Way to go, Mayor Don Ness and Duluth

Duluth does seem to be in the midst of revival and our young Mayor is leading the way. Here's a link to a recent piece on Minneapolis/St. Paul's Kare 11 TV lauding Mayor Don Ness . Check out that story and video HERE. Way to go, Mayor Ness, and way to go Duluth!

Mayors stage dive for Trampled by Turtles Day in Minneapolis and Duluth

It's official. It's Trampled by Turtles Day in Minneapolis and Duluth and the two Minnesota cities' mayors, RT Rybak and Don Ness, not only proclaimed it, they took stage dives at the proclamation concert as well. Check out the stage dive scene in the video below. By the way, Trampled by Turtles is the popular Indie folk band whose members have roots in Duluth. Wikipedia lends a nice summary of their story for you to learn more HERE. 

Twin Ports Google is NY Times front page story...

Check out these links to today's NY Times... 

NY Times front page (click HERE) and the story (click HERE). 

Duluth Mayor Don Ness is shown in a photo taking a dip in chilly Lake Superior on the front page today's (March 22) New York Times. It's all about Duluth's bid to secure Google's ultra high-speed broadband network.  Could this mean the lake could now be known as Loch Ness? What a monstrous idea.

 

Google Duluth....

You've probably heard the hype about Duluth's desire to become Google's first fiber optic pilot city. The momentum is mounting as other cities vie for Google's city by city fiber optic connections. Duluth Mayor Don Ness has, with good humor, introduced a video that is funny and also helps keep Duluth in the race. Read about the competition and see the video HERE. It just might just help, so cast your vote on the www.googletwinports.com site and help Duluth win the race!