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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 13/09/2026

This is the kind of hard-hitting journalism you find in 1950s newspapers.

A newspaper clipping headlined "Socks lighter, livelier in color."

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 19/08/2026

Imagine being 12 and crying in the dugout, and then a photographer snaps a pic of you, and it goes out on the AP wire.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 09/08/2026

What should we call this person? A hog farmer? A pork producer? Wait! I've got it!

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 02/08/2026

I get frustrated when people claim that crime now is so much worse than in the past. This little story ran on page 9B — the comics page — in 1976. #duluth #duluthmn #crime #minnesota

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 28/07/2026

This 1953 column was progressive enough to admit it was wrong to "torture" left-handed children into becoming right-handed, and instead encouraged parents to simply persuade the children to change on their own by explaining that the world isn't made for lefties.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 13/07/2026

Yes, it's hot. But 90 years ago #onthisday Duluth saw its hottest day ever: 106.2 degrees. This was the third time the all-time record was broken within one week. #OTD #duluth #duluthmn #weather #heatwave #heat #history

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 12/07/2026

A former colleague of mine once said that an e-edition (PDF facsimile of a print newspaper) is basically this.

A drawing of an 1800s “horseless carriage” automobile featuring the wooden head of a horse on the front.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 16/02/2026

Network TV in 1974 was like, "Eugenics? Interesting. Let's discuss."

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 17/11/2025

Today I learned that there was once a proposal to construct a sixth Great Lake. The idea was that it would make construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway easier, reduce dredging costs and provide more water to Chicago.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 28/10/2025

I'm not picking on this question in particular. In my experience all ballot questions read like this.

City Question
TENANT RIGHT TO REPAIR IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ORDINANCE
Shall the petition ordinance 25-015-0 amending Chapter 29A of the Duluth City Code be passed to give tenants the right to make repairs in residential rental property, and withhold up to half of a month's rent or $500, whichever is greater, to pay for the repairs and deduct the cost of the repairs from the tenant's future rent or receive reimbursement from the landlord, if the landlord has not provided the tenant with a scheduled repair date or the required repair is not completed within 14 days of the tenant providing written notice to the landlord?

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 26/10/2025

Be careful of which hat you buy for your kid, lest they look FREAKISH.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 24/08/2025

This 1955 wire story that ran in the DNT, touting how a 14-year-old killed 300 animals while on safari in Africa, should leave no doubt as to why certain animals are endangered.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 06/08/2025

I feel like we used to celebrate, or at least be a bit more OK with, misfits and standouts in public. Today, people seem to be way more isolated and afraid of anything outside a very narrow norm.

A black and white newspaper clipping showing a photo of a man walking down a snowy street carrying a barbell on his shoulders.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 21/06/2025

You may know that Garry Bjorklund was the first winner of Grandma's Marathon, but who was the first person to come in last? Well, here you go. Bonus in this story: A guy who decided to run after downing a bunch of beers the night before, and finished in the middle of the pack.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 10/06/2025

I wish people who comment on crime stories understood this.

A grid showing Minnesota sentencing guidelines

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 20/04/2025

On this Easter Sunday, please enjoy this DNT photo from 1999, when feral domestic rabbits overtook Park Point.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 30/03/2025

The world needs more photos like this 1998 shot from the DNT's Renee Knoeber at Ray's Place, a burger joint formerly at 5231 E. Superior St.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 11/03/2025

Minnesota Avenue on March 5, 1985. Imagine the social media frenzy that would occur if city crews plowed a street like this today, no matter how bad the storm was. People forget the way things used to be. The storm was on March 4, and Minnesota Avenue wasn't restored to two lanes until March 7.

Cars travel down a street reduced to one winding lane by enormous snow drifts. A person walks in the street while another shovels snow off a bank on the side of the street.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 18/02/2025

Imagine the public reaction in 2025 if a city pipe was dumping 100 gallons of raw sewage a minute, and officials were trying to figure out if they should fix it right away or apply stopgap measures and wait five months until it's more convenient. That happened on this date in West Duluth in 1989.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 04/02/2025

People just make stuff up, believe it, and post it with their whole heart and their real name. I would bet that for every one who posts, there are hundreds more who trust their own inventions above what is proven and factual.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 22/01/2025

In 1975, a serial killer operated in Los Angeles' Skid Row neighborhood, preying on the city's most vulnerable population. The press handled this with as much empathy and tact one would expect from that time period.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 17/01/2025

RIP David Lynch. I have no words for what you gave this world.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 05/01/2025

To become a Duluth police officer in 1915, you needed to be able to lift a 78-pound barbell over your head 12 times, chin yourself 10 times, run 100 yards in 17 seconds, raise 110 pounds with your legs while lying on your back and broad jump 6-1/2 feet.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 04/01/2025

Bonus: Here's a photo I took of Paul Roen leading a tour of Duluth's former library building in 2006.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 02/01/2025

I didn't know this! When porn star John C. Holmes was arraigned for a quadruple homicide in Los Angeles in 1981, he showed up to court wearing a shirt from Duluth's Dave's Pizza. Eventually, he was acquitted, and the crime is still unsolved.

A newspaper clipping containing a photo of a bearded man wearing a shirt reading "Duluth's Dave's Pizza." The headline reads, "Porno star's pizza T-shirt mystery may not be solved."

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 15/12/2024

Out of curiosity, I looked up the first time the Last Place on Earth was ever mentioned in the DNT. Here you go: Dec. 19, 1981.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 11/12/2024

I’ve seen this error about five times today and it drives me nuts.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 10/12/2024

In a News Tribune column published on this day in 1960, Burton H. Fern M.D. had this advice for insomnia: - A cup of tea - A stiff drink - A relaxing cigarette - Hot baths - Warm milk - Self hypnosis - Reading (but not too much!) - Sleeping pills, followed by "pep pills" in the morning

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 05/12/2024

Oh just realizing in the middle of Costco that I forgot to eat today.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 27/11/2024

Here's a heckuva deal at duluthnewstribune.com/subscribe! Note: A subscription to one Forum Communications news site is a subscription to all. Your DNT login works with the Superior Telegram, Cloquet Pine Journal, Bemidji Pioneer and many other local newspapers throughout the region.

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Barrett Chase @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com · 12/11/2024

I used this 1954 image in Bygones, just in case there is a crossover between Bygones fans and Eminem fans.

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