Jimmy Lovrien

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

INTERNATIONAL FALLS — When Nancy Imhof goes to the grocery store in International Falls, she glances at the bumpers of vehicles in the parking lot. “I still look for Canadian license plates,” Imhof said. “There’s a few, not a lot, but there’s a few.” Since President Donald Trump took office Jan.

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

MOUNTAIN IRON — Nippon Steel's purchase of U.S. Steel includes $14 billion in investment in the company, including $800 million in its Iron Range taconite mining and processing operations, though details remain scarce. U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., announced the $800 million figure late last month after President Donald Trump, who once opposed the deal, blessed the "partnership" between Japan-based Nippon and Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

DULUTH — Although the November 2026 election is almost a year and a half away, two Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidates have announced they are running for the 8th Congressional District seat. Cyle Cramer, 32, of Chisago City, and Emanuel Anastos, 25, of Tower, have each filed statements of organization with the Federal Election Commission establishing their campaign committees. U.S. Rep.

1 week ago | twincities.com | Jimmy Lovrien

DULUTH — Researchers studying blue-green algae blooms in the Duluth-Superior Harbor have pinpointed the cyanobacteria species responsible for the bloom’s toxins in what the Minnesota Sea Grant, which supported the research, called a “breakthrough discovery.”By sequencing DNA from a bloom near Barker’s Island in Superior last fall, researchers were able to link the toxins to Microcystis aeruginosa, a cyanobacterial species.

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jimmy Lovrien

DULUTH — A large crowd gathered Saturday to protest President Donald Trump. The "No Kings" rally in Duluth, which began with a march along the Lakewalk at Leif Erikson Park in the late morning and was expected to culminate in a rally at the corner of Lake Avenue in Superior Street at noon, is among similar events held across the country coinciding with a military parade in Washington, D.C., held on the U.S. Army's 250th birthday and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday.