New Keene Creek filtration basin completed in Irving Park
A new storm water filtration basin, officially known as the “Keene Creek Resiliency-Irving Park Biofiltration Basin Project,” has been constructed in West Duluth’s Irving Park, only a month after...
Wisconsin Public Defenders Office releases thousands of Social Security numbers to Superior resident in data breach
A Superior resident who requested information from Wisconsin’s Office of the Public Defender (OPD) was recently provided with thousands of OPD clients’ Social Security numbers and protected personal information...
Tony Nephew believed he was responsible for Trump’s election, murdered family to save them, reports show
On Nov. 7, 2024, 46-year-old West Duluth resident Anthony “Tony” Nephew took the lives of his wife, his ex-wife and his two sons, before turning the handgun on himself....
Lester River Rendezvous cancels portion of Sept. 27 festival due to logistical conflicts
The annual Lester River Rendezvous is best known for its re-creation of an 18th-century voyageur camp in Duluth’s Lester Park. Dressed in period attire, re-enactors demonstrate skills from the...
Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park
At 3:15 in the morning on Aug. 26, 2025, a man waved down Duluth police in Canal Park to report that his cousin (identified as MRM in the criminal...
Window-peeping DECC security guard pleads guilty to recording adolescent in gym
On Sept. 10, 2025, Perry Burke entered a guilty plea to interfering with the privacy of a victim under the age of 18. The charge stems from a Dec....
