TWO HARBORS, Minn. — The owner of Superior Shores Resort has temporarily lost control of the troubled resort’s operations following a Lake County judge’s ruling last week.

The Two Harbors resort is owned by Bryce Campbell, who also owns the Lutsen Lodge. The historic lodge of the state’s oldest operating resort was destroyed by fire on Feb. 6. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation, and multiple lawsuits have since surfaced about that property.

The sellers of the Superior Shores Resort — Blue Waters Development Corp., Jensen-Re Development and Jensen-Re Partnership — filed a receivership case against Shores Resort Co. with the Lake County District Court on July 25.

An emergency motion was granted to appoint Bruce Kinseth of Kinseth Hospitality Cos. to temporarily take over the operations of Superior Shores Resort.

The sellers claimed in the court document that Campbell’s company has defaulted on its contracts for deeds on several occasions, triggering the appointment of a receiver.

On Oct. 29, 2019, Shores Resort Co. bought Superior Shores through three contracts for deed, totaling $14.5 million — a record-setting price for resorts in the state at the time, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

The purchase included a Lake Superior lodge building with 103 rentable units, a restaurant, an indoor and an outdoor pool; the Burlington Bay property with 75 units; and a property with lakehome condo units.

Under each contract for deed, Shores Resort Co. was to pay monthly payments of $71,100. Balloon payments — a large, one-time payment at the end of a loan — for each were due on June 1.

The contracts for deed required Shores Resort Co. to be responsible for all real estate taxes, assessments, property insurance, liability insurance and maintenance of assets.

According to the court document, the sellers claim Shores Resort Co. defaulted on 10 occasions, including failure to:

•Make balloon payments totaling $12.9 million.

•Pay all real estate taxes assessed against the property.

•Deliver certificates of insurance.

•Pay assessments imposed by Superior Shores II Condominium Association and Burlington Bay at Superior Shores Association.

•Maintain and keep the properties in good repair, working order and condition.

•Provide timely unaudited financial statements.

In the event of a default on behalf of Shores Resort Co., the contract for deeds stated the sellers may seek the appointment of a receiver. The sellers are undergoing cancellation proceedings to terminate the contracts for deeds.

The court document claims payments to various local vendors have not been made and that Shores Resort Co. has also been given notice of disconnection of city utilities.

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NEW YORK — Trevor Richards had a feeling he would be on the move on Tuesday. He just didn’t know where he would be going.

Prior to this year’s trade deadline, the veteran relief pitcher already had been traded three times in his career, including twice at the deadline. And this year, the Blue Jays had given him a heads up that it might happen, too, to prepare him for the possibility.

“It’s always a whirlwind,” Richards said. “This is the fourth time being traded, though, so I kind of know how it goes, and luckily I was on the road, so it’s easier to just pick up and go and meet the team.”

Once he got the news, he hopped in a car and made the drive from Baltimore, where the Blue Jays were playing, to New York, getting in Tuesday night.

Richards, a seven-year veteran, will slot into the Twins’ bullpen, where he will give the Twins another look against lefties and should be able to throw multiple innings.

“He’s a guy that when you bring him into the bullpen, you have a guy that’s pretty much open to anything and is like, ‘Just pitch me,’ ” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “It makes our lives very easy, and we can find very good ways to use him.”

He was activated by the Twins on Wednesday, taking the roster spot of Brock Stewart, who was placed on the injured list with a shoulder strain.

It’s a tough blow for both the Twins and Stewart, a late-inning reliever, who first landed on the injured list on May 3 and was out until July 24, spending nearly three months recovering and rehabbing from right shoulder tendinitis.

“I feel for him,” Baldelli said. “He’s very upset after working his way back and again dealing with something health-related. It doesn’t mean his season is over. I don’t believe that.”

Baldelli said Stewart was healthy when he returned — “He was as healthy as you could want him to be after that period of time,” the manager said — but he started feeling something again in his shoulder on Monday.

When he has been healthy across the past couple seasons, he has been one of the most effective relievers in the majors and has been a late-inning set-up option for the Twins. But keeping him healthy has been a monumental task.

Stewart had been knocked around since his return, giving up eight runs in just 2 1/3 innings, including four on Monday in an outing in which he recorded just two outs.

“It’s challenging. It’s difficult. It’s tough,” Baldelli said. “It’s rough news. That’s the reality of the situation. Brock’s going to meet it head on, as are we.”

Briefly

The Twins might be getting another reliever back soon with Justin Topa (knee) progressing well on his rehab assignment. He threw 14 pitches and struck out two during a one-inning outing for the Triple-A Saints on Tuesday. Topa has yet to make his season debut. … Carlos Correa (plantar fasciitis) has progressed to hitting overhand-pitching batting practice. If all continues to go well, he could start jogging in the upcoming days. … Wednesday was the first day this season that Willi Castro did not appear in the game. Though the all-star said playing 162 was a goal of his, he said he wasn’t sad to not play Wednesday. “I just think being healthy right now, I don’t have to play all the games,” Castro said. “They put me in there, and as a player, you want to be in there.”

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Katie Ledecky has tied one of swimming’s most impressive records.

Chances are, she’ll have it all to herself by the time she completes the Paris Olympics.

The 27-year-old Ledecky bumped her career total to 12 medals with a dominating victory in the 1,500-meter freestyl e Wednesday night, equaling three fellow Americans — Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson — for the most ever by a female swimmer.

Ledecky was first an Olympian in 2012

Ledecky won her first gold in London when she was just 15.

“It’s not easy, it doesn’t get any easier, so I do try to enjoy it each year and there’s different perspective that I have different years and different challenges that you face each year,” Ledecky said after winning the 1,500.

What’s next for Ledecky?

— She is expected to compete in the final of the 4×200 freestyle relay on Thursday. The U.S. took silver in that event at the Tokyo Games after winning gold in the two previous Olympics, so that seems like a pretty sure bet for lucky medal No. 13.

— Ledecky will be going for her fourth straight gold medal in the 800 freestyle, with the preliminaries set for Friday morning and the final to follow Saturday next evening.

“I have the relay tomorrow, that’s my next focus,” she said after the race. “Then, I’ll think about the 800.”

The American star now has eight gold medals in her career, seven of them coming in individual races. She came into these games already holding the record for the most individual golds by a female swimmer.