Jana Hollingsworth

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

The Duluth YMCA has been in its current location in the heart of downtown since 1966. Since the pandemic, CEO Sara Cole has seen more vacant storefronts and fewer pedestrians. "A robust community has a lot of people outside," Cole said, but people don't go out when they don't feel safe. A quiet Friday night It was warm enough on a recent Friday night that teenagers wore shorts and tanks as they danced their way to the Fitger's complex from the Sheraton hotel on the edge of downtown.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

The owner of the North Shore's Bluefin Bay is building a new resort on another giant Minnesota lake: Mille Lacs. Del Mar Dunes in Garrison, Minn., is expected to include 40 coastal-style multi-unit buildings on the western shore of Mille Lacs Lake, a $50 million investment. Eventually, Silver Bay native Joe Swanson hopes to add a lodge. The project gives Swanson a hospitality footprint in three distinct Minnesota destinations.

3 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Jana Hollingsworth

When a Jeep cut me off and then slowed to several notches below the speed limit, I first gasped and then gestured wildly, swearing. These things I remember. But a sensor I was wearing to capture my heart rate and electrical changes in my skin, along with a vehicle “black box,” revealed more: aggressive braking and accelerating and a rapidly beating heart. It didn’t help that it was in the middle of the workday, when I am almost always stressed.

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Jana Hollingsworth

By Jana Hollingsworth A project is underway to permanently prevent the Canisteo Mine Pit in northern Minnesota from overflowing into the nearby city of Bovey. The pit - actually multiple former mine sites that merged as they filled with water - has seen the water level rise 5 to 7 feet each year, the state Department of Natural Resources says. Bovey is directly south of the 5-mile-long pit and near one of the first spots where water could overflow.

4 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Jana Hollingsworth

DULUTH, Minn. - When a Jeep cut me off and then slowed to several notches below the speed limit, I first gasped and then gestured wildly, swearing. These things I remember. But a sensor I was wearing to capture my heart rate and electrical changes in my skin, along with a vehicle "black box," revealed more: aggressive braking and accelerating and a rapidly beating heart. It didn't help that it was in the middle of the workday, when I am almost always stressed.