Jana Hollingsworth
Duluth Reporter
Duluth/SuperiorJana Hollingsworth spent more than a dozen years covering education and Native American issues for the Duluth News Tribune. She began her journalism career with the University of St. Thomas campus newspaper, the Aquin, and has also worked for the Superior Daily Telegram. She grew up in Proctor, Minn., and lives in Duluth with her husband and daughter.
Latest from Jana Hollingsworth
Open wide and say grrrr: An 800-pound bear goes to the dentist
Tundra, a resident of Duluth’s Lake Superior Zoo, needed an extra large crown for a troubled tooth.
June 24, 2025
Duluth Tenants Union files petition for right-to-repair ballot measure, despite city opposition
The group says it has nearly 6,000 signatures, which the city must now verify.
June 13, 2025
Perch Lake restored, rejoined to St. Louis River
Perch Lake was once a bay of the river, before development separated the two.
June 12, 2025
Duluth EPA scientists rally support to stave off any closure of Great Lakes lab
The Trump administration is proposing to shutter the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development.
June 10, 2025
Duluth car-living program for homeless people survives appeal, can reopen in church lot
Neighbors fought the city’s decision to allow the overnight homeless program, but the City Council denied their appeal.
June 8, 2025
![Fresh from the shower, Lynette Ruse got her bedding sorted out before going to sleep in her van Monday night, October 30, 2023 in Duluth. At night, the parking lot of the Damiano Center becomes Safe Bay, a place where unhoused people can sleep in their vehicles without fear for their safety. A mobile hygiene trailer has showers and bathrooms for people to use before they settle in for the night. Safe Bay is an initiative of Stepping On Up, a coalition of Duluth social service organizations, many of which are housed in the Damiano Center. ] JEFF WHEELER • Jeff.Wheeler@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/4OSSSGE22QG2TG23K4QIPQBSKM.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
‘We don’t want to lose this mine’: Fear sets in for Iron Range miners as shutdown takes hold
Cleveland-Cliffs’ layoff of more than 600 workers in March feels different from past shutdowns, locals say.
June 6, 2025
A $500M project was supposed to transform a Duluth hilltop neighborhood. Now it’s in peril.
Little has happened on the prime Central High School site since a December groundbreaking.
June 3, 2025
Duluth car-living site shut down as neighbors appeal permit
The City Council will affirm or reverse a Planning Commission decision to grant the permit June 5.
May 29, 2025
Duluth tenants want faster repairs. City officials instead call for more tenants’ rights education.
City Council proposes its own new renter legislation after union tries to shape policy.
May 28, 2025
11 days in, northeast Minnesota wildfires inch closer to being contained
Many evacuation orders and road closures are lifted, but the challenging Jenkins Creek blaze is just one-third under control.
May 22, 2025
![Hundreds of trees stand after being charred by the Camp House wildfire in Brimson, Minn. on Thursday, May 15, 2025. ]
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Duluth billboards blast DOGE cuts to Voyageurs National Park
The billboards are part of a national campaign from progressive nonprofit news outlet More Perfect Union.
May 22, 2025
A massive development is proposed for a northeastern Minnesota city. Local officials aren’t saying what it is.
The industrial project proposed for Hermantown carries some hallmarks of a data center.
May 21, 2025
