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Hibbing, Duluth groups work together to celebrate Bob Dylan in May
Dylan Days 2011 is coming, the annual Hibbing arts event celebrating Bob Dylan and the Iron Range. This year our efforts in Dylan’s hometown Hibbing will sync with an expanding roster of DylanFest events in his birthplace in nearby Duluth. The Duluth News-Tribune has the story. Within I am quoted saying that Hibbing and Duluth…
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Asia expands influence over northern Minnesota’s future
One of the interesting northern Minnesota economic stories of the past decade has been Cirrus Aviation in Duluth. The narrative was innovative airplanes built in an old steel town. And while the company has struggled at times, especially in the recent economic slump, it still represents compelling story. This week a Chinese airplane manufacturer has…
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Duluth’s population challenge
Duluth Mayor Don Ness has pledged to put the city on a path to increase Duluth’s population to more than 90,000 people by the year 2020. The city has hovered in the 85,000 range the last two censuses amid northeastern Minnesota’s sluggish natural resources economy. Since the late 2000s, however, Duluth has enjoyed more economic…
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Drag to leave WDIO, Duluth media to become thunderdome
Thing #597 that I love about living in northern Minnesota. When TV reporters quit the media for money and regular hours they go work for mining companies. In a surprising announcement reported in today’s Duluth News Tribune WDIO 5 p.m. anchor Sandy Drag said she would leave the station to work as regional public relations…
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Google delays fiber decision until early 2011
Google is delaying its decision about which community it will choose to pilot its high speed Google Fiber. Duluth, Minnesota, is considered a strong candidate among the thousands of communities that applied. An MPR report explores Duluth’s chances. Google said it will announce its decision in early 2011. Related posts: No related posts.
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Broadband projects suggest great potential in northern Minnesota
Google Twin Ports, the group of interests trying to attract the internet giant’s experimental fiber project to Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, touts recent broadband developments as signs that the region might place high on Google’s list. Check out the message sent to the Google Twin Port’s e-mail list. One of the interesting thing about…
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This is a post about manhole covers and Bob Dylan
Duluth continues to expand its homage to its native son Bob Dylan with new manhole covers on Dylan Way. The heavy metal discs celebrate Dylan by way of his song “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” featuring some kind of fancy image of sandals and candles. The vandals and handles will be forthcoming, I’m sure. You might know…
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Trite ships loiter in Duluth harbor, remain awesome
Tall ships dock at the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota! The tall ships are wooden sailing vessels with towering masts and an old timey feel. They are not pirate ships; rather, they hearken a bygone day when ships like these often sunk in poor weather, and/or facilitated the harpooning of whales. Many ships like these are…
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The new Duluth & the big problem for northern Minnesota
Minnesota Business Magazine covers “The New Duluth” in its July cover story. The story focuses on Duluth, Minnesota’s successes and challenges as it fights to expand beyond its shipping and manufacturing economic base. It’s a good story for Duluth, particularly its first term mayor Don Ness, but more importantly it outlines the big problem. Excuse…
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Challenges from the middle in open Duluth DFL races
There were a few interesting turns in the last day of candidate filing here in northern Minnesota. I’ve already mentioned the intrigue in Duluth with State Sen. Yvonne Prettner Solon leaving office to run for Lt. Governor. State Rep. Roger Reinert rather quickly announced his bid for the seat and faced little opposition. Now it…
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More Duluth political intrigue
A few Minnesota politics notes to pass along: Duluth Mayor Don Ness endorsed Margaret Anderson Kelliher in the DFL primary battle for governor. With Duluth’s state senator Yvonne Prettner Solon having joined Mark Dayton’s ticket, this demonstrates a pretty powerful counterpunch for Kelliher in the 8th, showing that she will contest this ground. She made…
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Reinert to run for Duluth senate seat
State Rep. Roger Reinert (DFL-Duluth) announced tonight he would file to run for the Minnesota State Senate District 7 seat tomorrow. This is the seat being vacated by Sen. Yvonne Prettner Solon, who was recently selected to be Mark Dayton’s running mate in the Governor/Lt. Governor race. As I said earlier, Reinert is the prohibitive…
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Two names emerge for Duluth DFL senate slot
Yesterday I raised the question of who might run for the DFL nomination for state senate in District 7 now that Yvonne Prettner Solon is running for Lt. Gov. with Mark Dayton. This district is wholly enclosed within the city of Duluth and the person who holds that seat becomes a very important leader in…
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A DFL showdown-to-be in Lucky SD 7?
I have to go do some real stuff now but, howdy hey, Mark Dayton’s selection of State Sen. Yvonne Prettner Solon as his running mate also opens up a state senate seat in the heart of Duluth, a DFL bastion with a pretty deep political bench. Use the comment thread to speculate or announce your…
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Taking care of business, retirement-style
When I was in college studying print journalism (which is a little like being in the Roman Empire studying the concept of “forever”) I had the chance to write freelance copy for Wayne Nelson at Business North. It is from Wayne that I learned the important lesson that just because a son has the same…