Pressroom Podcast

He was just 30 years old and only four years out of law school when Duluth heiress Elizabeth Congdon was discovered smothered to death in her bed at Glensheen Mansion, her night nurse Velma Pietila fatally beaten with a candlestick.

Forty years later, then chief prosecutor John DeSanto joins the podcast this week to share his firsthand experience with Duluth's most well-known murder case.

"The day of June 27, 1977, Monday. I remember it like it was yesterday," DeSanto said.

To get in touch with the Pressroom Podcast, email us at [email protected].

He was just 30 years old and only four years out of law school when Duluth heiress Elizabeth Congdon was discovered smothered to death in her bed at Glensheen Mansion, her night nurse Velma Pietila fatally beaten with a candlestick.

Forty years later, then chief prosecutor John DeSanto joins the podcast this week to share his firsthand experience with Duluth's most well-known murder case.

"The day of June 27, 1977, Monday. I remember it like it was yesterday," DeSanto said.

To get in touch with the Pressroom Podcast, email us at [email protected]. 

The driving forces behind "Duluth's Duluthiest website" join the Pressroom Podcast this week.

"Another way to say it is we just do a lot of goofing off on the website, but it's all very Duluth focused," said Perfect Duluth Day president Paul Lundgren.

Lundgren and co-creator Barrett Chase, along with food and drink reporter Lissa Maki, share how Duluth's community culture website came to fruition 14 years ago in a time before Facebook and YouTube.

They also share some of their PDD posts from over the years, on of which involves "military grade lederhosen." And invite everyone out to their birthday celebration to enjoy all you can eat coleslaw. Why coleslaw? Because, why not?

Note: Barrett Chase is now the web/night editor at the Duluth News Tribune and is no longer involved with Perfect Duluth Day operations.

The driving forces behind "Duluth's Duluthiest website" join the Pressroom Podcast this week.

"Another way to say it is we just do a lot of goofing off on the website, but it's all very Duluth focused," said Perfect Duluth Day president Paul Lundgren.

Lundgren and co-creator Barrett Chase, along with food and drink reporter Lissa Maki, share how Duluth's community culture website came to fruition 14 years ago in a time before Facebook and YouTube.

They also share some of their PDD posts from over the years, on of which involves "military grade lederhosen." And invite everyone out to their birthday celebration to enjoy all you can eat coleslaw. Why coleslaw? Because, why not?

Note: Barrett Chase is now the web/night editor at the Duluth News Tribune and is no longer involved with Perfect Duluth Day operations. 

Holly Kostrzewski, Northeastern Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Coordinator, joins the Pressroom Podcast this week to talk about distracted driving and how to keep your loved ones safe on the road.

She explains what Toward Zero Deaths is and how it's making drivers more aware of what they do behind the wheel. Holly has ridden in the car with state troopers and she shares some of the stories she has come across, including a lady who was playing Candy Crush on her cell while driving.

As always you can email us at [email protected].

Holly Kostrzewski, Northeastern Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Coordinator, joins the Pressroom Podcast this week to talk about distracted driving and how to keep your loved ones safe on the road.

She explains what Toward Zero Deaths is and how it's making drivers more aware of what they do behind the wheel. Holly has ridden in the car with state troopers and she shares some of the stories she has come across, including a lady who was playing Candy Crush on her cell while driving. 

As always you can email us at [email protected]. 

Grandma's Marathon veterans join the podcast this week to give you an inside look at what goes into covering Duluth's largest event of the summer.

Duluth News Tribune editor Rick Lubbers, who has covered around 11 races, and retired sports writer Kevin Pates, who has covered 35 of the 41 total marathons, join Christa Lawler, who has ran the race multiple times, to share some of the more memorable moments both on an off the course that follows the shore of Lake Superior.

You can follow the News Tribune's race coverage all week at duluthnewstribune.com.

Grandma's Marathon veterans join the podcast this week to give you an inside look at what goes into covering Duluth's largest event of the summer.

Duluth News Tribune editor Rick Lubbers, who has covered around 11 races, and retired sports writer Kevin Pates, who has covered 35 of the 41 total marathons, join Christa Lawler, who has ran the race multiple times, to share some of the more memorable moments both on an off the course that follows the shore of Lake Superior. 

You can follow the News Tribune's race coverage all week at duluthnewstribune.com. 

Duluth is becoming a "beer-cation" destination and local brewer extraordinaire Dave Hoops is adding to the scene with his soon-to-be open Hoops Brewing in Canal Park. On this week's Pressroom Podcast, Hoops talks about his new taproom and the types of brews we can expect to find there. He also shares a list of his favorite local summer beers to get us in the "beer-cation" mindset.

Duluth is becoming a "beer-cation" destination and local brewer extraordinaire Dave Hoops is adding to the scene with his soon-to-be open Hoops Brewing in Canal Park. On this week's Pressroom Podcast, Hoops talks about his new taproom and the types of brews we can expect to find there. He also shares a list of his favorite local summer beers to get us in the "beer-cation" mindset.