Most of the announcers, mainly weather, say "as well" at the end of way too many sentences, even…read morewhen it doesn't make sense. It's ridiculous and hard to listen to! I also don't understand why so little of the weather deals with central Minnesota, when Michigan gets more coverage than central MN! As well. I can barely watch it. Doesn't anyone else notice this? Do they not correct you when you make so many verbal gaffs?

I picked up a copy of the Duluth reader while I was spending two days in the area and it's an…read moreinteresting local news magazine. Printed weekly, they call themselves "alternative" and are the local source for music and events and restaurants in the Duluth area. This week, the articles included stories about Wisconsin ranking as the worst state for racial equality in education, a story about the Senate gun control proposals, and a historical story about the Solidarity movement in Poland. Interesting reading and really neat to see these sorts of stories that are either being ignored by other "mainstream" news outlets or they're just not being covered with the local slant they need. And yes, pages about concerts and music events and other goings on that local (Duluthians? Duluthers? Duluthites?) will care about. Even not being from around here, I enjoyed the read! [Review 17916 overall - 119 in Minnesota - 1437 of 2022.]