Duluth News Tribune

1 day ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi

DULUTH — Mayor Roger Reinert came to a Wednesday morning news conference equipped with a hard hat, a yellow safety vest and a sledgehammer. The occasion? To mark the pending demolition of the Shoppers Ramp, a condemned parking structure that has sat idle at 18 N. Second Ave. W. for more than a decade.

1 day ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen

DULUTH — A man was charged Wednesday with fatally stabbing another man and setting fire to his residence last summer. Tyler Walter Edwards, 25, was charged by the St. Louis County Attorney's Office with intentional second-degree murder and first-degree arson in the death of Maxton Keith Gudowski, 25, in the Lakeside neighborhood. Gudowski's body was found after first responders were called to a fire on the 600 block of 47th Avenue East in the early morning of July 25.

1 day ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen

VIRGINIA — An international search is continuing for a former Iron Range bus driver accused of sexually assaulting a student. Jan Musch, 57, formerly of Virginia, is believed to be in his native Netherlands, authorities wrote in a filing last week. He has been wanted for over a year after failing to appear in court to face two felony charges.

1 day ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Jay Gabler

DULUTH — Jen West began her Homegrown career in a big way. "Jason Wussow was playing at Clyde (Iron Works), and he invited me up to play one of my songs," remembered the singer-songwriter. "That was my very first Homegrown." The 2011 Hermantown High School grad has since played "eight or nine" times at Homegrown. "I'm not too sure," West admitted. "This will be our ninth year playing Homegrown," said Sean Moria of Gnarwals.

1 day ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Teri Cadeau

DULUTH — Empowering people to get connected and support economic protections was the theme behind this year's Earth Day rally and march on Tuesday. April 22 marked the 55th anniversary of the first Earth Day celebration organized nationwide in 1970. To mark it, around 250 Duluthians gathered in Leif Erikson Park for a rally, then marched together following a large monarch butterfly puppet to Gichi-Ode' Akiing on the Lakewalk.