DULUTH – The city’s famed Aerial Lift Bridge is finally set for a major restoration, after years of attempts to secure funding to replace corroded steel, failing sidewalks and cracking concrete.

Ice and snow are falling from the Aerial Lift Bridge with Thursday’s warm temperatures. The City of Duluth is closing the lakeside pedestrian walkway to the public out of an abundance of caution.

The 6-foot barrel sauna is built into a replica of Duluth’s Aerial Lift Bridge. Troy Persaud was inspired at a sauna event at Endion Station along the Lakewalk. “A lot of people come down here ...