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Portman Hockey Association hosts Great Skate
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Portman Hockey Association hosts Great Skate

Portman Amateur Hockey Association will kick off the outdoor hockey season with its second annual Great Skate event on Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Portman Community Center. Everyone in the Duluth community is welcome to attend the outdoor event in celebration of area youth hockey players. Portman

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City, Essentia Health to build new parking ramp
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City, Essentia Health to build new parking ramp

Psst: In partnership with the City of Duluth, Essentia Health will be breaking ground on a new parking ramp in January that will provide 350-plus new parking spaces for public use directly across 1st Street from the existing Medical District Ramp, City of Duluth Planning and Economic Development Director Chad

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Prep Sports Calendar

TUESDAY Boys Basketball Hermantown at Princeton, 6:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Hermantown at North Branch, 7 p.m. Boys Hockey Duluth Marshall at Hermantown, 7 p.m. Girls Hockey Proctor-Hermantown at Hibbing, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Girls Hockey Delano at Hermantown-Proctor, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball Grand Rapids at

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Howie's Prep Sports Notebook

Andrew Johnson Jr. scored twice and Dane Callaway stopped all 25 shots as Hermantown blitzed Centennial 5-0 in high school boys hockey today at historic Hermantown Arena. The Hawks (2-0-1) will play host to Duluth Marshall (1-2-1) on Tuesday and defending Class 1A state champion Mahtomedi (2-4-0) Saturday. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton rebounded

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MnDOT receives federal funds to move forward with Northern Lights Express planning
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MnDOT receives federal funds to move forward with Northern Lights Express planning

The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced it has received $500,000 in federal funds to advance the planning of the Northern Lights Express (NLX) passenger rail project. The federal grant provides funds to begin preliminary work on the project, which will provide four, round-trip, daily passenger rail trips from Minneapolis

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Hermantown Sports Notebook

The Hermantown girls basketball team has continued to show significant improvement all season, veteran Hawks coach Beth Clark said on Friday morning.  "We have played a number of quality opponents and have done a great job of getting better each practice and game," said Clark of the 1-3

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Today at the DECC

Noon-8 p.m. – Arrowhead Ice Fishing and Winter Show. Continues Saturday, from 10 a.m.- 8p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Buy tickets. 7 p.m. – The Nutcracker, presented by the Minnesota Ballet. Shows also Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3

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Friday Prep Sports Notebook

Thursday Results Boys Basketball Hermantown 78, Cloquet 60 – The Hawks (1-3) visit Mankato West at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Lumberjacks (1-2) host Esko (1-0) today at 7:15 p.m. Boys Hockey Duluth Denfeld 5, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 4 – The Hunters (3-2) battled back from a 3-0 deficit, as junior forward

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Wood chips available to the public for free at Woodland Park

The City of Duluth’s Parks Maintenance Division will place clean, discarded wood chips for public use and pick up in bulk at the U-shaped driveway by Tony Emanuel Field at Woodland Park beginning Saturday.   The wood chips, which are an urban forestry byproduct and are untreated, are available on

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Quote Me, Howie: Gophers basketball recruit Isaac Asuma

A recent, on-the-record chat with Gophers basketball recruit Isaac Asuma, a 6-foot-3 Cherry Tigers combo guard and likely 2024 Mr. Basketball in Minnesota – "I had a really great summer with D1 Minnesota, when a lot of us got tons better. It was good to play against elite competition – just

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State commission approves interim rates for Minnesota Power

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission today approved interim rates for Minnesota Power’s customers, the first step of a longer process to evaluate the company’s recently filed electric rate proposal. The MPUC has approved an overall interim rate increase of about 8.6%, or $63.8 million in annual

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Tim Cortes Art Studio West now open
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Tim Cortes Art Studio West now open

Tim Cortes, a nationally renowned commemorative sports artist in Duluth, has opened a studio at Essentia Duluth Heritage Center in Clyde Park. Through a special arrangement with the EDHC’s Board of Directors, he will perform and display his colored pencil creations in the EDHC’s Warming House, a 900

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Lake Superior College to host choir holiday concert

The 14-voice Lake Superior College Choir will hold a free holiday concert on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the main campus’ atrium. “Our talented choir students have enjoyed learning some holiday songs and are excited to share them with family and friends,” said Cal Metts, choir instructor at Lake

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Howie's Wednesday Prep Sports Notebook
Duluth Denfeld's young, ultra-talented girls basketball team defeated host Silver Bay 61-52 on Tuesday night, improving to 1-1 overall. Hunters practice photo, 2023-24 preseason. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Howie's Wednesday Prep Sports Notebook

Updated Top-5 Team Rankings Boys Basketball 1. Cherry 2. Duluth Denfeld 3. Esko 4. Hermantown 5. Cloquet Girls Basketball 1. Cloquet (3-0). Hosts Grand Rapids Saturday. 2. Grand Rapids (4-1). At Cloquet Saturday. 3. Esko (2-2). 4. Duluth East 5. Hermantown Boys Hockey 1. Hermantown 2. Cloquet 3. Duluth East

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