Here’s a look at the top headlines from around the Northland for Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

Stories featured in this episode:

• Plot to kill Babbitt business owner leads to stiff sentences
• Duluth man charged with 6th drunken driving offense
• Best Bets: July 4 entertainment at Bayfront Festival Park
• Northlandia: An oral history of Clark, the Lake Superior shark

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Here’s a look at the top headlines from around the Northland for Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

Stories featured in this episode:

• Man with Northland history to compete on 'The Bachelorette'
• Region's grid could face power deficit next summer
• Second Harvest, Amazon march ahead with plans at Duluth industrial park
• Northlandia: An oral history of Clark, the Lake Superior shark

The Duluth News Tribune Minute is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune, Superior Telegram and Cloquet Pine Journal. Find more news throughout the day at duluthnewstribune.com.

If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting our work with a subscription at duluthnewstribune.news/podcast. Your support allows us to continue providing the local news and content you want.

The Superior Telegram recently released it’s 29th episode of Archive Dive, which is a monthly history podcast where we “dive” into the archives of historic events, people and places in Superior and Douglas County.

For this month’s episode, Telegram reporter Maria Lockwood is joined by Briana Fiandt, curator of collections at the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior as they discuss the search for a piece of Richard I. Bong’s story, the “Marge” plane.

The Poplar man became America’s Ace of Aces for downing 40 enemy aircraft during World War II, which is the most by any U.S. pilot to date.

The plane was named for Marjorie “Marge” Vattendahl, Bong’s girlfriend who later became his wife. His most iconic plane was one that he only flew for three months before it crashed in Papua, New Guinea 80 years ago. As you may have heard, an expedition recently discovered the crash site of the P-38 Lightning Marge plane.

You can find that episode at superiortelegram.com or wherever you also get this podcast. You can find additional episodes here.

In case you missed last month’s episode, we are resharing it here. In May, Maria and local historian and retired librarian Teddie Meronek discssed the history of the Blatnik, Bong and Oliver bridges in an episode titled "The Bridges of Douglas County." Enjoy!