Simply Superior

After 132 years as an Ashland institution, known for its specialty in environmental education, Northland College may close its doors at the end of this academic year. In a statement this week, […]

On Friday, March 8, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians celebrates 50 years of the Gurnoe Decision, a 1970s court ruling that affirmed the Red Cliff and […]

The website ProPublica called the map a tyrannosaurus — with its hungry mouth taking a bite out of Democratic-leaning Douglas County to push Wisconsin’s 73rd Assembly district Republican. Now, the […]

The 2023-24 shipping season is over and the iron boats are laid up for the winter — except with our unseasonably warm temperatures, you may be asking, “What winter?” Nevertheless, the port of Duluth-Superior sticks to its schedule, gearing up for the new season in March after posting impressive numbers for iron ore and grain […]

Thirteen years ago, Elton John made history with his performance at a packed Duluth Entertainment Convention Center — one of the Twin Ports’ biggest concerts ever. On Saturday, 30+ local performers, roughly evenly divided between Superior and Duluth, as well as the greater region, returned the respect with a sold-out Elton John tribute concert at […]

Two years after he last visited Superior following the 2022 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden has scheduled a return trip to the city. The planned visit, which follows the administration’s announcement this week of $1 billion in federal aid to replace the Blatnik Bridge linking Duluth and Superior, will be highlighted on […]

After a rainy Christmas and unusually mild December — it was officially the warmest ever December in Duluth — the Twin Ports finally got a blast of sub-zero temperatures this week. Yet that taste of what’s usually normal for the area may be fleeting. There’s still little snow, forcing the cancellation of the 2024 John […]

Originally from suburban Minneapolis, author Sue Leaf first became acquainted with Lake Superior’s South Shore nearly half a century ago, on a long-distance bike trip she and her now-husband didn’t quite complete. That led to a stretch of full-time residency in the area and regular visits to a cabin ever since. Now, she’s chronicled those […]

According to the US Census Bureau, 2024 is Peak 65 — meaning more Americans will reach the traditional retirement age of 65 during 2024 than any previous year in history. In an encore presentation from last year, Dale Johnson of Senior Connections in Superior and Mary Bovee of Duluth’s Age Well Arrowhead join “Simply Superior” […]

While 2023 may be remembered globally for the devastating wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the political arena made for our region’s biggest stories of the year — or in one case, no story at all. Duluth saw its hottest mayoral contest in more than a decade, with former Minnesota legislator Roger Reinert denying […]