COVID-19 forced Duluth musher out of Iditarod, but memorial for suicide victims continued
Sixth-place finisher Nick Petit knew it meant a lot to get list of loved ones to the finish line. Written By: Peter Passi | ×
Iditarod musher and former Duluth city attorney Gunnar Johnson at the finish line of the 2017 Iditarod in Nome, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Gunnar Johnson)
When a COVID-19 diagnosis forced former Duluth City Attorney Gunnar Johnson out of the Iditarod last Wednesday, it obviously came as a deep disappointment. But his own personal dismay was overshadowed by a larger sense of dread: the fear that he stood to let down hundreds of people who were counting on him to finish the sled dog race in honor of loved friends and family members lost to suicide.
In the sweetest season, its time to tap the maples
Sugarbush maple syrup camp is the best time to be outdoors for Ojibwe photographer Vern Northrup and his family. 7:00 am, Mar. 13, 2021 ×
Vern Northrup gestures while talking about the process of making maple syrup Saturday at the Northrup family sugarbush camp on Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribal land near Sawyer. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
SAWYER, Minn. When the crows start to chase each other for mating season. When the squirrels start nibbling on the ends of maple tree branches. When the snow pulls away from the base of the trees thanks to more and stronger sunshine.
In the sweetest season, its time to tap the maples
Sugarbush maple syrup camp is the best time to be outdoors for Ojibwe photographer Vern Northrup and his family. 7:00 am, Mar. 13, 2021 ×
Vern Northrup gestures while talking about the process of making maple syrup Saturday at the Northrup family sugarbush camp on Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribal land near Sawyer. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
SAWYER, Minn. When the crows start to chase each other for mating season. When the squirrels start nibbling on the ends of maple tree branches. When the snow pulls away from the base of the trees thanks to more and stronger sunshine.
The band plans to launch a mobile vaccination unit. 7:52 pm, Mar. 12, 2021 ×
The Bois Forte Band will use this mobile unit to deliver COVID-19 vaccine to remote band members beginning next week. Pictured from left to right are Terry Defoe, RN, BSN, PHN; Darnell Goggleye, network technician; Sue Larson, clinic administrator; Ericka Cote, RMA, LXMO, CNAR; Dr. Bill Durie and Julie Skoglund, PharmD. (Photo courtesy of Bois Fort Band)
In an effort to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to band members who may not be able to make it to the Bois Forte clinics in Nett Lake or Lake Vermillion, a medical team will bring the vaccine out into the countryside beginning next week.