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Today’s edition · Sat., Nov. 14

Duluth police swear in 17 new officers

Plus, a Wrenshall farm is working on making drinking water out of thin air.

The Daily Duluth team2 stories16 sources5 min read

Public SafetyTop story

Duluth Police swear in 17 new officers and edge closer to full staffing

Duluth Police are fewer officers short than in July 2025

Source: Northern News Now

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Duluth Police swore in 17 new officers Thursday, and the department is closer to full staffing. It was 26 officers short in July 2025, and Chief Mike Ceynowa says it's about 15 short now. Two officers were also promoted, Fox21Online reports.

If you spend time downtown, Ceynowa has a wish: "two shifts per crew that are dedicated to walking the downtown area." Mayor Roger Reinert said the class is "the potential for us to be fully staffed for the first time since before the COVID pandemic," as WDIO reported.

  • Next hiring round: launching within a week or two
  • Pay: 3.5% raise effective Jan. 1, per online contracts
  • Fond du Lac college: 17 students then, north of 50 now

Thursday's ceremony swore in 17 officers and honored 2 promotions

17
new officers sworn in Thursday
2
promotions at the same ceremony
4 months
of field training for the new officers

Sources: Northern News Now, Fox21Online

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Innovation

A Wrenshall farm is building portable devices that pull drinking water from the air

Jason Amundsen, co-owner of , is in the final stages of launching . Its devices collect moisture from humid air, then filter and treat it for drinking or farm use. Northern News Now says the design borrows HVAC technology, much like a dehumidifier.

H2O Now has four devices in the manufacturing pipeline

DevicePowered by
12-voltCar battery
24-voltLithium-ion battery
48-voltLithium-ion battery
110/220-voltStandard wall outlet

Source: Northern News Now

UMD engineering students helped build the first versions. Amundsen's goal: "a teenager, someone not very strong, can set these up in less than an hour, deploy it and have water."

  • State grant: $48,955 from the AGRI Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant program
  • Output: up to three gallons a day per module
  • Setup: users supply their own batteries and solar panels
  • Market target: spring 2027

H2O Now added university partners and hopes to reach the market in spring 2027

  1. 2023The University of St. Thomas joins the project.
  2. 2025The University of Texas at Austin joins the project.
  3. Spring '27Amundsen hopes to bring the device to market.

Source: Northern News Now

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News Notes

Neutrinos

Crews are preparing to lower five three-story towers of photosensors nearly 700 feet to the floor of Lake Superior, just over three miles offshore of . Researchers hope the sensors detect faint blue light when neutrinos fired from Fermilab near Chicago pass through the water. FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Border Battle

UW-Superior and St. Scholastica women's hockey skated to a 2-2 tie Friday, with Kendal Gustavsson tying it with 1:01 left in the third period. Fox21Online says UWS won the shootout, but it goes in the books as a tie. The rematch is today at 3 p.m. in Duluth. WDIO.comFox21Online

UWS and CSS tied 2-⁠2 and meet again Saturday

  • St. Scholastica2
    UW-Superior2
    Final, tieUWS won the shootout, but the game goes in the books as a tie.
  • UW-Superior
    St. Scholastica
    Sat., Nov. 14, 3 p.m.

Sources: WDIO.com, Fox21Online

Parade

The Christmas City of the North Parade steps off at 6:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 20, on Superior Street, with more than 90 floats. It's the parade's 68th year, and Northern News Now will broadcast it live. Northern News Now

New album

Duluth's Trampled by Turtles announced their 10th studio album, "Good Dogs," will arrive next Friday. It rolls out first on vinyl and cassette at "mom/pop record shops," with no streaming until January. Bring Me The News

Hoops

Chloe Johnson, ranked No. 3 in the class of 2028, made the Naismith Trophy watch list. She averaged 31 points a game last season for Duluth Marshall and makes her Proctor debut on Nov. 27. WDIO.com

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Around Minnesota

Hinkley fire

A large fire near Slim's Gas Station in Hinkley was reported Friday, and 319 power customers in the area were without power. Fox21Online

319power customers without power near Slim's Gas Station in Hinkley

A large fire near Slim's Gas Station in Hinkley left 319 power customers in the area without power Friday.

Source: Fox21Online

Measles

Wisconsin reported a second child death from measles, both in southwestern Wisconsin. Wisconsin and Minnesota have the highest number of cases in more than 35 years, none of them in the Northland, and Minnesota has seen no deaths. Northern News Now

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A new puzzle in each one every morning, played right here.

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Quoted

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

— John Powell

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“He visited this afternoon in pursuit of a female.”

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The Wrap

Bentleyville Tour of Lights turns 23 this year, and it still bills itself as America's largest free walk-through holiday lights display. The Bentleyville season opens Saturday, Nov. 21, at Bayfront Festival Park and runs nightly through Dec. 26. USA Today's "10 Best" list has named it one of the best public holiday lights displays. Bring the cocoa.

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  1. Fri., Nov. 13UMD's Jayson Shaugabay is headed to the Spengler Cup
  2. Thurs., Nov. 12Minnesota honored its veterans in Duluth, and a shower unit heads north
  3. Wed., Nov. 11Research ship Neil Armstrong brings a neutrino hunt to Lake Superior
  4. Tues., Nov. 10Duluth's first Made Here! manufacturing expo packs the DECC
  5. Mon., Nov. 9Research ship due in Duluth today; Sandelin earns 500th win
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Daily Duluthto me · Sat., Nov. 146:00 a.m.

Duluth police swear in 17 new officers

Plus, a Wrenshall farm is working on making drinking water out of thin air.

The TLDR

  1. Duluth Police swear in 17 new officers
  2. A Wrenshall farm's H2O Now pulls water from the air
  3. Neutrino towers are headed to the floor of Lake Superior
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