Summer youth programs are among the many "non-essential" Duluth city services have been axed in the past year as the city faces big budget deficits. But the local YMCA is close to a deal that would preserve at least some of those youth programs, according to the Duluth News Tribune.
The DNT also has a story on a man from Ashland, Wis., who is one of the contestants on the Discovery Channel reality show "The Alaska Experience."
Hedstrom Lumber Company in Grand Marais is shutting down for two weeks to lower its unsold inventory, then will reopen at two-thirds capacity, according to the Cook County Star. That will mean the loss of 10 jobs, at least until the mill returns to full capacity.
If you haven't caught it yet, there has been an interesting discussion on development in Duluth - namely, a house being built on a previously empty, highly visible hillside - at Perfect Duluth Day.
WDIO reports that six Duluthians will travel to Iraq next month - to a Kurdish city in the northern part of the country - in an effort to develop a sister-city-like relationship.
It appears that someone is poisoning pets with antifreeze in Babbitt, according to the Timberjay - including one dog that was poisoned within its own yard.
The Timberjay also reports that workers renovating the hospital in Ely made an interesting discovery earlier this month.
And finally, after all the drama of the rogue student pilot leading the Air Force on a wild-goose chase from Ontario to Missouri earlier this month, here's an angle I hadn't thought of before: Whatever happened to the plane? Well, the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal has the answer.
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