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Mar. 2—A fire broke out on a decommissioned ship in the Duluth harbor Monday afternoon. Azcon Metals was in the process of scrapping the J.B. Ford when a spark started a small fire in the ship's wooden cabin, according to Duluth Fire Department spokesperson Kate Van Daele. The fire department responded to the fire just after 3:15 p.m. and Van Daele said it was mostly contained as of 4:15 p.m. ...
Levi LaVallee was retrieved from the water in under a minute.
Duluth firefighters worked to clean up thousands of gallons of water that spilled into Greysolon Plaza from a broken pipe on Tuesday afternoon. The break was believed to have been caused by the cold weather.
Former Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Larry Van Daele has been named chair of the Alaska Board of Game, becoming the first Kodiak resident to hold the position. Van Daele said that it was âhumblingâ to be voted into the position. The appointment occurred on Jan. 21. He said that after 40 years in the field, he has come full circle in his career. âForty years ago this week, I first started as a volunteer for Fish and Game,â Van Daele said. âThen I became a technician, then a biologist, then a supervisor. Then I retired and I got on the Boa...
Crews battled fire at Lincoln Park building The former Robert's Home Furnishings building at 2102 W. Superior St. in Duluth is slated to be demolished soon. 2:18 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 × A Duluth firefighter enters the old Robert's Furniture building in Lincoln Park on Tuesday afternoon. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com) The Duluth Fire Department worked to extinguish a fire in the basement of a former furniture building in Duluth's Lincoln Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. According to city spokesperson Kate Van Daele, crews received a call around 12:26 p.m. of...