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Wright, MN · Arts & Culture
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Junior golfer turns hard work into history
At the start of the golf season, junior golfer Ellie Pierce set an important goal for herself: to break 90. She put in hard work this season to add distance and create a perfect swing plane to hit the ball straighter. The early season hard work paid off when it mattered most.
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Minnesota Ballet Celebrity Dance Challenge returns Friday
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Minnesota Ballet’s annual Celebrity Dance Challenge returns Friday night, featuring local celebrities paired with professional dancers. This year, Northern News Now’s Kyre Johnson is one of the contestants. She and the other dancers held a dress rehearsal Thursday night. The fundraiser...
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Salem Lutheran Church hosting October 24 Apple Festival to support community
HERMANTOWN, Minn. (KQDS-TV)- A local baker in Duluth is gearing up for Hermantown's festival celebrating all things apples. For 12 years, the Salem Lutheran church in Hermantown has hosted its very own apple and craft festival. More than 50 vendors will be lining up to sell crafts, baked goods, and...
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Green Visions: "Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong" Wastewater Documentary Screening
On Thursday, October 22nd at the Superior Public Library, folks will have the opportunity to see behind the scenes of wastewater work with a screening of the documentary Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong. The film focuses on a wastewater treatment plant in Maine that's dealing with aging infrastructure, forever chemicals,...
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Community Connection: "Ride the Cyclone" at the New Denfeld Black Box Theater
In the musical Ride the Cyclone, a group of kids get into a roller coaster accident and perish. Whiling away their time in purgatory, each one of them gets a chance to make their case for returning to the realm of the living. On October 22-24, Denfeld High School will...
FOX 21 Online
Coffee Conversation: DoDuluth showcasing Northland Halloween events
DULUTH, Minn. (KQDS-TV) -- Spooky season is in full swing around the Northland, with markets, parades, and festive events taking place all across the region. To help everyone keep track of everything going on during the lead-up to Halloween, Jess Worden of DoDuluth stopped by the morning show and spoke about an upcoming addition to the DoDuluth website, which will track all "Trunk-or-Treat" events in the Twin Ports.
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Helen Cody Wetmore in Duluth: The Untold Story of a Businesswoman, Journalist, and Activist
After spending the summer interning with the Education Department at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, I was excited to discover a surprising connection between Buffalo Bill Cody and my new home of Duluth, Minnesota! In the 1890s, Buffalo Bill helped finance a newspaper business in Duluth, where his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore, played an important role.
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‘Oh, What a Night’: Northern News Now wins big at the 2026 Emmy® Awards
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Oh, what a night. And it started on a special note as we celebrated former KBJR Sports Director Tom Hansen, who was inducted into the Upper Midwest Emmy Silver Circle, recognizing his remarkable career in broadcasting, journalism and education. We couldn’t have been happier...
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Broadway at the DECC announces third season lineup in Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Duluth is getting another taste of New York entertainment starting next month. Broadway at the DECC returns for its third season on November 11, starting with the classic “Clue.”. “Shucked,” “Cirque Alice” and “A Beautiful Noise” follow throughout the season....
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New theater opening up at Denfeld High School as students perform 'Ride the Cyclone'
DULUTH, Minn. (KQDS-TV) -- A one-of-a-kind, new theater experience is about to debut to the public at Denfeld High School in Duluth. What once was an outdated lecture hall has been transformed into a modern black box theater. It's the new stage for the theater productions at Denfeld. Offering the...
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National Friends of Libraries Week highlights local impacts
SUPERIOR, Wis. (KQDS-TV) -- It's National Friends of Libraries Week, celebrating the people who support their local libraries across the country. The Friends of Superior Public Library has been around for nearly 30 years, with about 90 members. The group advocates for the organization and raises money through community events,...
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Remains of Minnesota World War II veteran return home after more than 80 years
WEBSTER, Wis. (Northern News Now) - The remains of Ernest LaVerne Lund, a Minnesota World War II veteran who died in 1944 during the West Loch Disaster at Pearl Harbor, have returned home. Lund was 28 years old and working aboard a Navy landing ship when he died. Federal officials...
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'Coastal Cowgirl' Payton Sullivan to open for Sugarland at AMSOIL Arena
DULUTH, Minn. (KQDS-TV) - Payton Sullivan, the Coastal Cowgirl, is opening for Sugarland on their "Ride or Die" tour. The show is Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at AMSOIL Arena. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. Payton talked to FOX 21 from her Nashville home...
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Celebrate 10 Years of the Superior Public Library Foundation!
The Superior Public Library Foundation is celebrating its 10th year! The goal of the SPLF is to to create a self-sustainable endowment fund, enabling an annual donation of at least $20,000 per year to the library to support innovative new services for our patrons. Come meet the Foundation board members...
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Community Connection: Dance TV's "Graveyard Groove" Dance Event
Move over Monster Mash, it's time for the Graveyard Groove. Dance TV's latest event deviates from their usual theatrical performance and sets the scene for everyone to fill the dance floor and participate. "People come up and [they] want to dance too," says creator Andy Frye. "They want to be...