Article: Streets beg for repair.

Byline: Candace Renalls

Oct. 15--Rosemary Knudsen's stretch of First Street between 34th Avenue East and 36th Avenue East is on the list for repair this fall or next year.

"It's in pretty rough shape," she said. "It's been patched, patched and repatched. ... Anything is an improvement."

She's hardly alone. Duluth's streets are notoriously in poor repair. Drivers are angry, and Mayor Don Ness and other Duluth leaders are wracking their brains over how the cash-strapped city can fix them.

Today, officials will announce their latest attempt to do so. Ness is scheduled to present a new approach to street repair that will prolong the life ...

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