Around the Circle This Week: Oct. 20, 2017
Lake Assault boats, Canada Lynx, Birches Brutalized, Duluth Pottery more
Oct 20, 2017 11:18 AM Superior Notes
Around the Circle This Week: Oct. 13, 2017
Wild Rice restaurant, Keep on trucking, Focus on freshwater, Highway 53 bridge more
Oct 13, 2017 11:12 AM Superior Notes
Around the Circle This Week: Oct. 6, 2017
Monday is Thanksgiving!: Hold on, U.S. residents, don’t get too excited by a day off. But the Ontario shores can – and will – celebrate Canada's Thanksgiving Day. more
Oct 6, 2017 10:24 AM Superior Notes
NERR
Around the Circle This Week: Sept. 29, 2017
There are quite a few new or expanded enterprises and opportunities around the Big Lake neighborhood these days. more
Sep 29, 2017 11:19 AM Superior Notes
Dennis O'Hara
Around the Circle This Week: Sept. 22, 2017
A new intermodal option in Duluth, a potential buyer for Keweenaw Mountain Lodge and a tour boat unmoored. more
Sep 22, 2017 3:24 PM Superior Notes
Christian Dalbec
Around the Circle This Week: Sept. 15, 2017
A Great Lakes clarity study shows Lake Superior clearly holding but Lakes Huron and Michigan surpassing it in clarity, perhaps for the wrong reasons; plus 125 years of a Benedictine Monastary, delays in pasties and bridges and a new high-tech buoy. more
Sep 15, 2017 1:25 PM Superior Notes
Black Warrior Marine/Towboat U.S.
Around the Circle This Week: Sept. 8, 2017
Storm blasts Apostle Islands; UMD Medical School receives largest ever donation; Waatebagaa-giizis; Peter White Library sells treasures; Tourism Thunder Bay surveys web users; Madeline Island Ferry runs more often more
Sep 8, 2017 12:40 PM Superior Notes
American Red Cross Northern Minnesota Region
Around the Circle This Week: Sept. 1, 2017
Helping hands and hearts for Texas; looking for fall color changes; Northland College's Ponzio Stadium recognized as one of the best single-field facilities; Mackinac Bridge closes for annual Labor Day bridge walk; Sault police call moms for backup. more
Sep 1, 2017 11:55 AM Superior Notes
Around the Circle This Week: Aug. 25, 2017
The wild rice harvest begins in the region; an earlier fall and winter may be coming; biggest plane ever in Thunder Bay; reintroducing elk; Superior's 20th year as sister city to Ami-Machi, Japan; Duluth Pack bags for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. more
Aug 25, 2017 2:45 PM Superior Notes
Darren Taylor/SooToday
Around the Circle This Week: Aug. 18, 2017
Family donates a treasure of wartime letters; Duluth-Superior aviation industry's high-flying economic impact; International Bridge hosts Harley parade; Twin Ports see a big jump in iron ore shipments; lake trout fishing ends near Apostle Islands. more
Aug 18, 2017 1:18 PM Superior Notes
U.S. Coast Guard photo
Around the Circle This Week: Aug. 11, 2017
Ship runs aground in St. Marys River; tragedy at Park Point; Trans Superior International Yacht Race ends in Duluth; boater survey aims to improve harbor safety; and Dubh Linn Brew Pub named one of the top whiskey bars. more
Aug 11, 2017 4:14 PM Superior Notes
Wally McMinn / Great Lakes Singlehanded Society
Around the Circle This Week: Aug. 4, 2017
The Trans Superior Race across the Big Lake begins on Saturday afternoon; Great Lakes wolves stay on the endangered list; Duluth firefighters test an unmanned rescue drone named EMILY; the Great Lakes’ Coast Guard commander retires. more
Aug 4, 2017 10:22 AM Superior Notes
Mike Stout
Around the Circle This Week: July 28, 2017
It's been a busy summer for paddlers with big ambitions on the Great Lakes, including Lake Superior; a new cruise ship will visit Lake Superior ports next summer; heavy rains washed out part of the Trans-Canada Highway, causing a temporary closure. more
Jul 28, 2017 2:20 PM Superior Notes
Ontario Parks
Around the Circle This Week: July 21, 2017
It's a big week for Ontario Parks, with a free day, birthday and new offerings; Duluth's Lincoln Park will get big improvements; raspberries are ready for harvest; Northland College divests from fossil fuels; and more news. more
Jul 21, 2017 1:34 PM Superior Notes
Bill Michl
Around the Circle This Week: July 14, 2017
Bill Michl, a Lions Club member from Fort Frances, Ontario, decided to raise money this summer for the Lions Clubs International Foundation. He really wanted to make a splash with his project, and so he’s running around Lake Superior. more
Jul 14, 2017 2:05 PM Superior Notes
Liz Stewart
Around the Circle This Week: July 7, 2017
Peregrine falcons are nesting on two famous U.P. bridges, rebuilding continues from the 2016 South Shore flood, the results of Thunder Bay’s second annual Persian Eating Contest, the “American Pickers” are coming to the U.P. and more news. more
Jul 7, 2017 1:56 PM Superior Notes
Konnie LeMay / Lake Superior Magazine
Around the Circle This Week: June 30, 2017
All kinds of folks visit our offices and Outlet Store in Duluth. This week’s visitors included two bicyclists who had just completed the Circle Tour. Plus: Ontario preps for Canada Day and the country’s 150th birthday, a race against time and more. more
Jun 30, 2017 1:56 PM Superior Notes
Amber Johnston
Around the Circle This Week: June 23, 2017
New York City-based ticket reseller TickPick irked Yoopers by omitting the U.P. from its map of the United States. A customer service rep made it worse with some dismissive remarks. But the CEO made things right with a personal apology in Marquette. more
Jun 23, 2017 11:45 AM Superior Notes
Courtesy Lakehead Transportation Museum Society
Around the Circle This Week: June 16, 2017
A decommissioned Canadian icebreaker will have a new home in Thunder Bay; Duluth prepped for Grandma’s Marathon; a Superior hospital reunited a patient with his service dog; Bridgefest turns 30; and more news. more
Jun 16, 2017 2:40 PM Superior Notes
Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy
Around the Circle This Week: June 9, 2017
The Lake Superior Water Trail was completed along the Ontario shore, Ontonagon almost ended its long shipping hiatus but the river proved too shallow, a historic investment will shake up northern power production, and more news. more
Jun 9, 2017 3:27 PM Superior Notes
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Wonderful article - felt like I was there!
Cynthia Scanlon | Lake Superior Journal: Clicking on the Lynx
I have to wonder what marine forecast Micheal DeWitt listened to on September 3. I was on the lake
Brian Kerr | Riding an Angry Lake
L.oved seeing what they could create in the U.P. Carol is very creative with her gardening and ever
Bev Corbiel | Five Favorite Keweenaw Gardens
July 13th falls on a Thursday and pow wow ends on Saturday? Are these dates accurate?
Selena | LCO Honor the Earth Pow Wow
Thanks Frederick Stonehouse for a good read! Our family fishes Stannard Rock each year, and it was
Susan Oeming | Stannard Rock Lighthouse: The Loneliest Place on the Continent