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By ACHILLES SANGSTER
DCN Correspondent

In West Duluth, the Duluth Pack factory hums and grinds as workers sew together their patented luggage packs. After thick layers of canvas are custom cut to the type of pack being made, they are handed off to a seamstress – or seamster, in the some cases – to be sewn into more recognizable and usable shapes. Some workers wear headphones, listening to Harry Potter books-on-tape to drown out the noise.

Despite pressure to modernize the way the company operates, Duluth Pack is still using the same methods that they've been using since the company's founding in the late 1800’s.

Continue reading "Duluth Pack factory still in business after 126 years" »

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By EMILY HAAVIK
DCN Correspondent

Behind the hoisting of Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge is, oddly enough, a man in a La-Z-Boy pushing a big green button labeled “RAISE.�

This morning, Ryan Beamer is that man.

Continue reading "Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge operators: raising the bridge from an old green recliner" »

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Uncontrollled stop-sign intersections remain a mystery in Duluth

By VERONICA WILSON
DCN Correspondent

After reporting on the stop-less signed intersections of the Woodland area in Duluth, Minn. Veronica Wilson went back to capture the roads of Duluth and their progression over time.

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RELATED CONTENT: Get those kids off the street: A history of youth centers in West Duluth

By JORDAN HANSON
DCN Correspondent

Archie Horton Sr., a long time boxing instructor, spent his life dedicated to the value of helping others. He spent years as West Duluth's Valley Youth Center (VYC) boxing coach. This commitment to generosity helped Horton transform the VYC from a having a reputation for drug use and delinquency to being the center of a community.

DCN correspondant Jordan Hanson spoke to Angelo Simone and Ina Karkiainen. Simone is the Valley Youth Center's program director and had worked with Horton for many years. Karkiainen is Horton's youngest daughter. The two of them provide a glimpse into the life of the man who saved a youth center.

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Continue reading "Remembering Archie Horton Sr" »

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Related Story: 126-year-old Duluth Pack continues to thrive

By CORY BELLAMY
DCN Correspondent

The rich history of the Duluth Pack is explained through a photographic journey.

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RELATED CONTENT: Sincerity outshines service at Hillside resource center

By LIZ ENKE
DCN Correspondent

DCN correspondent Liz Enke talks about the non-profit groups that are available for American Indians in Duluth.

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By ALEXANDER RISSE
DCN Correspondent

RELATED CONTENT: Community center faces challenges in Lincoln Park

DCN Correspondent Alexander Risse takes us to the Harrison Community Center in Lincoln Park. The center has had its share of harships, but dedicated members of the community have worked hard to keep Harrison a vital part of the neighborhood.

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RELATED CONTENT: The 'three-cracker packet' guys of Lakeside

By APRIL HANSEN
DCN Correspondent

April Hansen created a slideshow from new and old pictures of the Johnson's Bakery in the Lakeside community of Duluth, MINN. A few snapshots of the "three-cracker packet" guys and the bakery show the history of store in Lakeside.

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By ABEL GUSTAFSON
DCN Correspondent

RELATED CONTENT: Memory of Park Point legend outlasts sands of time

Longtime Park Point resident Mira Southworth will be remembered by anyone who has sat in her classroom, or has been touched by her photography and poetry. DCN Correspondent Abel Gustafson gives us a glimpse into the life of this local legend through storytelling and pictures.

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RELATED CONTENT: Hillside moms hang tough, friends still

By DAYNA LANDGREBE
DCN Correspondent

These pictures illustrate the East Hillside from at least 1915 to 2008. The East Hillside is the setting in the story, Hillside moms hang tough, friends still

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RELATED CONTENT: Fourth Street shops continue tradition of community

By RYAN SWANSON
DCN Correspondent

DCN Correspondent Ryan Swanson went out into the East Hillside to capture photos of 4th Street businesses for this slide show. Many of these businesses are locally owned, adding a sense of community to customers' shopping experience.

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RELATED CONTENT: Duluth Olympians' passion stays home at Chester Bowl

By FATIMA JAWAID
DCN Correspondent

Olympic skier and Duluth native, George Hovland walked DCN Correspondent Fatima Jawaid through a series of pictures that take a look at Chester Bowl. He talks about what it was like for him growing up as a skier in Duluth, and also gives his opinion on what Chester Bowl feels like to him now.

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RELATED CONTENT: Duluth Bethel: Staying afloat is hard in troubled times

By Venessa Ostergaard
DCN Correspondent

This slide show captures the history of Duluth Bethel through the use of various photos, dating back to its beginning in 1889.

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RELATED CONTENT: Station No. 6: Protecting Lakeside for over a century

Paul Budd compiles a series of photos of different fire stations around the Duluth area.

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BY ZACH OLSON
DCN Corespondent

Duluth Community News Corespondent Zach Olson went and found an untold story of The Kozy Bar located in Duluth's Central Hillside.

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BY CORY CLAESON
DCN Corespondent

RELATED CONTENT: Old Duluth Central High School contains history, memories

Duluth Community News Corespondent Cory Claeson went out and gathered pictures of the old Central High School and incorporated them into a slide show.

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RELATED CONTENT: Previous "Dylan House" owners

By Mark Warner
DCN Correspondent

DCN Correspondent Mark Warner explores the past of a notorious rock legend and his link to the city of Duluth.

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RELATED CONTENT: Left out in the cold

By KENDRA RICHARDS
DCN Correspondent

Learn all about St. Josephat's Polish National Catholic Church through photos and storytelling.

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RELATED STORY: Casino prospers in old Sears building

By ALEX DE MARCO
DCN Correspondent

An exploration of Downtown Duluth throughout history. A photographic comparison of the past and the present.

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RELATED CONTENT: Big Chester remains an icon to the hopeful

By ASHLEE HARTWIG
DCN Correspondent

View Movie Here

Ashlee Hartwig highlighted Chester Bowl in a movie of photos from the past and present.

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RELATED CONTENT: Knitters unravel about Mount Royal shopping area

BY BECKY EDWARDS
DCN Correspondent

After learning more about the Woodland area of Duluth, Minnesota, Becky Edwards went back to the employees and knitters of the Yarn Shop to visually capture this close-knit group of people.

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RELATED CONTENT: Porches swing their way through East Hillside culture

By KRISTEN KREBS
DCN Correspondent

DCN Correspondent Kristen Krebs went through the East Hillside snapping photos to create this slide show of the neighborhood's porch culture.

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By ABEL GUSTAFSON
DCN Correspondent

In 1934, Mira Southworth planted her feet deep in the Park Point sand, settling down in a house near the end of the Point.

Continue reading "Memory of Park Point legend outlasts sands of time" »

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By VERONICA WILSON
DCN Correspondent

The Woodland neighborhoods have no stoplights, and it takes about a mile and a half while traveling from Oxford Street to Calvary Road before a driver approaches a stop sign. Like many other neighborhoods in Duluth, there seem to be no stop signs at intersections directing traffic flow. Instead, the responsibility of stopping is rested on drivers.

Continue reading "Uncontrolled stop-sign intersections remain a mystery in Duluth" »

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RELATED CONTENT: Johnson's Lakeside bakery: A look at the new and the old

BY APRIL HANSEN
DCN Correspondent

It’s 7 a.m.

The crisp morning air is met by a blend of roasting coffee as Johnson’s Lakeside Bakery is open for morning business.

The aged bakery cases accent the faded yellow paint on the walls that house three black and white photos of Lakeside.

John Keturi is sitting at the single table in the corner of the bakery that has stored childhood memories, war stories, repeated jokes and political monologue. He rests his wrinkled hands on the Super Quiz in the daily newspaper that he does every morning.

Continue reading "The 'three cracker-packet' guys of Lakeside" »

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By KENDRA RICHARDS
DCN Correspondent

The coldness of the Duluth winter could never equal the coldness of hearts that February morning in 1907, when the faithful priest and worshipers of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish found the doors locked—the doors of the church they had sacrificed so much to build. They begged and pleaded, but in vain; Rome wanted no part of them.

Continue reading "Left out in the cold: The story of Polish Catholics in Duluth" »

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By BECKY EDWARDS
DCN Correspondent

Yarn in hundreds of different colors lines the winding shelves of the small shop. The store has a few customers wandering around, some picking out supplies, others admiring the knit hats and sweaters on display.

Continue reading "Knitters unravel about Mount Royal shopping area" »

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By KRISTEN KREBS
DCN Correspondent

The porch provides a place to sit. The porch has a role in the community. The porch is tradition.

Nearly every home in the East Hillside, one of Duluth’s oldest residential districts, features a front porch. Its tradition of informal existence has provided a stage where neighbors can gather together anytime to eat, drink, relax, and enjoy each other’s company.

Continue reading "Porches swing their way through East Hillside culture" »

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By CORY CLAESON
DCN Correspondent

RELATED CONTENT: A look back in time with old Central High

The old Duluth Central High School is considered a magnificent building. The school remains a prominent part of Duluth because of its unique design and architecture. But that is not the only reason the building is significant. The pleasant memories students have made over the years have contributed to the school's history.

Continue reading "Old Duluth Central High School contains history, memories" »

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By VENESSA OSTERGAARD
DCN Correspondent

Walking through the streets of Duluth during the winter months is nowhere near what one would define as pleasant. But when you put ten minutes of cold fingers into perspective with what others on Duluth’s streets have to deal with, your gloves seem to warm up. For many residences in our port, money, food and shelter have a history of being hard to come by.

Continue reading "Duluth Bethel: Staying afloat is hard in troubled times" »

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Related article: Casino prospers in old Sears building
By ALEX DE MARCO
DCN Correspondent

The addition of a 24-hour casino to any downtown community is enough to worry local business owners and residents. In 1985 when the Band of Lake Superior Chippewa bought what used to be the downtown Duluth Sears and Roebuck Company department store, (see Casino Prospers in Old Sears Building), questions of its effect on family values and local businesses, as well as the city of Duluth's budget, began to arise.

Continue reading "Debate continues over downtown casino" »

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Related article: Debate continues over downtown casino
By ALEX DE MARCO
DCN Correspondent

When walking through the downtown Duluth business district one can't help but notice the overwhelming neon purple, blue, and yellow lights that shine from the Fond du Luth Casino. It has been one of the top attractions in downtown for over 20 years, but before the Band of Lake Superior Chippewa took over the property in 1985 the building had already been a part of downtown for over 50 years.

Continue reading "Casino prospers in old Sears building" »

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Related story on West Duluth community center

By ALEXANDER RISSE
DCN Correspondent

Sometimes a place can define a community. It can bring people together, raise children and break down barriers. Dennis Sauve knows. He’s lived and worked down the street from such a place for decades.

Continue reading "Community center faces challenges in Lincoln Park" »

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By CORY BELLAMY
DCN Correspondent

Kaytie Chernak walks around the sales floor at Duluth Pack in Canal Park, taking a moment to observe the store’s layout. The flooring is decked out in knotty pine, and there are several trophy animals mounted on the walls. In front of a giant fireplace, a customer sits in a chair and thumbs through a fancy catalog. The main sales kiosk resembles an old cabin, complete with decorative shingles on its roof.

Continue reading "126-year-old Duluth Pack continues to thrive" »

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RELATED STORY: Duluth Olympians' passion stays home at Chester Bowl

By ASHLEE HARTWIG
DCN Correspondent

Surrounded by the changing fall colors and listening to the potato chip crunch of leaves underfoot, Jim Denney Sr. gazes up the hill at the ski jump known as Big Chester. Big Chester once stood out on this hillside like a lighthouse on the coast, but now trees have grown all around it to shroud its appearance.

Continue reading "Big Chester remains an icon to the hopeful" »

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RELATED CONTENT: A slideshow of the historic firestations in Duluth

It is the middle of the night and a house on the corner of 60th Avenue East and Wyoming Street is being consumed by a raging fire. As the flames begin to overwhelm the house and smoke bellows from the windows, a fire truck pulls up and two men step out of the truck prepared for the worst.

Continue reading "Station No. 6: Protecting Lakeside for over a century" »

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RELATED CONTENT: Big Chester remains an icon to the hopeful

By FATIMA JAWAID
DCN Correspondent

Here, the quiet echoes. The only sound that fills the air is that of the empty chair squeaking slightly with each gust of wind. Three ski jumps tower over the park, quiet and foreboding, daring anyone to come near. The alpine hills at Chester Bowl sit silent and still, waiting for ski season to start.

Continue reading "Duluth Olympians' passion stays home at Chester Bowl" »

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By RYAN SWANSON
DCN Correspondent

As customers walk through the door, they are greeted with a friendly smile and often “Hello,� or “How are you?� Customers then stroll through the store finding various items to purchase. When they bring their items to the checkout counter the cashier strikes up some small talk, and customers leave with a smile like the one with which they were greeted.

Continue reading "Fourth Street shops continue tradition of community" »

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By LIZ ENKE
DCN Correspondent

In the middle of West Fourth Street stands a brick building whose salmon color seems to have washed away with time; but what else is to be expected after 20 years of existence. In this building’s case the famous saying holds true, “don’t judge a book by its cover.�

Continue reading "Sincerity outshines service at Hillside resource center" »

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By DAYNA LANDGREBE
DCN Correspondent

Nancy Needham has been in the East Hillside a long time. Thirty-nine years to be exact.

Through the years, Nancy has seen changes. She has raised children. Been through graduations, weddings, and divorces. She has seen moves, births and deaths—including the death of her own child. She got by with the help of five friends.

Continue reading "Hillside moms hang tough, friends still" »

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By TRAVIS DILL
DCN Correspondent

A simple white bungalow sits along the steady incline of 12th Avenue East fighting for room to breathe amongst a patch of tightly placed residences in the East Hillside. It is similar to the houses that surround it as they all have been a part of the neighborhood for decades, but the story of this home’s history has become muddled by tenants shuffling through it year to year.

Continue reading "Temporary tenants unclear on home’s century of history" »

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By MARK WARNER
DCN Correspondent

RELATED CONTENT: Bob Dylan: A rock legend's history with Duluth

Sometimes being a superfan causes one to do unbelievable things. Like wait in the pouring rain all night for tickets, drive hours cross country to see a 90-minute show or, as in Bill Pagel’s case, buy a house on eBay.

To say that this was just a house would be an understatement. This was Bob Dylan's original house. Dylan had only lived in Duluth for six years before moving to Hibbing. This was the house where the face of folk music was born. This is the city where the voice of a generation found its early inspiration.

Continue reading "Superfan goes to super lengths" »

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RELATED CONTENT: Community center faces challenges in Lincoln Park

By JORDAN HANSON
DCN Correspondent

West Duluth kids are getting into table tennis in a big way, and they are good at it – really good. The Valley Youth Center (VYC) on Central Avenue is encouraging their pingpong pursuit, from teaching kids how to play, to sponsoring and chaperoning trips to national competitions all across the country.

“We have one of the best table tennis programs in the nation right now,� said Angelo Simone, the VYC’s program director. “I bring whatever skill I have to the youth center, and these kids bring it to the next level.�

Continue reading "Get those kids off the street: A history of youth centers in West Duluth" »

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Main article: Superfan goes to super lengths

Based on ownership records gathered from St. Louis County Records at the courthouse, the timeline of the "Dylan House" is as follows. No ownership records were kept before 1949.

1909- House is built

1949- Fannie Goldfine and family purchase house from Hyman Overman

1993- Paulina and Teodor Swierc buy the property from the Goldfine’s

1996- Kathy Burns becomes owner after hearing of it on CNN

2001- Bill Pagel finishes second in eBay auction, but ends up owning the house due to legal disputes

MARK WARNER

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By JIM SALMELA
DCN Reporter

Before it became the Greysolon Plaza, it was a hotel. The Hotel Duluth.

When the Hotel Duluth was first built in 1925, it was the tallest building in the Northwest. On May 21, 1925, the Duluth Herald dedicated an entire section to the grand opening of the Hotel Duluth. The 14 story building had 500 hotel rooms.

Continue reading "Greysolon Plaza: A look back at its rich history in Duluth" »

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By ERIC SIMON
DCN REPORTER

Grant School was built in 1918 and has seen generations of Duluth children pass through its doors. Many of those who attended Grant as kids still live in the area. I had the opportunity to sit down with two individuals who went to Grant.

Continue reading "Rich history in Hillside schools" »

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By ZACH GRILL
DCN reporter

The Jefferson Square apartment building has shaped a lot of lives over the last 100 years. Thousands of people walked the halls and stairways of the building as students for nearly a century.

Continue reading "Once a school, Jefferson Square apartments has history" »

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A quilt created by Grant Magnet Elementary students represents the stories of students' families (Photo by Ali Draves).

By ALI DRAVES & JOEL RUNCK
DCN reporters

Grant Magnet Elementary, like other specialized schools, is known for its ability to integrate the fine arts into the curriculum. Teachers constantly prepare art programs that will correspond with their lesson plans.

Continue reading "Grant Magnet Elementary students weave their history" »

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By JARED JACOBSON
DCN Reporter

In 1948, at the age of 6, Robert Zimmerman left his home in Duluth’s Central Hillside and moved to Hibbing with his family. Sixty years later, people still remember his time here, but most now know him by the name of Bob Dylan.

Continue reading "The Central Hillside's Bob Dylan connection" »

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By JEREMY PIEPER
DCN Reporter

Snow falls gently upon the roof of Daugherty’s Hardware and Appliance in the same way it has every year for the past century.

Continue reading "A Duluth tradition: Daugherty's Hardware" »

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By TYLER DOMAAS
DCN Reporter

Duluth is a city full of history, found in its buildings and even its storms. But the thing that makes this history so great is the people involved. The people who built those buildings, the people who survived those storms, the people who lived in this city.

Continue reading "Life long Duluthian tells his story" »

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Photo courtesy of Susan Phillips, executive director of The Armory Arts & Entertainment Center.

By DAVID BUCKNER
DCN Reporter

Across the street from the Rose Garden on London Road stands an old, decrepit four-story building. Once an entertainment hot spot in the community, the Armory building now sits abandoned in the Central Hillside.

Continue reading "Abandoned Armory building in Duluth potentially set to get a facelift" »

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Fourth Street Market (photo taken by Gina Wilken)

By GINA WILKEN
DCN Reporter

A little over a year ago, it was uncertain whether Little John’s Fourth Street Market would continue to occupy the quiet corner tucked away in the heart of the Central Hillside.

Continue reading "Fourth Street Market’s owners serving Hillside community for over 30 years" »

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By JULIA DAVIS
DCN Reporter

Looking at Duluth now, things are very different than they were 50 years ago. Changes have happened everywhere you look. Where the casino now stands there was once a Sears and Roebuck store, the Last Place on Earth used to be across the street and three blocks down from where it is now. Greysolon Plaza was originally the Hotel Duluth, and the Norshor Theatre used to be a booming business, with a tower of lights coming out of the top.

When the Norshor was first built, it was an architectural masterpiece. It paved the way for a new era of design when it came to movie theaters, or as they were more commonly known back then, show houses.

Continue reading "What was once a hit in the mid-20th Century slowly declined" »

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By CARISSA MIKKELSEN
DCN Reporter

As Duluth is being transformed into a beautiful winter wonderland, many visitors to the Northshore are going the way of cozy Bed and Breakfast Inns when looking for a romantic getaway. The A. Charles Weiss Inn at 1615 E. Superior St., boasts a relaxing retreat for couples in a historic home over a century old, rich in Victorian charm.

“It’s so warm and welcoming,� said current owner Tim Edwards. “The architecture itself is pretty spectacular.�

Built in 1898 by Duluth Herald publisher Anton Charles Weiss, the building was home to him and his family for 30 years, a time in which he and his wife Mary became prominent community leaders in Duluth.

Continue reading "Bed and Breakfast home has a “richâ€? history" »

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By ERIC LUDY
DCN Reporter

Most families have at least one tradition that goes back further than anybody can recall. In some cases it's a cookie recipe. In others, it's an occupation like farming. For Sirkka Holm's family, it's socialism.

Continue reading "Industrialisti: History of a Finnish-language socialist newspaper" »

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By TYLER KORBY
DCN Reporter

Most people think of Halloween as a holiday filled with scary costumes, sweet candies and little trick-or-treaters, but when the Halloween of 1991 comes to mind, many can remember it being filled with shovels, snow blowers and endless amount of snow.

Continue reading "With shovels and snow blowers, Daugherty’s helps Duluth survive through the ’91 'mega-storm'" »

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By: CASEY GODE
DCN REPORTER

Duluth would have to be a city fit for Antiques Road show. Everyone and their grandma knows the show that draws in folks for a highly anticipated appraisal. There are undoubtedly tons of valuable antiques located in Duluth, most of which are probably located in Dennis Lamkin’s house.

Continue reading "Historic Duluth home featured on HGTV" »

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By: CHRIS OLWELL
DCN REPORTER

Saint Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal Church on N. Fifth Ave. is a charming church with a rich history. It’s Duluth’s oldest black church. The building is on the National Register for Historic Places.

In March of 1921 it was host to Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois’ speech commemorating the organization of the Duluth chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Continue reading "Historic church was host to little-known speech by Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois" »

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By LISA KUNKEL
DCN Reporter

Some things never change. After 86 years, the original Coney Island still stands at 105 E. Superior St. in downtown Duluth.

Betty Tenkanen is the current manager of the Coney Island, which she has made home for the past 14 years. Even her son and daughter choose to work beside her in this small, close-knit restaurant.

Dated back to 1921, being the oldest restaurant in Duluth, Coney Island hasn’t changed much. The floor may creak a little more and the walls may have more cracks than the year before. However, the original recipes have managed to remain.

Continue reading "86 years later and still, nothing beats a Coney" »

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By CLAIRE CHOCK
DCN Reporter

Cities and towns can grow and change fast. With the rapid change a city can go through, it may seem like nothing remains the same. In Duluth, however, the European Bakery on First Ave. W. and First St. is an exception.

Continue reading "Duluth's European Bakery going on 93 years of business" »

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By RACHEL BREWSTER
DCN Reporter

From Canal Park to the east and west sides of the downtown business district, Duluth has gone through several renovations in its lifetime.

Just a few decades ago, Canal Park’s hotels and tourist-friendly lakewalk were nothing more than metal and steel in a scrap yard.

Continue reading "Face of Duluth gets a lift" »

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By KEVIN SKALICKY
DCN Reporter

Almost a hundred years into its existence, the Duluth Playhouse readies itself for another Christmas performance. Since the local theater was founded back in 1914, its estimated that they have done over 500 shows.

Continue reading "Duluth Playhouse presents "Scrooge the Musical"" »

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