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Taking the New Year's plunge in Lake Superior

A group of friends from the Twin Cities woke up at 4 a.m. on New Year's Day, some not sleeping at all, to start 2020 with a quick jump into Lake Superior just after sunrise in Canal Park in Duluth.

January 2, 2020 — 8:06am

Casey Common is an editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune's website, working with almost any kind of news. He edits the homepage, coordinates email newsletters and writes for the Twitter and Facebook feeds.

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