Jana Hollingsworth
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I'm a Proctor native and cover Duluth and the Arrowhead for the Minnesota Star Tribune. I love interesting tips. Find me on Signal at JanaHollingsworth.51
The sexual harassment claims against Community Action Duluth director apparently involve pumping breast milk at work. Gift link.
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Duluth nonprofit leader investigated for alleged financial mismanagement
Community Action Duluth board and Executive Director Classie Dudley say race factors into workplace complaints.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The sexual harassment claims against Community Action Duluth director apparently involve pumping breast milk at work. Gift link.
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Here is mine and Christa Lawler's story on the Edmund Fitzgerald anniversary. I spent time with daughters of men who went down with the ship, who graciously shared funny and beautiful memories of their dads. To them it's more than a song and a legend. www.startribune.com/50-years-lat...
50 years later, the mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald still haunts the children of its lost crew
“This time of year when the gales of November kick up, it’s almost impossible not to think of the men on the Fitz.”
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November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here is mine and Christa Lawler's story on the Edmund Fitzgerald anniversary. I spent time with daughters of men who went down with the ship, who graciously shared funny and beautiful memories of their dads. To them it's more than a song and a legend. www.startribune.com/50-years-lat...
Right-to-repair ordinance wins easily in Duluth. Plus, some newbies will join City Council, including Diane Desotelle, David Clanaugh and Jordon Johnson.
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Landslide victory for controversial Duluth rental repair law
The new right-to-repair rule will allow renters to initiate small fixes without involving city inspectors, and with an assurance that landlords pay.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Right-to-repair ordinance wins easily in Duluth. Plus, some newbies will join City Council, including Diane Desotelle, David Clanaugh and Jordon Johnson.
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“The first renters rights law of its kind in Minnesota would allow renters to bypass municipal red tape and initiate small fixes themselves at the expense of landlords.”
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#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
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Proposed right-to-repair law pits tenants against landlords in a new way
On next week’s ballot, the issue is heated in Duluth, where 40% of the housing stock is rental.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“The first renters rights law of its kind in Minnesota would allow renters to bypass municipal red tape and initiate small fixes themselves at the expense of landlords.”
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#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
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A massive development proposal that Hermantown is describing only as a “communication services facility” was identified as a data center in a January letter sent to city officials. Story w/
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Northern Minnesota mystery project identified as data center
Mystery has been swirling around the project for months amid zoning changes and offers to buy homes.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A massive development proposal that Hermantown is describing only as a “communication services facility” was identified as a data center in a January letter sent to city officials. Story w/
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Across the Iron Range, taconite firms collect their waste in six huge tailings basins. All of them leak sulfate, according to data collected by the state of Minnesota and the EPA.
To protect wild rice, Minnesota moves to cut off pollution from taconite basins
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is trying to enforce a sulfate limit at U.S. Steel’s Keetac basin, one of six that leak the substance.
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July 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Across the Iron Range, taconite firms collect their waste in six huge tailings basins. All of them leak sulfate, according to data collected by the state of Minnesota and the EPA.
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Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home after seeing the assassin shoot Mark Hortman in a doorway.
New details about police activity after lawmaker shootings raise questions about response
The Minnesota Star Tribune found that Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home and that several law enforcement agencies were unaware of the situation for hours.
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July 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home after seeing the assassin shoot Mark Hortman in a doorway.
Why is wild rice so critical?
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Wild rice is in jeopardy in Minnesota. But nobody can agree on how to save it.
Minnesota’s state grain is critical to tribes, farmers, rural economies and the environment. But any action to protect it and the waters that nurture it has long been a seed of contention.
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July 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Why is wild rice so critical?
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Pure summer. #trampledbyturtles #duluth
July 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Pure summer. #trampledbyturtles #duluth
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A former Hormel Foods employee made off with top-secret sausage recipes and market intel before joining regional competitor Johnsonville, a new federal lawsuit allege
Minnesota’s Hormel sues Wisconsin’s Johnsonville alleging stolen sausage secrets
A former employee at Austin, Minn.-based Hormel emailed recipes and proprietary information to his personal account before joining brat-maker Johnsonville, a federal lawsuit alleges.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A former Hormel Foods employee made off with top-secret sausage recipes and market intel before joining regional competitor Johnsonville, a new federal lawsuit allege
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New photo leading Strib live blog. "Loved ones, who declined to give their names, of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark embraced after hanging a sign with pictures of the couple and their dog Gilbert at a memorial outside the House Chambers"
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June 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New photo leading Strib live blog. "Loved ones, who declined to give their names, of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark embraced after hanging a sign with pictures of the couple and their dog Gilbert at a memorial outside the House Chambers"
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Effects of the Cleveland Cliffs layoffs on the Iron Range:
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‘We don’t want to lose this mine’: Fear sets in for Iron Range miners as shutdown takes hold
Cleveland-Cliffs’ layoff of more than 600 workers in March feels different from past shutdowns, locals say.
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June 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Effects of the Cleveland Cliffs layoffs on the Iron Range:
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Voyageurs National Park billboards in Duluth take aim at Trump admin for cuts. www.startribune.com/duluth-billb...
Duluth billboards blast DOGE cuts to Voyageurs National Park
The billboards are part of a national campaign from progressive nonprofit news outlet More Perfect Union.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Voyageurs National Park billboards in Duluth take aim at Trump admin for cuts. www.startribune.com/duluth-billb...
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NEW: The Upper Sioux Community soon plans to turn on a new solar array to help power its casino.
If they do, the local electric provider says it will cut off power. It's an unusual, bitter standoff that involves complex utility law and tribal sovereignty.
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If they do, the local electric provider says it will cut off power. It's an unusual, bitter standoff that involves complex utility law and tribal sovereignty.
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A tribe built solar for its casino. Their utility says it will cut power
The unusual conflict has pitted assertions of tribal sovereignty against claims that the solar array flouts state utility laws.
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May 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW: The Upper Sioux Community soon plans to turn on a new solar array to help power its casino.
If they do, the local electric provider says it will cut off power. It's an unusual, bitter standoff that involves complex utility law and tribal sovereignty.
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If they do, the local electric provider says it will cut off power. It's an unusual, bitter standoff that involves complex utility law and tribal sovereignty.
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Northern Minnesota wildfire response: ‘This is when you find out what kind of community you live in’
By midday Tuesday, the Camp House fire near Brimson had grown to 12,000 acres.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Camp House fire near Brimson has grown to 19 square miles.
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Three wildfires break out in northern Minnesota. Here’s what you need to know.
St. Louis County is currently evacuating residents near the Camp House fire.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Camp House fire near Brimson has grown to 19 square miles.
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Anxiety increases over possibility that Duluth EPA Great Lakes lab could close
Klobuchar, Smith send letter to EPA administrator as doubt mounts that the lab’s 170 jobs are safe.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Nationwide protest against Trump includes numerous Minnesota rallies
Thousands of protesters are mobilizing in St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester and dozens of other locations to oppose the “assault on our freedoms.”
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April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Crowd of about 2,000 at Duluth's Hands Off rally.
April 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crowd of about 2,000 at Duluth's Hands Off rally.
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An update w/ @janahollingsworth.bsky.social on the $6.2B deal to take Duluth's Allete private. The company says it will fund Minnesota Power's energy transition.
Gov. Walz's admin & MP's largest customers asked utility regulators to reject the acquisition:
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Gov. Walz's admin & MP's largest customers asked utility regulators to reject the acquisition:
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Allete meets tough hometown crowd over pending sale of Duluth company
The potential $6.2 billion sale, which includes Minnesota Power, would take it private.
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March 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An update w/ @janahollingsworth.bsky.social on the $6.2B deal to take Duluth's Allete private. The company says it will fund Minnesota Power's energy transition.
Gov. Walz's admin & MP's largest customers asked utility regulators to reject the acquisition:
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Gov. Walz's admin & MP's largest customers asked utility regulators to reject the acquisition:
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Oh, his dogs are the sweetest. Check out Alex Kormann's photos. He spent 3 years on this project!
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For Anishinaabe musher, the sport connects him to the outdoors, his past and those dogs
Jesse Terry was the only Anishinaabe man in the 40th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon this month. In this race, named for an Anishinaabe man, Terry knows he’s representing his culture.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Oh, his dogs are the sweetest. Check out Alex Kormann's photos. He spent 3 years on this project!
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