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Bygones: Emu nearly blinded Duluth man in 1985

A look back at local news from years past.

Close up on an emu's face.
The emu is a species of flightless bird native to Australia. It is the second-largest living bird after the ostrich.
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News-Tribune, Jan. 27, 1925

Standard Oil Company and Sinclair Refining each announced a gasoline price increase of 1 cent per gallon throughout their territory, bringing the service station cost in Duluth to 18.5 cents per gallon.

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News-Tribune, Jan. 27, 1955

A St. Louis County grand jury returned an indictment charging Richard V. Kangas, 68, with first-degree murder in the Jan. 10 shooting death of Karl August Aho, 80. Kangas allegedly told police that Aho had heckled him for months before the incident.

News-Tribune & Herald, Jan. 27, 1985

Duluthian David Strey, 36, nearly lost an eye when he was stepped on and kicked by a 75-pound Australian emu in California. Strey, whose eyelid was torn by the kick, works for Northland Wildlife of Bovey, an animal import, export and transportation firm. He and two other men were to transport the emu to a Houston zoo. The emu died of a stroke after the attack.

News Tribune, Jan. 27, 2005

Snow on the North Shore is so deep that snowmobiles are getting stuck if they venture off groomed trails and homeowners are having to shovel in front of ground-floor windows to let light into their houses. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources forestry office in Finland has measured 111 inches so far this winter.

Barrett Chase has been web editor for the News Tribune since 2015. You can email him at bchase@duluthnews.com or call him at 218-723-5310.
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