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David on Data Centers, Water and Energy: Considerations for Local Government Decision-making in Southeast Minnesota
No such document has been produced for northeast Minnesota, but I think portions of this document will be valuable to local decisionmakers.
VicConChestDav on Data Centers, Water and Energy: Considerations for Local Government Decision-making in Southeast Minnesota
Southeast MN? I’m assuming the baseline for this post is the Hermantown data center. Is there a tool kit for those who support the Hermantown...
Sandra Lee Olson on Duluth & Iron Range 1960s Garage Bands
Thank you putting this together. I shared it with my uncle, who was a member of the Titans. It brings back many memories.
Vicariously Contained on Co-op Insider Tells All
Good Lord, use paragraphs. If you want people to take you seriously, write seriously. “Haters”: this is an antiquated rape-whistle term. I don’t think anybody...
Container on Co-op Insider Tells All
“… suffering, low wages.” Is someone holding a gun to their head? Who is responsible for you, Dave. Others? Who is responsible for your well-being,...
Douglas Kamholz on New York Times Dylan-themed crossword has Duluth ties
As someone who regularly does the New York Times crossword, the Dylan-themed one was ridiculously easy. I thought of many clues/answers that would not have...
Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) on Co-op Insider Tells All
I am absolutely saying "what's next?" and participating in a productive conversation. You're the one saying "Not every mistake needs to be aired in public."...
Bernard Zalon on New York Times Dylan-themed crossword has Duluth ties
I did that puzzle. It has nothing to do with Bob Dylan. And, it was constructed by Jill Singer!
Delroy on Co-op Insider Tells All
Jim, you are not the arbiter of truth you portray yourself as. What you are is a bitter, privileged man who is insufferable to be...
Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) on Co-op Insider Tells All
More ad hominem attacks on me for giving my opinion. I'm on your side and I have declared how I vote. We have a system...
Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) on Co-op Insider Tells All
It was an honor and a privilege to work with you, hope you're well.
Edith J. on Co-op Insider Tells All
If anyone has harshed the vibe at Whole Foods Coop, it’s Jim Richardson. His rude and often offensive behavior constantly sours the mood around our...
Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) on Co-op Insider Tells All
To the general public: I think you can see what I'm talking about. To the haters: Thanks for coming by and showing the public what...
Clark Kent on Co-op Insider Tells All
I just can’t with this. Jim is so cringe. Working here at the co-op and seeing what’s been happening, all I’m going to say is...
Oatmeal on Co-op Insider Tells All
This isn’t fully related to this post, but seeing this I had to comment. As an ex-deli employee, it genuinely crushes me what happened to...
Sonya on Co-op Insider Tells All
You know, sometimes I miss working at the co-op. Other times, not so much...
Tim Howe on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
Yes, That's him!! I do know he also worked at the Lyceum according to my deceased grandmother, Mrs. Harry E. Howe. His wife, Claire in...
Dave Sorensen on Co-op Insider Tells All
Oh, Container aka Chester Knob aka Vicarious - Whether it's pandemic denial, or global warming denial, or a labor issue like this, you show a...
Container on Co-op Insider Tells All
What a massive pile of who the hell cares. Stock my vegetables or get a different job. I want produce, not whining. Why have you...
Styrofoam on Co-op Insider Tells All
Not to mention that Jim is most likely the person that led to the collapse of the deli by reporting a fellow staff member for...
Justahuman on Co-op Insider Tells All
I was going to leave it at that, but I can't. Jim. We have our internal disagreements and it's a workplace where a wide array...
Gwendolyn on Co-op Insider Tells All
Wow, another narcissistic rant from Jim Richardson; what a surprise! Who would've thought he would spew absolute garbage about our union and our organizing efforts...
Justahuman on Co-op Insider Tells All
What does the main character hope to accomplish with this? He reports as though he has an objective bird's eye view of the situation. Might...
scabby on Co-op Insider Tells All
So, this might be the only (evidently) substantive report the public gets about what goes on between whole foods management and staff and you chose...
accipiter.buteo on Co-op Insider Tells All
How about the episode in season 2, where upper management fired the deli managers (prompting nearly all deli staff to quit in solidarity), which led...
Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) on Lake Superior’s Nazi U-boat Wreck
No, but it should be.
Matthew James on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
From the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub...
Dolores Delaney on Postcard from the Breathtaking Duluth-Superior Hi Bridge
This bridge inspired me to pray every time I drove across pulling our Lund to go fishing in Ely from Chicago that there would be...
Matthew James on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
I could at least add it to my rather lengthy project list - I did take a rather dramatic photo of the building a few...
Matthew James on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
Thank you!
Sandy Hantz on Looking Back at A & Dubs with Syl and Sandy Hantz
Tony Bennett wrote a fine article. Syl and I remember speaking with him earlier this past spring. We want to pass along our appreciation for...
Tim Howe on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
My great uncle James M. Milne was projectionist at the Lyceum for at least 20 years from the 1930s through the '50s, also the Doric...
Deb on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
Can you do one on the Anderson Furniture building in the craft district? There is so much history we'd like to learn!
Tim Howe on Lake Superior’s Nazi U-boat Wreck
Is this for real?!?
cork1 on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
Just chiming in to say that this has been a super interesting and well-researched deep dive into one photograph. Kudos for all the work and...
Matthew James on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
Thanks! If you missed any of the previous six parts, just click on the "Detroit Publishing Company" tag at the bottom of the post just...
Mark Ostrov on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
Love the story, and the images! Where can I get all images, and the stories from this series? Let me know!
Cecile Grimwood on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 7: The Odd-numbered Side of Superior Street and Fifth Avenue West
Fascinating to look back in time. I see the people and wonder who they were, am I related? Also, beer was freaking expensive back then,...
James Skelton on The Minnesota Woolen Company Story
My grandfather was first a salesman then a district manager for Minnesota Woolen. I grew up hearing stories of his travels and visits to logging...
Ed Pollock on Duluth’s Pine Knot Cabin on Minnesota Point: Its History, its Removal and the Future of the Land
Hello Paul, my name is Ed Pollock, a family member of the Pine Knott cabin you write about. Thank goodness somebody cares about Duluth history....
Lori Panek on The Duluth Artwork of J. W. Perry
I have one of June W. Perry's pictures of a masted ship on the water. I am looking to sell it. It is in a...
Ed Pollock on Postcard from the Old Light House on Minnesota Point
What historical group Is keeping this history together of Park Point beyond the airport? There is so much history and no central group saving it,...
Dan Peck on R.I.P. Viking Lounge & Liquor
If those walls could talk!
Bill Bartram on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 6: Gidding’s Department Store
Jacob & Florence made a great team.
Matthew on Mud
I have to say, this is one of if not the most well written pieces of literature that I've had the pleasure to lay my...
Ben Marsen on The Black Labels Final Show at Rex Bar in 2014?
OK, guys. This was Scott and Heather's wedding date. Private show. It was NOT a Black Labels show. It also wasn't a "Hadjis" gig because...
Tim Anderson on The Black Labels Final Show at Rex Bar in 2014?
Hi Randy~ Ben says that date is definitely the one for the wedding event he's talking about (for Scott & Heather Mills). He didn't remember...
Randy Mahlberg on The Black Labels Final Show at Rex Bar in 2014?
Gomez was definitely at this concert (see original popst): https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2023/07/14/at-the-rex-aug-17-2014/ - it was actually the evening of Saturday August 16, 2014 around 8 p.m. Here's...
Tim Anderson on The Black Labels Final Show at Rex Bar in 2014?
Hey Lundgren! Hope yer doing well. I asked Marsen about this mystery & he sorted it out: "Gomez's brother is talking about a private wedding...
Paul Lundgren on Duluth Album Releases in 2026
Thanks Ellie! Your album is now on the list.
Ellie Hedge on Duluth Album Releases in 2026
I also have an album to add to this list! Some lovely IDM with mixing and additional production done by Kenneth Gregory. Dialyth - A...
Paul Lundgren on Postcard from the Railroad Yards in Duluth
Northern Pacific Railway Roundhouse. Seen here in a 1905 Detroit Photographic Company image. It was razed in 1974.
Raphael on Postcard from the Railroad Yards in Duluth
Anyone know what the big round building was?
Mary Asbach on Selective Focus: Moquah Bar
We used to go trick or treating there when I was a kid. Buddy gave us cans of pop, which kept us busy while the...
vikings844 on Classic photos of Lake Superior Zoo and Kingsbury Creek
There was a giraffe there in the 1970s.
runningman on Selective Focus: Moquah Bar
Here's the outside
Mike on Selective Focus: Moquah Bar
Mixed drinks for sure if they have Fresca!
Louis A. Lincoln on Duluth’s Emerson School
Emerson Elementary closed as a school in June 1982, the same month I graduated from Duluth Central High School with Suz-Anne Scarcella, Tim Walsh, Jeff...
Dave Sorensen on Any Given Day
The denialist comments above smack of a certain local provocateur who may change his user name, but his style and pretzel logic betray him. The...
Matthew James on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 6: Gidding’s Department Store
Thank you
steve jenkins on Moccasin Mike
The only Moccasin Mike I ever knew was a very friendly and intelligent chap on the motorcycle boards (particularly Intruder Alert) who helped me and...
Lee on Superior Street, Sept. 11, 1907, Part 6: Gidding’s Department Store
Great history and enjoyable read. Nice work.
Tracey on Scenes From The Book Club Murders
I just watched it and OMG the acting. Someone call Oscar. Fingers crossed for a sequel.
Thomas Radosevich on Mystery Photo #43: Does anyone know which old bar this was?
Tom Byrne’s tavern; one of the first railroad guys who took a lump sum after his leg was cut off by a train wheel, and...
Paul Lundgren on The Black Labels Final Show at Rex Bar in 2014?
Either the timestamp on the video is wrong or the show was not promoted, because the Aug. 11, 2014 issue of the Transistor does not...
Alan Johnston on Ripped at Sanitary Harry’s in 2002
I want at Sanitary Harry's once and there was a car engine on the pool table. Go figure. What a great place to get bombed!
Randy Mahlberg on At the Rex? – Aug. 17, 2014?
I can't find any information about the Black Labels playing at the Rex in 2014 on any date. LOL
Randy Mahlberg on At the Rex? – Aug. 17, 2014?
I know, I have been unable to find any reference to this show anywhere, but the video was recorded Saturday August 16th, 2014 around 8...
Ruvelson on View of Downtown Duluth from Observation Hill in 1965
Good stuff Lundegaard
Slow bob on Duluth-Area BBS
I was the Sysop of Information Central. It was run out of Hermantown in the 1980s and '90s. I started out with a Radio Shack...
George on Looking for info on 1960s motorcycle dealer
Art Axelson of Super Sport Motorcycle shop was located at that intersection.
Heidi K Bakk-Hansen on Any Given Day
Heyyy, Container of what? Denial? Container of Obvious Overreaction? This ain't no lecture, and this ain't no disco. But we aren't fooling around. Your blinders...
Cory Fechner on Arrowhead Community Garden seeks new members
email: arrowhead.community.garden [at] gmail [dot] com
Cory Fechner on Arrowhead Community Garden seeks new members
email: arrowhead.community.garden [at] gmail [dot] com
Cory Fechner on Arrowhead Community Garden seeks new members
email: arrowhead.community.garden [at] gmail [dot] com
