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.

By ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — Katie Ledecky gritted her teeth and flexed her left arm atop the lane rope.

There was plenty of splashing, too, by one of the most accomplished swimmers to ever dive into the pool.

Ledecky dominated the 1,500-meter freestyle at the Paris Games on Wednesday for her eighth Olympic gold medal and 12th medal overall.

And that might not even have been the most impressive performance on a big night in the pool.

France’s Léon Marchand completed one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history by winning the 200 butterfly and the 200 breaststroke about two hours apart.

Leon Marchand, of France, celebrates after winning the men’s 200-meter breaststroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

There was also a world record in the 100 freestyle as Pan Zhanle of China lowered his own mark.

Triathlon success

An ambitious plan to clean up the long-polluted Seine River paid off when the swimming portions of the Paris Olympics triathlons were finally held in the waterway Wednesday.

After a couple of canceled swim practices and a day’s delay because of the river’s water quality, the women’s and men’s events finished in spectacular fashion — on the Pont Alexandre III bridge with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

“It’s magical,” said newly minted gold medalist Cassandre Beaugrand of France. “It’s the best route we’ve had in a long time and I know all the other athletes feel the same.”

Beaugrand navigated slippery roads that turned the cycling portion into a series of spills following an early morning rain.

The men’s triathlon, which started less than an hour after the women finished, there was plenty of stifling heat and humidity to deal with as the sun came out in full force. Alex Yee of Britain used a burst at the end to catch and pass Hayden Wilde of New Zealand to win the gold medal by six seconds.

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Guatemala’s gold

A spinal injury ended Adriana Ruano’s Olympic dream as a gymnast. She came back as a shooter and won Guatemala’s first Olympic gold medal.

Ruano was training for the 2011 world championships in gymnastics, a qualifier for the London Olympics the following year, when she felt pain in her back.

Adriana Ruano Oliva of Team Guatemala is congratulated by her coach as she wins the gold medal after competing in the Shooting Trap Women’s Final on day five of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 31, 2024 in Chateauroux, France. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

An MRI showed the then-16-year-old had six damaged vertebrae — a career-ending injury — and Ruano’s doctor recommended she take up shooting if she wanted to stay in sports without aggravating her injured back.

That advice paid off Wednesday as Ruano won gold in the women’s trap with an Olympic-record score of 45 out of 50.

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Novak Djokovic is three wins away from earning the only big title he lacks.

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Djokovic needed a bit of time to assert himself before taking control with a five-game run for a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Dominik Koepfer of Germany, reaching the singles quarterfinals for the fourth time at the Summer Games.

A gold medal is pretty much the only accomplishment of significance missing from the resume of Djokovic, a 37-year-old from Serbia who has won a men’s-record 24 Grand Slam titles and spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone in the history of the computerized tennis rankings.

Djokovic next faces Staassefanos Tsitsipas.

Rafael Nadal’s Paris Games ended when he and Carlos Alcaraz were eliminated in the men’s doubles quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to the fourth-seeded American duo of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.