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From the editorial: "'Infrastructure matters' at ports like Duluth. ... It’s no wonder dredging and other dock-improvement projects are happening ... all around the Great Lakes."

An influential travel publication has discouraged visits to Lake Superior, citing the negative environmental impacts of tourism.

Cruise passenger spending through Cruising the Great Lakes brought in waves of revenue for West Michigan in 2023.

The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) has announced that the cruise season generated nearly $600,000 in direct economic impact in the city of Duluth in 2023.

The Catalyst Content Festival, Duluth Superior Film Festival and newly arrived Minnesota WebFest are consolidating on the calendar, aiming to become a creators' gathering like none other.

A group of Duluth stakeholders are convening around a vision for a soundstage and film production campus. The next step: securing a location, and the funds to build it.

Chicago's legendary comedy company will work with the nonprofit organization to offer education and festival programming.

Visit Duluths role with shift its focus to conventions, sporting events and the visitor center.

From the editorial: "We all have our lists of those who played roles big and small in our lives and in our communities, who left us this past year, and who we can recall now on the occasion of the passing of another New Year's."

Nancy Norr has been appointed as its interim executive director.