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Duluth Surpasses Number of Opioid-Related Fatal Overdoses this Year Compared to 2022
As of Nov. 7, 2023, the Duluth Police Department has responded to 37 opioid-related fatal overdoses, surpassing the total amount of fatal opioid-related overdoses that occurred in 2022 (35). This number represents an 11-year-high, or a 3,600% increase in opioid-related fatal overdoses (2013 to current), and an 11-year-high, or an 873.81% increase in opioid-related overdoses…
Read MoreProctor earned the runner-up trophy at the Section 7AA Cross-Country Championship
Proctor earned the runner-up trophy at the Section 7AA Cross-Country Championship, held at Hibbing. The host Bluejackets won 46-60. Both teams will represent the section at the Minnesota State meet on Sat., Nov. 4 at the Les Bolstead Golf Course in Falcon Heights. (L to R) Rear: Nessa Friess, Rachel Bettendorf, Carlie Blevins, Lizzy Harnell,…
Read MoreRails Homecoming Week Golden Spike Treasure Hunt
Rails Homecoming WeekGolden Spike Found Rails Homecoming Week underway. The Proctor Journal is helping celebrate the week with a Proctor student edition of their Golden Spike Treasure Hunt. The spike was found on the fifth clue Thursday night by Aiden and Gabby Gallagher. For those playing along and searching here are the remaining clues:…
Read More2nd Street in Proctor will be closed at 5th Street to all traffic
Effective Immediately, 2nd Street in Proctor will be closed at 5th Street to all traffic. This closure will cause all of Route 3 west of the railroad tracks to be curtailed. Buses should not cross the tracks and should instead detour as follows. Route 3 From Downtown: Buses will run regular route to Highway 2…
Read More150 years ago speech helped create Proctor
Proctor missed another important historic date. It was 150 years ago on January 27, 1871 James Proctor Knott delivered a satirical speech in the House known as Duluth! or The Untold Delights of Duluth. The speech ridiculed a bill subsidizing westward expansions of railroads. The speech is sometimes reprinted in collections of humorous speeches or…
Read MoreFighting for our newspapers
By U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar — On May 7th of last year, the Hastings Star Gazette printed its last issue. The paper’s first issue as The Hastings Independent was published in 1857, a year before Minnesota gained statehood. Generations relied on papers like this for local news—they told you who was born and who died, whose daughter just…
Read More“Loni” Anderson promoted to Brigadier General
“Loni” Anderson promoted to Brigadier General Brigadier General Len “Loni” Anderson, a Proctor native, was promoted to Brigadier General on June 3rd. He is currently the Deputy Commanding General of Joint Task Force ARES/Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group. A 1989 Proctor graudate, Anderson was commissioned in 1993 upon graduation from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He…
Read MoreProctor’s DWI chair Jeopardy question
© Proctor Journal Proctor’s infamous DWI chair has officially become a national icon. On Mon., Mar. 14 it became a jeopardy question. The question appeared under the category “Dumb Criminals.” It was the fourth category on the board and the final and most valued question at $1,000. It was situated between “Habla Espanol?” and “We…
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