Duluth City Council approves mask ordinance effective immediately

Posted on July 15, 2020

In a unanimous vote, the Duluth City Council voted to approve an emergency ordinance which requires people ages 10 and older to wear masks or other face coverings when inside publicly accessible common areas of buildings. Councilor Joel Sipress said the vote was one that has weighed most heavily on him. “We’re about to do […]

Former Playhouse Board President, Tom Wheeler, remembered

Posted on July 6, 2020

Duluth-area businessman, philanthropist and regular contributor to the News Tribune Opinion page Tom Wheeler, 74, died Friday at his home in Tucson, Arizona. For the past few years, the lifelong Duluthian split his time between Tucson and Duluth. Patrick Heffernan, his son-in-law and co-worker at Wheeler Associates, said Wheeler would normally be back to Duluth […]