Jana Hollingsworth

Duluth

Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune

Reporter covering Duluth for the @StarTribune. Northland native. Duluth News Tribune alum. Retweets aren't endorsements.

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Articles

Duluth car-living site shut down as neighbors appeal permit

1 week ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

Vineyard Church in the northern Kenwood neighborhood offered to host the seasonal 2-year-old Safe Bay program, with space tight at its former site at the Damiano Center. The city's Planning Commission approved the permit for the program, which gives those who are homeless and living out of vehicles a place to shower and sleep for the night as they are monitored by overnight staff.
Duluth tenants want faster repairs. City officials instead call for more tenants rights education.

1 week ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

City Council proposes its own new renter legislation after union tries to shape policy.
Northeast Minnesota wildfires inching toward containment

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

By Jana Hollingsworth DULUTH - Despite fierce winds earlier this week, crews on the Brimson Complex fires north of Duluth were able to prevent the blaze from pushing closer to the nearby communities of Skibo and Hoyt Lakes. On Thursday, the Camp House fire that began May 11 and has destroyed more than 150 structures was 90% contained, fire officials said. Jenkins Creek, which began May 12, is now one-third contained, with its southern edge considered secure.
Duluth billboards blast DOGE cuts to Voyageurs National Park

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

DULUTH - Six billboards placed across Duluth blast the Trump administration for cuts to Voyageurs National Park as part of a pro-labor news outlet's national campaign. The progressive nonprofit More Perfect Union placed similar billboards in 43 cities across the country. Here they take aim at the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency for "reduced staff, increased danger" at Voyageurs, a 50-year-old 218,000-acre park near the border of Ontario.
Fierce winds test containment lines in wildfires north of Duluth

2 weeks ago | mankatofreepress.com | Jana Hollingsworth

DULUTH – More than half of northeast Minnesota’s destructive Camp House fire was contained Tuesday, with more roads and evacuation areas opened to residents. But most of the nearby Jenkins Creek fire is still uncontained, with strong winds gusting through the region, fire officials said Tuesday morning.
A massive development is coming to a northeast Minnesota city. Local officials aren't saying what it is.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

"In terms of timeline ... we just know that we've got a long way to go," Ronchetti said. He said the site is prime because of the power infrastructure and the rail and highway corridors that connect nationally. The vast developable acreage is a rarity in the region.
Fierce winds test containment lines in wildfires north of Duluth

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

DULUTH - More than half of northeast Minnesota's destructive Camp House fire is contained Tuesday, with more roads and evacuation areas opened to residents. But most of the nearby Jenkins Creek fire is still uncontained, with strong winds gusting through the region, fire officials said this morning. With more than 600 working the two fires, many will be redirected to the western side of the Jenkins Creek fire to slow the spread if wind pushes it toward the communities of Skibo and Hoyt Lakes.
Northeast Minnesota fires cover 44 square miles, partially contained, high winds expected

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

By Jana Hollingsworth More than 600 people are now fighting the Brimson Complex wildfires. The Minnesota Star Tribune A North Star firefighter pulls a water line to douse a hot spot as part of the efforts to combat the Camp House fire in Brimson, Minn., last week. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) With 200 people fighting it, the wildfire that began under tinder-dry conditions and heat is now 6% contained.
Surrounded by a charred landscape, a small cabin sits unscathed

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

FAIRBANKS TOWNSHIP, MINN. - Torched pine and spruce trees flanked each side of a dirt road off Hwy. 44 here, some downed and hanging precipitously over the blackened ditches. Residents who evacuated from the massive Camp House and Jenkins Creek fires earlier in the week were allowed a few hours inside the closed zones to check their properties for the first time Friday, and in some cases to learn whether they were still standing.
Fire officials opening burned areas to property owners in northern Minnesota

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

Property owners will be allowed back into areas burned by two major wildfires in northeast Minnesota, fire officials said Friday on the heels of reports that the Camp House Fire near Brimson hadn't grown overnight. The Jenkins Creek Fire's threat to the city of Hoyt Lakes has lessened, thanks in part to rain in the area, said Bob Reif, spokesperson for the Eastern Area Complex Incident Team, which is coordinating the firefighting efforts on both blazes. Gov. Tim Walz and U.S. Sens.