Sunday, May 18, 2008
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The old Globe elevator in Superior, which has been out of service for almost 20 years, is being dismantled. Wisconsin Woodchuck, a Superior company, is salvaging the wood for reuse in new building projects. (Bob King / News Tribune)

How much wood can Woodchuck salvage? 6,000,000 board feet.

More than a century after it rose over St. Louis Bay, the Globe elevator in Superior is being deconstructed as carefully and slowly as it was built. Instead of its parts going into a landfill, Wisconsin Woodchuck is salvaging the old-growth lumber.

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Waterfront regulation changes are in the works

Pressed by conservation groups to buffer Minnesota lakes against rapid development, and ordered by the Legislature to act, the Department of Natural Resources is slowly working to craft new rules for waterfront construction.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL: St. Scholastica falls to Whitewater.

St. Scholastica made its longest run in the NCAA Division III baseball tournament but simply ran out of pitching as the Saints fell 21-13 to Wisconsin-Whitewater today in an uncharacteristically error-filled championship game at the Midwest Regional in Oshkosh, Wis.
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Brian McClung, Gov. Tim Pawlenty's spokesman, briefs reporters (with lobbyists listening in, too) about developments early Saturday evening in health care reform negotiations. Health care was one issue left unresolved as the 2008 Minnesota Legislature started what was expected to be its final day Saturday. Don Davis/Minn. State Capitol Bureau

Health-care agreement brings end of session nearer

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University of Minnesota Duluth graduates fill the floor of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center arena Saturday afternoon for the 108th Undergraduate Commencement. Clint Austin / News Tribune

UMD, UWS hold graduation ceremonies

Arctic explorer Ann Bancroft received an honorary degree at UMD and retired Air Force Gen. Sandra Gregory received an honorary degree at UWS.

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CLINT AUSTIN / NEWS TRIBUNE Northland College student Rodney Claiborne of Wichita, Kan., reaches for a copper ground wire while helping to install a solar panel array at the president's home on the Northland College campus Wednesday. The project is a part of the photovoltaics class at the college.

Environmental mission permeates Northland College

ASHLAND — Step into almost any room at Northland College, and its mission as an environmental liberal arts college becomes instantly clear: The lights are off.
Volunteers install a new playground Saturday morning at Chester Bowl in Duluth. Clint Austin / News Tribune

Volunteers install new Chester Bowl playground

The new playground replaces an aging wooden structure and has more features for toddlers.
Bob and LaVerne Fryberger are congratulated by Duluth Mayor George Johnson in 1951 during a city parade for the Pee Wee team after winning the championship. Bob coached the team, a group of neighborhood kids he assembled. (photo courtesy of Fryberger family

Founders of Duluth hockey to be honored with Heritage Sports Center mural

Their names are almost synonymous with youth hockey in Duluth’s neighborhoods; Robert and LaVerne Fryberger in the east, Rip Williams in the center and Ray Peterson in the west.
The robber is described as black male, dark complexion, slight facial hair, mid to late 20s, approximately 5’4”-5’6”tall, 150 lbs with a medium build.

Duluth bank robber believed to be on spree

The FBI believes the man has robbed six Minnesota banks in 16 days in Duluth, Hastings, Forest Lake, St. Paul, Oakdale and, on Wednesday, Roseville.

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Local law enforcement officers solve 11 burglaries in one day

Within about 24 hours, law enforcement officers from the Minnesota State Patrol, Superior Police, the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, Fond du Lac Tribal Police and the Cloquet Police Department cleared up nearly a dozen local burglaries, many that were almost two years old.
Novelist Brian Freeman sits with three of his novels based in the Duluth area.

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11 sentenced for roles in Duluth cocaine ring
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Minnesota woman's download trial gets second chance

A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation’s first music download trial may get another chance with a jury.

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What's in a nickname?

Dads often give clever nicknames to their children. We'd like to hear the story behind your nickname for a Father's Day story. Call Linda Hanson by May 29 at 720-4120 or email her at lhanson@duluthnews.com.


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