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Sports Notebook, Monday

Sports Notebook, Monday

Duluth Marshall and Esko are the teams to beat in Class 2A, Section 7. Cherry is the team to beat in 1A, Section 7. And, mark it down in your calendar, Duluth FC will hold a public meet-and-greet on Tuesday night.

City of Duluth Notebook, Monday

City of Duluth Notebook, Monday

This specific work is described as a demonstration project, meant to be installed faster than a typical street project and at lower initial cost. Demonstration projects like this are meant to help prove a concept.

Hermantown Activities: Quote Me, Next Week's Events

Hermantown Activities: Quote Me, Next Week's Events

Hawks track and field coach Tyler Homstad on his team’s performance

Nate Bargatze shatters attendance record at Duluth's Amsoil Arena

Nate Bargatze shatters attendance record at Duluth's Amsoil Arena

"Nate Bargatze was just in Dublin and now he's in Duluth, Minnesota, shattering a 14-year attendance record of Sir Elton John. It was a fantastic night at Amsoil Arena!" -- Daniel Hartman, executive director of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.

Five draftees among Vikings 2025 rookie minicamp participants

Five draftees among Vikings 2025 rookie minicamp participants

By Craig Peters The five-player Vikings 2025 NFL Draft class is taking

Duluth FC Media Day, meet-and-greet Tuesday at Clyde Iron Works

Duluth FC, a national-caliber amateur men’s soccer club based in Duluth,

Minnesota Star Tribune partners with local baseball leaders to support Baseball Day Minnesota and expand coverage of the sport

The Minnesota Star Tribune

Minnesota Star Tribune partners with local baseball leaders to support Baseball Day Minnesota and expand coverage of the sport

The Minnesota Star Tribune is teaming up with the organizers of Baseball

Minnesota Nurses Association: Essentia executives choosing PR over patients

Essentia Health

Minnesota Nurses Association: Essentia executives choosing PR over patients

“We’ll keep fighting for safe staffing levels because it’s what our patients deserve – and we’re done asking quietly.” -- Chris Rubesch, an Essentia nurse and president of the Minnesota Nurses Association

Thursday Notebook: Don’t let a wildfire become a life‐altering event

Thursday Notebook: Don’t let a wildfire become a life‐altering event

As Minnesota experiences an active spring wildfire season, with 475 wildfires reported

Reinert responds to proposed state local government aid cuts

Reinert responds to proposed state local government aid cuts

Mayor Reinert has cancelled his Thursday schedule and will be traveling to the State Capitol to address these proposed cuts.

DECC issues parking alert for Nate Bargatze Show, a likely sell-out

DECC issues parking alert for Nate Bargatze Show, a likely sell-out

The Nate Bargatze Show on Thursday night may be a record crowd

Dumping costs on to local property taxpayers is a shifty way to balance the state budget

Dumping costs on to local property taxpayers is a shifty way to balance the state budget

We’ve been down this road before: When the state faced deficits in the first decade of this century, the state started many of these cost shifts and reduced aid to counties and cities. As a result, property taxes increased by record high percentages that have not been matched since.