for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

July 12
Virgil Wind is the band's first new chief executive in more than two decades.

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