clean up

The city of Duluth will be offering grants for residents to choose where the funds will be used to curb neighborhood blight.

Organizers are coordinating this all day clean-up event in order to inspire residents to take work together and rid the city of trash before winter arrives.

The timing could not be worse for cleaning up Park Point Beach with the heat wave headed our way, but it needs to be done.

Spring in the Northland can be a dingy experience with dirty snow, brown grass and bare trees. But we all know that Summer will come eventually and that is what get's us through. Winter is in the rear view and warmer days are ahead. So living in a place like this where we have all seasons a few things happen or need to be taken care of in order to prepare for the Summer season ahead...

The cities of Duluth and Superior are looking for volunteers to help with a watershed cleanup.

The Denfeld Girls Soccer Team continued their tradition of cleaning up the marathon route despite the race being canceled.

Lincoln Park has been under a big transformation for years with lot's of new businesses coming into the area, and now a 'clean team' is being assembled to keep it looking beautiful.

If you would like to help clean up Skyline Parkway, then this event is for you.

Not to be morbid, but unfortunately living in this area this is a fairly common occurrence of a deer or other wildlife being hit by a car in a residential area.

If you have a dog or two you most likely consider them part of the family, and go to great lengths to keep them healthy and happy. As with any animal at some point they are going to need to go to the bathroom, and in the winter this can really be a hassle.

Contaminated water is always a major concern when cleaning up after flooding. The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District has acknowledged that sewer systems in the Twin Ports did overflow, making flood waters unsanitary in many cases. The Minnesota Department of Health offers the following tips for using bleach while cleaning up after the flood:

Like many Twin Ports residents we had a flooded basement because of the storm, but our basement flooded because of our garage. In the 6 years that we have lived in our house, we have never even had a drop of water in our basement. (Knock on wood) But, we also have not been there with 9 inches of rain all falling at once.