Louis and Lake County Sherriff’s Offices, other county emergency services, local hospitals, the National Weather Service, Customs and Border Protection and even the United States Coast Guard.”

“We have representatives from of course the Duluth Fire Department, myself and some of our other people here,” said Chief Krizaj. Louis County and then, of course, it finishes in the City of Duluth.”Ĭhief Krizaj said a marathon like this would not be possible without cooperation between many different agencies. “This is a point-to-point marathon, so it starts in a different city–actually in a different county–it starts in Lake County and then comes down into St.

“Today is a planning session for people to get together, and to understand what other agencies, cities or counties are doing,” said Fire Chief Shawn Krizaj. Duluth’s largest annual event draws as many as 20,000 participants and $21 million in spending to the local economy. Representatives from almost a dozen state and local agencies came together to plan and prepare ahead of the 2023 Grandma’s Marathon.

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