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    February 4, 2018
    Anglers in two fishing shelters fish for coho salmon and Kamloops rainbow trout early Thursday morning, Feb. 1, at the McQuade Small Craft Harbor on the North Shore. Cohos have turned up earlier this winter than in most years. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Cohos in the cold: Coho salmon have shown up on the North Shore earlier this winter
    FRENCH RIVER, Minn.—The temperature was struggling to rise above zero at mid-morning on Thursday, Feb. 1. A sharp wind whistled down from...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 4, 2018 - 6:46am
    January 29, 2018
    John Beargrease marathon musher Blair Braverman nears the Trail Center checkpoint with two dogs riding in her sled bag. Steve Kuchera / vplay button
    Northwoods traffic jam as mushers, dogs push toward Beargrease finish
    ON THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. — Halfway across Poplar Lake on Monday morning, Jan. 29, Ingrid Pond's dog team decided it was more interested...
    sportsJanuary 29, 2018 - 6:04pm
    January 27, 2018
    Greg Wright, North House Folk School executive director, was enthusiastic when talking about how the school has grown since its founding. Bob King / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Northern Minn. folk school offers hands-on classes to learn trades, arts
    GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — In a timber-framed building that smelled of freshly sawed wood and pine tar, Robb Rutledge and Pete Dulak were hammering...
    lifestyle/travelJanuary 27, 2018 - 6:45pm
    January 21, 2018
    Fat-bikes have wider tire tracks than even mountain bikes. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    Interest in Fat-bike riding growing in Minnesota
    TWO HARBORS, Minn.—The shadowy forms ghost through the forest almost like a procession of deer. They travel in single-file, rolling through...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 21, 2018 - 6:56am
    December 31, 2017
    After a December storm hit the North Shore, spray from waves in the Grand Marais harbor coated the rope railings that run along the Grand Marais Lakewalk. Sundberg captured the scene at sunset. Paul Sundberg photo
    North Shore photographer captures natural wonders in his backyard
    GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Paul Sundberg knows what kind of photos his followers appreciate most. He shoots excellent photos of loons feeding...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 31, 2017 - 6:02am
    September 3, 2017
    While standing along along Highway 61 near Schroeder, Minn., Judith Hazen and Marc Davey try to work out exactly where Hazen's car rolled in an accident that occurred on May 15, 1996. Davey came to Hazen's rescue and pulled her from the car to keep her safe. The two reunited in Tofte on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, more than 21 years later. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Accidental reunion: 21 years after North Shore crash, woman meets her rescuer
    Marc Davey produced family pictures. Judith Hazen came with a binder filled with mementos from a previous occasion. It was the sort of thing...
    newsSeptember 3, 2017 - 6:00am
    August 20, 2017
    Frank and Mary Alice Hansen started Sawbill Canoe Outfitters in 1957. (Sawbill Canoe Outfitters photo)
    Passing it on: Third generation of Hansen family outfitting canoeists for adventures in the Boundary Waters
    NORTH OF TOFTE — It was a damp and drippy August morning at Sawbill Canoe Outfitters nestled among the pines at the tip of the Sawbill...
    sports/outdoorsAugust 20, 2017 - 6:00am
    July 30, 2017
    Eric Tofte of Grand Marais moves along the shore of a North Shore stream as he plays a brook trout on a July morning. Tofte uses a Tenkara fly rod with no reel, which he finds perfectly suited for fishing small northern Minnesota streams. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Grand Marais angler uses unconventional rods to fish North Shore streams
    ON THE NORTH SHORE — The place where Eric Tofte is fishing is improbably beautiful. He's a half-mile or so up a North Shore stream, well...
    sports/outdoorsJuly 30, 2017 - 12:26pm
    July 23, 2017
    Jake Boyce (foreground), one of Day Tripper's founders, paddles on Lake Superior with Mike and Katelynn Buchanan of North Vernon, Ind., beneath the rock cliff dominated by Split Rock Lighthouse on the morning of July 19, 2017. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Sharing Duluth's outdoor adventures: Tour companies offer visitors guided experiences on trails and on the water
    On Wednesday morning, Mike Buchanan and his daughter, Katelynn, 15, found themselves in a situation they'd never experienced before. The pair...
    newsJuly 23, 2017 - 6:00am
    Jake Boyce gathers up Mike and Katelynn Buchanan over a spot near a tall cliff on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, so they can get a look at the remains of the shipwreck Madeira, a schooner-barge that sank near the shore just north of Split Rock Lighthouse in 1905. Bob King / Forum News Service
    North Shore tour offers kayakers a glimpse of Split Rock shoreline
    Mike Buchanan had spent 22 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, including a stint at the Coast Guard's Duluth station in the 1990s. But he was about...
    newsJuly 23, 2017 - 6:00am
    June 27, 2017
    Lutsen Resort
    Historic Lutsen resort on North Shore of Lake Superior up for sale
    LUTSEN, Minn. — Historic Lutsen Resort on the North Shore of Lake Superior is up for sale for a cool $9.95 million. Lutsen is Minnesota's...
    newsJune 27, 2017 - 10:25pm
    April 16, 2017
    Kevin Bovee of the Lake Superior Steelhead Association describes how a stream improvement on the upper Knife River has narrowed the river's channel. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Shoring up a stream: Angling group spearheads project to benefit Knife River steelhead
    DULUTH — On a sunny March morning, the Knife River comes hustling around a shaded bend and emerges into full sunlight. It is far above...
    sports/outdoorsApril 16, 2017 - 4:29pm
    March 7, 2017
    030817.N.DNT.PIERREVOYAGEURc1 -- Pierre the Voyageur in Two Harbors lost an arm and paddle to the wind Tuesday. Adelle Whitefoot / Lake Country Chronicleplay button
    Strong winds damage Minnesota landmark, knock out power
    TWO HARBORS, Minn.—Winds gusting in excess of 60 mph in northern Minnesota on Tuesday downed trees and power lines, left thousands without...
    newsMarch 7, 2017 - 10:47pm
    February 19, 2017
    Before dawn on Monday, Feb. 13, Caleb Utyro of Superior casts his fishing line into Lake Superior near the mouth of the French River northeast of Duluth. He was among many anglers fishing for Kamloops rainbow trout that morning. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Kamloops rainbows and coho salmon provide early-morning action near the French River
    FRENCH RIVER, Minn. — Against the pink wash of the pre-dawn sky, an angler stood motionless near the mouth of the French River on Monday....
    sportsFebruary 19, 2017 - 11:27am
    February 5, 2017
    020517.C.DNT.SamC2 -- Dogs cross a portion of a North Shore stream where water flows over the ice. The ice often remains safe under the overflow, which will freeze once temperatures drop sufficiently. Sam Cook / scook@duluthnews.com
    Cook: Making tracks up a North Shore stream
    It wasn't long into our little push up a frozen North Shore stream that one of my snowshoes broke through to open water. Hmmm. Dark, wet, but...
    sportsFebruary 5, 2017 - 12:47pm
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