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This Week's Theme: Longform

This Week's Theme: Longform

This week we are featuring writers from UMD’s Reporting and Writing II and Specialized Reporting courses. Our theme is longform, a narrative form of journalism. Students were prompted to write a magazine-length piece and get out of their comfort zones to produce some creative nonfiction.

Duluth bakery owner follows own business model

Duluth bakery owner follows own business model

Following my ears I head back to the kitchen where I find everyone laughing hysterically. April Peterson, an intern from Le Cordon Blue, is on her hands and knees on the shelf beneath the industrial sink holding a broom and crying with laughter. Katie Berg, another employee, is doubled over beside her.

Duluth veteran works to honor other veterans despite own disability

Duluth veteran works to honor other veterans despite own disability

John Marshall looks like he was born for one reason and one reason only: to be in the armed forces.

Work at Damiano Kids Café yields personal fulfillment for Duluth man

Work at Damiano Kids Café yields personal fulfillment for Duluth man

Towering above the businesses and homes of Duluth’s Central Hillsideis a three-story, red brick gothic building that sits on the corner of West Fourth Street and North Second Avenue West. It’s beyond the walls of this abandoned Catholic elementary school that Oscar Lopez carries out his passion for helping children.

Twin Ports residents preserve memories of the Holocaust

Twin Ports residents preserve memories of the Holocaust

On April 12, 1941, at the age of 14, the German police invaded and evacuated my village of Grebien, Poland. The police went to our houses and ransacked our family’s homes, tore up the floors, and destroyed furniture trying to find any kind of hidden weapons or any evidence at all so they would have an excuse to execute us.

Duluth’s historic Wade Stadium seeks renovation

Duluth’s historic Wade Stadium seeks renovation

The future of baseball at the historic stadium, however, is looking dire unless funding can be secured for renovation. Plans call for $8.1 million worth of repairs and upgrades to the structure, amenities and playing field, with the state and city each covering half of the cost.

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Graduate wonders whether Facebook is friend or foe
May 3, 2012 | by | 1 Comment | Read →

3.4 million. That’s how many people will be receiving college degrees this year, according to the United States Census Bureau. And we all want the same thing: a job. Facebook has...

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LakeCast: Mayor Don Ness talks Homegrown, what it means for Duluth locals
Apr 26, 2012 | by | No Comments | Read →

This week at LakeCast, we spoke with Duluth Mayor Don Ness about the upcoming Homegrown Music Festival. No stranger to the annual local music fest, Ness served as Festival Director...


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Events

Victory and struggle for UMD student training for Tough Mudder
James Stitt works out in the UMD weight room. Photo Credit: Reegan Lloyd

In a few weeks, while other college graduates are donning their cap and gown, I will be stomping through the mud, falling into icy waters and running through a field of live wires....

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Places

Work at Damiano Kids Café yields personal fulfillment for Duluth man
Work at Damiano Kids Café yields personal fulfillment for Duluth man

Towering above the businesses and homes of Duluth’s Central Hillside is a three-story, red brick gothic building that sits on the corner of West Fourth Street and North SecondÂ...

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People

Local man adjusts to faltering vision
Kaylor Tieg outside his home in Duluth. Photo Credit: Brett Adkins

Kaylor Teig stood above first base when it first appeared. His whole right eye went blank. The softball could no longer be seen coming from third base.  He was hit twice with the ...

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Multimedia

Locals reflect on first impressions of Duluth

Memories are what connects people to places. When you move somewhere it isn’t a home until a memory is made. Now imagine the first day you moved somewhere. What do you rememb...

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Music

Homegrown: On the porch with Hannah Rey

Hannah Rey is a Two Harbors native, former member of the Wildwood band, and is taking the Twin Ports area by storm with her powerful solo act.   Hannah’s unique indie-folk s...

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