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Background: State spokesman says don’t worry about Agent Orange chemicals on roads – Duluth News Tribune

Background: State spokesman says don’t worry about Agent Orange chemicals on roads – Duluth News Tribune

Haber-Tribune, 20 November 1924

A Winton man died 24 hours after getting into a fight with another. Witnesses say the man was hit in the head with the barrel of a rifle, resulting in three fractures to his skull. The suspect is in jail in Ely awaiting charges.

Haber-Tribune, 20 November 1954

Duluth police reported a “steady stream” of cars coming into the city yesterday from southern Minnesota and out of state in preparation for today’s deer season opener. Hotels reported hunters entering from as far away as Illinois and California.

News-Tribune & Herald, November 20, 1984

A state transport spokesman said the herbicide sprayed on Northland highways in the 1960s and 70s did not pose the same health threats, even though it was a diluted mix of chemicals that made up the defoliant Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War. .

News Tribune, 20 November 2004

Three Duluth boys, ages 12, 13 and 14, who admitted to causing more than $1 million in damage to UMD’s new science building last weekend, also admitted to damaging the building last summer, campus police said. The matter will be brought before St. Louis, who will decide what charges will be brought. It will be turned over to the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office.

Barrett Chase has been the News Tribune’s web editor since 2015. You can email him at [email protected] or call him at 218-723-5310.