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2023 Denfeld Football Schedule
The Denfeld football team worked out at historic Public Schools Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Howie / Duluth Times

2023 Denfeld Football Schedule

Friday, Sept. 1 – Mora, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 – Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15 – at Pine City, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22 – at Duluth East, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 – North Branch, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 – at Cloquet, 7 p.m. Friday,

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Vikings sign Chim Okorafor, waive Jacky Chen
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Vikings sign Chim Okorafor, waive Jacky Chen

By Craig Peters EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings on Monday announced the signing of rookie tackle Chim Okorafor. In order to make room for Okorafor on the roster, Minnesota waived tackle Jacky Chen, who had joined the team in May as an undrafted rookie free agent. Okorafor was signed this spring

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Hermantown High fall sports, St. Louis County in the news
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Hermantown High fall sports, St. Louis County in the news

Hermantown High fall sports teams will begin 2023 regular-season play later this week and next. The Hawks girls tennis team will open Friday at 11:30 a.m. at home against nonconference Simley. On Saturday, the powerful Hermantown girls soccer team will participate in a preseason jamboree in Duluth at

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St. Louis County partners with Minnesota North College-Hibbing to offer skilled apprenticeship program for heavy equipment mechanics

As early as this fall, students in the Diesel Mechanics/Heavy Equipment program at Minnesota North College - Hibbing will have an opportunity to apply for a skilled apprenticeship position with St. Louis County Public Works. This new apprenticeship program will provide valuable real-life experience for students while also helping

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Minnesota NOW endorses Reinert for Duluth's next mayor

Mayoral candidate Roger Reinert received the endorsement of Minnesota NOW in the race to be Duluth’s next mayor. Minnesota NOW is a political action arm of the National Organization for Women. Minnesota NOW focuses its work on Constitutional equality, reproductive rights, economic equality, racial justice, LGBTQ+ issues, and freedom

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Quote Me, Howie: Zam Plante
Pittsburgh Penguins fifth-round draft pick Zam Plante of Hermantown. YouTube.com screenshot

Quote Me, Howie: Zam Plante

A few takeaways from a recent interview with my hockey rock star buddy Zam Plante, an elite Bulldogs recruit who will return to play for the Fargo Force in the USHL again next season before joining UMD for the 2024-25 season: "I'm feeling really good about my

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DECC Events Calendar

DECC Events Calendar

There's never a dull moment at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Here are the public events happening for the rest of August: 11-13 | Bayfront Blues Festival 13 | Bored Teachers: WE CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! COMEDY TOUR 15 | Beer & Bands by the Blue Bridge 17 | Duluth

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City of Duluth announces RFP for development of portion of Lester Golf Course

The Duluth Economic Development Authority and the City of Duluth have posted a request for proposals (RFP) to lead the planning, development, design, and build-out of an approximately 37-acre portion of DEDA-owned property on the Lester Golf Course Site. The invitation seeks proposals from qualified developers, development teams, or other

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Highway 23 culvert work in western Duluth starts Monday

Highway 23 culvert work in western Duluth starts Monday

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin work Monday on Highway 23 on culverts in the Riverside and Gary New Duluth neighborhoods in western Duluth on August 14. Work on the Gogebic Creek culvert in Riverside will begin on August 14. Highway 23 vehicular traffic is not impacted during 2023

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Chatman sentenced in Miller overdose death

David Keith Joseph Chatman, 38, of Virginia, Minnesota was sentenced yesterday after  pleading guilty in October 2022 to Aiding and Abetting Third-Degree Murder in  connection with the October 19, 2021, overdose death of Brooke Ann Miller. Chatman contacted his co-defendant, Torisa Sulvoris Wallace, and coordinated the drug sale between Wallace

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