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A long-time Duluth manufacturing company will shutter its local operation at the end of August, the BusinessNorth.com is reporting. Read more. Meanwhile, Duluth Mayor Don Ness released the following statement regarding the news of the Georgia Pacific plant closure in Duluth: "The news from Georgia Pacific is disappointing given previous assurances from the company that it would not close this plant. We will start working immediately to support new operations at the plant. Meanwhile, our focus will be on the workforce that will be displaced. This is unfortunate and untimely news for our community. I'm very disappointed by this decision." Duluth Education Duluth East Hall of Fame inaugural members, for induction this fall: Joe Berini (guidance counselor, coach), Betty Marciniak-Ahrendt (wrote lyrics to the school's fight song, The Birchen), Robert Mix (teacher), Joe Mrkonich (teacher, coach) and Denise (Holm) Olson (athlete). Older Post Duluth lands aviation jobs Newer Post Howie … [Read more...] about Georgia-Pacific to close Duluth hardboard plant

Eric Mahmound in school When the news broke last summer that charter school entrepreneur Eric Mahmoud had entered a guilty plea to a mortgage fraud charge in Georgia, Mahmoud had a ready comeback for the Minneapolis school district, under whose authorization he was opening another charter school. “I assure you that this was a personal, residential matter in Georgia and had nothing to do with Seed Daycare, Harvest Prep or any other educational institution,” Mahmoud told Sara Paul, the district’s liaison with charter schools, in an Aug. 16 e-mail. In that case, Mahmoud has some explaining to do. According to an investigative file compiled by Georgia authorities, there are at least two connections involving the school with the deal. First, one participant in the real estate deal that led to the charges against Mahmoud told Gwinnett County police investigators that he met twice with Mahmoud in his office, weeks before the fraudulent deal was to close. The purpose … [Read more...] about Georgia file connects Twin Cities charter school, fraud scheme

ATLANTA — Georgia Rep. Betty Price says her comments on people with HIV that ignited a national firestorm were "taken completely out of context." Price, the wife of former U.S. Health Secretary Tom Price, was in a legislative committee meeting Tuesday when she asked a state health official whether people with HIV could legally be quarantined. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Price said Saturday that she was just being "provocative." She said a health official had presented that Georgia is second only to Louisiana in the rate of new infections. Part of the reason is that more than a third of Georgians with HIV are not receiving care for it. She said that's what sparked her "rhetorical" comments. "I do not support a quarantine in this public health challenge and dilemma of undertreated HIV patients," Price said in a statement. "I do, however, wish to light a fire under all of us with responsibility in the public health arena — a fire that will result in resolve and … [Read more...] about Georgia Rep. Price says HIV comments taken out of context