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Christa Lawler

Duluth Reporter
Duluth/Superior
Before joining the Star Tribune in 2022, Christa Lawler was a sports reporter-turned-arts and entertainment reporter at the Duluth News Tribune. She started at the Rochester Post-Bulletin, her hometown newspaper, after graduating from the University of St. Thomas. She has lived in Duluth since 2000 and likes trail running, yoga, paddle boarding and reading.

Latest from Christa Lawler

Duluth man gets prison for sexual conduct against young church-goers

Clint Massie pleaded guilty to acts against girls in his church, but violated the terms of his pre-sentencing release when he went to a funeral where children were present.
March 27, 2025

IRRRB picks new chair to replace Justin Eichorn, out after he resigned from Senate after arrest

Sen. Robert Farnsworth of Hibbing is new chair of the Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board.
March 26, 2025

Employee of Rock Ridge High School arrested on suspicion of ‘obscene internet conduct with a child’

The Eveleth man was arrested Tuesday by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department and will be extradited to Georgia.
March 19, 2025

Fire contained at Iron Range explosives plant Dyno Nobel

A fire started near an exhaust fan at Dyno Nobel outside Biwabik, triggering a brief evacuation. The blaze did not affect “sensitive materials on site,” a spokesperson said.
March 18, 2025

Second suspect in ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers theft dies

Jerry Hal Saliterman, who died Sunday, was accused of keeping the shoes worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” buried in his backyard.
March 17, 2025

Searchers find Minnesota-bound freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1892

The Western Reserve was en route to Two Harbors when it was lost during an August storm, leaving only one survivor.
March 15, 2025

What’s best for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame? Its home on the Range or a move to St. Paul?

The nonprofit’s board members are split: Some favor Iron Range tradition; others want more foot traffic.
March 13, 2025

Duluth teen with terminal cancer gets the party of her life, with hundreds of friends

Shimia Nord, 18, was told in January that she has weeks or months to live. Last weekend, classmates and friends celebrated her at a Halloween-themed early graduation party.
March 10, 2025

Second suspect in ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers theft dies

Jerry Hal Saliterman, who died Sunday, was accused of keeping the shoes worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” buried in his backyard.
March 17, 2025

Searchers find Minnesota-bound freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1892

The Western Reserve was en route to Two Harbors when it was lost during an August storm, leaving only one survivor.
March 15, 2025

What’s best for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame? Its home on the Range or a move to St. Paul?

The nonprofit’s board members are split: Some favor Iron Range tradition; others want more foot traffic.
March 13, 2025

Duluth teen with terminal cancer gets the party of her life, with hundreds of friends

Shimia Nord, 18, was told in January that she has weeks or months to live. Last weekend, classmates and friends celebrated her at a Halloween-themed early graduation party.
March 10, 2025
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