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Logging truckers plan protest in Duluth

Roughly 50 logging trucks are expected to travel from across northern Minnesota and converge in Duluth on Thursday for a caravan downtown to protest federal weight restrictions on the Interstate highway system, the Duluth News Tribune reports.
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Roughly 50 logging trucks are expected to travel from across northern Minnesota and converge in Duluth on Thursday for a caravan downtown to protest federal weight restrictions on the Interstate highway system, the Duluth News Tribune reports.

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