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    Once or twice a year, Paulson drives to the Sax Zim Bog to dig for clay. Normally, he takes a few days and camps out and enjoys some of the wildlife. Jamey Malcomb, jmalcomb@lcnewschronicle.com
    Digging in to stand out
    TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Somewhere in the Sax Zim Bog between Duluth and Hibbing, a man parks his pickup, grabs a fishing pole, a bucket and...
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    One of the victims of the double killings at the Congdon mansion is removed while numerous officers continue to investigate the scene. (1977 file photo / Duluth News Tribune / Forum News Service)
    Trail of clues, legal twists kept Glensheen murder case going for years
    For authorities, the case that would become the notorious Glensheen murders began on a warm, muggy summer morning. It was just before 7 a.m....
    News7 hours 40 min ago
    Marjorie Caldwell Hagen, seen in a photo from when she was in Arizona prisons from late 1992 to early 2004, serving time for arsons in Ajo, Ariz. Her attempts for earlier release on parole met with resistance and were denied. (Image via Arizona Department of Corrections)
    Marjorie Caldwell faced years of legal trouble after Duluth's Glensheen murders
    Trouble continued to follow Marjorie Caldwell after her 1979 trial and acquittal for murder conspiracy in the slayings of her mother and her...
    News7 hours 40 min ago
    Nurse Velma Pietila was killed on the mansion's staircase. Duluth News Tribune file photo / Forum News Service
    After 40 years, Duluth's Glensheen murders still intrigue
    It was in 1968 that the Congdon family gave its Duluth estate — Glensheen — to the University of Minnesota Duluth so the Congdon...
    News7 hours 40 min ago
    June 24, 2017
    Iron ore shipments up in Twin Ports
    DULUTH — Iron ore was cruising out of the Twin Ports last month as this shipping season continued its best start since 2013. "The first three months looked strong — that's obviously reflective of all six (taconite) production facilities being online this year," said Adele...
    News15 hours 40 min ago
    Dave Mihalic, senior adviser to U.S. Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke. (John Myers / Forum News Service)
    Adviser to Trump interior official speaks of 'balance and trust' while in Duluth
    DULUTH — The senior adviser to U.S. Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke was in Duluth on Saturday to speak to the annual conference of the Outdoor...
    News15 hours 40 min ago
    Immigration attorneys describe surge in deportations under Trump
    GRAND FORKS — For Grand Forks' single immigration law firm, business is growing and changing under President Donald Trump. New executive orders made by the president led to a 38 percent increase in the number of people detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in the...
    News21 hours 26 min ago
    Smartphone app aims to connect hungry Minnesota kids with free meals
    ST. PAUL — Ellie Lucas and her colleagues at Hunger Impact Partners faced a challenge: How could they connect more low-income kids with free meals that are served when school's not in session? The solution they settled on was a device already in most people's pockets —...
    News22 hours 25 min ago
    Briana Sanchez / Tribune Barb Norton holds Demi Schreiner under an umbrella while they wait for the Willmar Fests Grande Day Parade to start Saturday, June 24, in Willmar.
    Grande Day Parade 2017
    Willmar Fests continued Saturday with the Grande Day Parade in downtown Willmar. Parade floats drove down 6th street SouthWest around to Litchfield...
    News/localJune 24, 2017 - 12:25pm
    Tom DePuydt, Farmer/Rancher from Saco, Mont. (Submitted photo)
    5 questions with ... Tom DePuydt, farmer/rancher, Saco, Mont.
    Q: How has agriculture shaped your life?
    NewsJune 24, 2017 - 11:51am
    Master Gardeners: Several plants tolerate the toxic black walnut
    What can be grown under black walnut trees? As you have probably heard at some point, black walnuts produce juglone toxin which is deadly to...
    NewsJune 24, 2017 - 9:14am
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    AgweekTV: Drought Troubles
    The dry weather in North and South Dakota is capturing a lot of attention. It's wreaking havoc on pastures and hay crops and forcing some ranchers...
    NewsJune 24, 2017 - 8:30am
    Tom Cherveny / Tribune file photo RC Hospital is shown in Olivia in this 2015 file photo. Hospital officials are considering adding robotic surgery.
    RC Hospital considers robotic surgery technology
    OLIVIA — RC Hospital and Clinics is looking at offering robotic-assisted surgery services, Nathan Blad, hospital CEO, told the Renville...
    News/regionJune 24, 2017 - 5:55am
    Briana Sanchez | TribuneCars cross the railroad off of County Highway 5 on July 22.
    County to seek state funding for rail corridor overpass
    WILLMAR — Kandiyohi County will ask for $3.9 million in state bond funds this coming year for the construction of an overpass at the south...
    News/localJune 24, 2017 - 5:54am
    Records published June 24
    This is the records summary for June 24. Crash WILLMAR — One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway...
    News/localJune 24, 2017 - 4:53am
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