Duluth / Superior News

First, I have to give credit to my friend Coleen and the website she found onegoodthingbyjillee.com.  Once you visit the website, you will feel that Jillee is your friend too!  The kind that has a solution for all your needs!  Coleen and I were visiting and she mentioned that she made her own laundry detergent.  She said her clothes were brighter and smelled wonderful.  She told me how long a batch lasts and I asked how much $$$ she saved.  I couldn't get over the savings and HAD to make it for myself.

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With measurable snow being forecast throughout this weekend, it has a lot of us saying, really?  Facebook updates like, "Don't put the snowblower away yet, or  "more shoveling again.... argh!" aren't hard to find.  The reality is, this is a typical Northland Winter.  We just haven't had one in a few years.  Did you know that on average in Duluth our last measurable snowfall is April 27th?

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With temperatures flirting with 50 then dropping below freezing, this spring has certainly been a weather roller coaster. In another one of the low points of the season, the Twin Ports is the target of a winter storm that is expected to bring several inches of snow this weekend.

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If you live in Douglas County and are delinquent in your taxes you should take note.  The timeline for payment is changing and it could cost you considerably.  In previous years, properties in Douglas County that were delinquent in tax payment by nearly four years  were taken by tax deed on the third week of October.  With the new timeline the date has changed and beginning in 2014, tax deeds will be taken at the end of June. 

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Yes, NOW...and if you are the parent of a high school junior, you should take note.  Think about it, you are planning a grad parties in the month that is the start of the busy wedding season.  While you may not think this would affect YOUR party, it could

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Even if the announcement about the 2013 fishing season involves closures, it is nice to think ahead to warmer weather and the season getting underway.  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wishes to inform anglers that there will be several fishing closures in Cook County during the beginning of the 2013 fishing season to protect concentrations of spawning walleye.

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Brickmania is a Minneapolis based company that designs and sells custom model building kits using LEGO bricks, with a specialty in military vehicles and weapons, and they've landed at the DECC this weekend for the Arrowhead Home and Builders show with an incredible custom built WWII Pacific beach landing scene built from hundreds of thousands of individual LEGO bricks and figures.

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Steve O'Neil has always worked to help people. My late Grandma June used to work Steve's name into every conversation because she believed in helping people too and was inspired many times by the work that Steve has done.

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Chocolate lovers unite!  I was scrolling through fb posts yesterday and came across this AMAZING recipe!  They were thinking when they decided to put chocolate, cool whip and cream cheese together with Oreos!!!  The only thing better than THIS, would be this without any calories.  But, trust me, totally worth it...ENJOY!

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Jim Carlson, the owner of The Last Place On Earth in Duluth, has been charged with four felony drug counts and his son has been charged for the same crimes.

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Have you always dreamed of being in a music video?  Now you can, thanks to Luke Bryan and his creative juices!  Before we get to that, he wanted me to be sure to remind you to VOTE for him to be Entertainer of the Year!! .  Then, be watching the ACM's this Sunday to watch all your favorite Country Artists and Luke co-host the show with Blake Shelton.  I'll be looking for you in the video....have fun!!!

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Grandma's Marathon is grateful for their numerous volunteers that put in countless hours before, during and after the race.  For years, they have recognized, a public employee or elected official that is worthy of  receiving the prestigious Rudy Perpich Public Service Award.  Who will you nominate this year??

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