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Christa Lawler covers Duluth and surrounding areas for the Star Tribune. Sign up to receive the new North Report newsletter.

Before joining the Star Tribune in 2022, Christa Lawler was a sports reporter-turned-arts and entertainment reporter at the Duluth News Tribune. She started at the Rochester Post-Bulletin, her hometown newspaper, after graduating from the University of St. Thomas. She has lived in Duluth since 2000 and likes trail running, yoga, paddle boarding and reading.


Sauna culture is front and center at Duluth's FinnFest, along with Asahi and floorball

Finns have taken over the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, as the celebration of all things Finnish enters its second consecutive year in Duluth.


First look at Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in trailer for upcoming biopic

Chalamet's vocals will be used in the film.


Wedding celebration turned to chaos after Duluth tourist boat hit rocks during cruise

The groom's grandmother hit her head, wine glasses shattered and guests helped hand out life jackets.


'Extravagant example of Western prosperity': Hibbing High School turns 100

The building, dedicated in 1924, has modern classrooms but its common areas retain the look of yesteryear.


Crystal man indicted in ruby slippers case could face more charges for organized theft ring

Crystal police asked the Hennepin County Attorney's Office to file formal charges against Jerry Hal Saliterman.


Bail set for Michael Carbo, as he awaits retrial in cold case murder

Carbo's new trial date for the decades-old murder of Nancy Daugherty is in January 2025.


Dear Duluth newbies in search of climate security: Can you pronounce 'sauna' and politely decline a zipper merge?

A climate refugee committee is an in-progress web series that considers what happens when people looking for sanctuary actually get here.


A multilingual army of immigrants helped build the Iron Range. How did they communicate in the mines?

People from more than 40 countries navigated dangerous conditions to extract the precious and plentiful iron ore of northern Minnesota.


Man who allegedly stabbed Duluth woman arrested 2 months later in Michigan

Darrius Plummer was taken into custody Wednesday, accused of fatally stabbing Chantel Moose in April.


Pride event draws 2,000 in Grand Rapids — and complaints to City Council

At the first Itasca Pride, about a dozen protesters countered with a "straight pride" event and complained to the city about children being "groomed."