Duluth snow emergency is city's first ever

This is the Duluth’s first ever snow emergency as the city did not have the criteria or infrastructure in place to declare a snow emergency until this year. Over the summer, the city installed over 2,200 snow emergency signs to create snow emergency routes for plowing.

U of M offering free or reduced tuition to Native American students

Starting in Fall 2022, the U of M will provide a scholarship covering full tuition at the Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester or Twin Cities campus for first-year or Tribal college transfer undergraduate students with an annual family income under $75,000. Students from higher-earning families will be eligible to receive highly discounted tuition through the program, according to a news release.