Dan Williamson

Duluth

Digital Producer at Duluth News Tribune Minute

Digital Producer with @DuluthNews. Have also worked in broadcasting and with a non-profit. I like journalism, sports, being active, lame jokes and ice cream!

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Photos and video: Finish line beckons on Grandma's weekend

6 days ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Clint Austin |Dan Williamson
Photos and video: Ondoro inducted into Grandma's Hall of Fame

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Dan Williamson
Listen to Archive Dive: Clough Island was a summer getaway before a protected reserve

2 weeks ago | superiortelegram.com | Dan Williamson

SUPERIOR — In this month’s episode of Archive Dive, we trace the history of Clough Island in Superior from a timber baron's manor to a protected habitat. Telegram reporter Maria Lockwood and local historian Teddie Meronek discuss the piece of land, which is also known as Whiteside Island and is the largest island in the St. Louis River. The 358-acre island is now a protected wildlife area in the heart of the river’s estuary.
Photos and video: Fun-runners go bananas in Duluth

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Dan Williamson

DULUTH — It was a regular “bananarama” on Saturday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, but members of the English pop group known for songs like “Cruel Summer” and “Venus” were not present. Instead, hundreds laced up their sneakers for a 2-mile run, starting and finishing at Bent Paddle Brewing Co, with an “a-peeling” addition to their running wardrobe: a banana suit.
Photos: Victory II makes quick visit

3 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Dan Williamson

DULUTH — For the second time this week, a destination cruise ship visited Duluth-Superior. Victory II, a cruise ship that sails under the flag of the Bahamas, arrived in the Duluth Entry just after 8 a.m. on Thursday and docked at the newly constructed section of seawall alongside the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center before departing for Thunder Bay, Ontario, just after 5 p.m, according to the website marinetraffic.com.
Photos and video: High winds, big waves hit the Northland

1 month ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Dan Williamson

DULUTH — High winds produced big waves on Lake Superior Tuesday. The National Weather Service in Duluth reported that at about 11:30 a.m., wind gusts around the Twin Ports reached 62 mph on the Blatnik Bridge, 58 mph at Sky Harbor Airport and 46 mph on Garfield Avenue in Duluth. If you ventured outside Tuesday and wore a hat, chances are you had to keep it from flying off.
Listen to Archive Dive: How Barker's Island came to be

1 month ago | superiortelegram.com | Dan Williamson

Barker's Island is a focal point for celebrations, boating and recreation in the city of Superior. The man-made island was created in the 1890s out of material that was dredged so bigger boats and ships could come into the harbor. It has become a popular spot for locals and visitors, but there was a time when it nearly disappeared.
Photos: UMD students embrace the future at commencement

1 month ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Dan Williamson

DULUTH — More than 1,600 University of Minnesota Duluth students crossed the stage during two separate commencement ceremonies on Saturday at Amsoil Arena. Both were approximately two hours. The morning ceremony recognized students from The College of Education and Human Service Professions and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics .
Photos and video: Building community with baaga'adowewin

1 month ago | pinejournal.com | Dan Williamson

CLOQUET — Students from two school districts came together on the Cloquet High School varsity athletic field Friday, May 2, to learn a game that was played in the region centuries before football or soccer. It is known as baaga'adowewin — the traditional Ojibwe game from which lacrosse developed. "Think of something, someone that you're playing for," said Thomas Howes, a baaga'adowewin player, instructor, historian and stick maker. "Whether it's yourself, your grandma, your aunties, your neighbor.
Photos and video: Jigsaw Puzzle Contest racers put it together

1 month ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Dan Williamson

DULUTH — It might not be the name of the event, but it was a regular puzzle-palooza as hundreds of people inside the Lake Superior Ballroom at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center spent Saturday looking for edges and interjambs during the annual Duluth Jigsaw Puzzle Contest. “Five, four, three, two, one ... puzzle,” exclaimed Stacey DeRoche, event coordinator for the contest, into a microphone to kick off a round of competition.