Simply Superior

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Simply Superior

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Simply Superior

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Simply Superior

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Just ahead of the premiere of WPR’s two new networks — “WPR News” and “WPR Music” — “Simply Superior” airs its final show this week. The regional news and features […]
On May 20, WPR is will change with the premiere of two new networks — “WPR News” and “WPR Music.” The new offerings include expansion of some shows and changes […]
When Superior Business Improvement District Executive Director Kelly Peterson scheduled a workshop for women entrepreneurs, she thought 10 might show up. Instead, 30-plus attendees crowded the business assistance center space […]
The Twin Ports biggest musical event of the year kicks off this Sunday, April 28, with 160 performers appearing at 35 venues in Duluth and Superior over the next week. […]
In a speech touting the value of higher education to northwest Wisconsin delegates visiting the state Capitol for Superior Days, University of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman singled out the system’s Superior campus […]
Dozens of northwestern Wisconsin delegates ranging from high school students to senior business and civic leaders descended on Madison this week for the 39th Annual Superior Days at the state […]
By Robin Washington ASHLAND, Wisconsin — To read the hundreds of social media posts about her in recent weeks, Kathy Cargill is an uncaring outsider interloping on Duluth’s picturesque Park […]
In hundreds of social media posts in the Twin Ports in recent weeks, Kathy Cargill has been cast as an evil outsider to Duluth’s picturesque Park Point neighborhood. A member […]
From her childhood, Bridget McCutchen always had a sense of discovery, even though she never ventured far from the family farm where she was homeschooled near Ashland. But last fall […]
Travis Novitsky is a park manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and an enrolled member in the Grand Portage Anishinaabe Nation. He’s also a nature and wildlife photographer […]
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 f
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 D
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 f
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 fle
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-
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 Connecti
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 Connecti
A look back at the region's top news and arts stories of 2023.
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 mo
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 mo
Earlier this month, Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail and the state’s portion of the North Country National Scenic Trail were officially designated as parks under the National Park Service. If that inspires you to hit one or both of them for a winter h
Earlier this month, Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail and the state’s portion of the North Country National Scenic Trail were officially designated as parks under the National Park Service. If that inspires you to hit one or both of them for a winter h
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