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Jana Hollingsworth is a reporter covering a range of topics in Duluth and northeastern Minnesota for the Star Tribune. Sign up to receive the new North Report newsletter.

Jana Hollingsworth spent more than a dozen years covering education and Native American issues for the Duluth News Tribune. She began her journalism career with the University of St. Thomas campus newspaper, the Aquin, and has also worked for the Superior Daily Telegram. She grew up in Proctor, Minn., and lives in Duluth with her husband and daughter.


Duluth Palestinian restaurant tagged by 'threatening' graffiti

Falastin, which offers food and wares central to Palestinian culture, opened in early May.


Duluth city leaders hear from more than 200 on criminalizing homeless encampments

The Duluth City Council will take up a slate of proposed nonviolent crime ordinance changes July 29.


Once a toxic soup, a Lake Superior estuary is now swim-worthy

The $186 million restoration of a section of the St. Louis River that divides Duluth and Superior, Wis., is complete, and officials say a new era of recreation can safely begin.


Duluth proposes criminal penalty for homeless encampments

A ban on outdoor camping is among a slew of ordinance changes city officials are proposing.


Damage leaves Minnesotans without flood insurance hoping for aid

Home and business owners are left reeling as they also await federal and state disaster dollars.


Sullivan Lake has disappeared after a century-old dam fails in heavy rains

Sullivan Lake, north of Two Harbors in Lake County, drained after a century-old dam failed.


Gov. Tim Walz tours northeast Minnesota flooding, promises help

The area will likely escape predicted rain this weekend, allowing floodwaters time to recede.


New Fond du Lac Chippewa tribe leader takes office in July

Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Chair Kevin Dupuis Sr. was voted out last week after 16 years in tribal leadership.


Families at YMCA camp near Ely stuck on wrong side of washed-out road

An official at YMCA of the North said about 170 campers are safe but unable to leave in vehicles after heavy rains flooded the road to the camp.


Flooding forces northeastern Minnesota town to 'a standstill'

St. Louis County declared a disaster Thursday to secure relief aid, with several rural residential areas under water.