Howie: Judges, lawyers to rock the stage at ‘Law Law Palooza’ fundraiser
Proceeds from the evening will benefit Justice North’s mission of promoting equal access to justice throughout the region.
Thursday Community News
The Minnesota Monsters have named Daron Clark head coach for their first season in the Arena Football One (AF1) league. Clark brings extensive playing and coaching experience to the role, having competed in the Indoor Football League (IFL), AF1 and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has also served as
Howie: The 340B Lifeline Under Attack
Dr. David Herman, President & CEO of Essentia Health in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, has become the calm in the middle of this storm — a measured advocate who can walk senators through the compliance forms, the pharmacy audits, the real-world consequences.
Howie: Inside Rural Minnesota’s 96-Hour Trap
The 96-hour rule may have once been a guardrail. Now it’s a barrier. If Congress wants to help rural America without another task force or photo op, it can start with one simple act: stop the clock.
Wednesday Community News
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a wave of scam calls in which callers falsely claim to be law enforcement officers and demand money for supposed court-related violations. Authorities said several residents have reported receiving calls from people pretending to represent the Sheriff’s Office,
Howie: Hennepin County is the warning
If Hennepin fails, it’s not just a county left behind. It’s every county watching, knowing this is a glimpse of its own future. Fentanyl doesn’t care about ZIP codes. Neither does a gun in the wrong hands. The time to coordinate isn’t after the obituary runs — it’s now.
Howie: The Broadband Health Gap
Telehealth, Dr. David Herman insists, is not a shortcut but a lifeline. The proof is already visible: fewer hospitalizations, lower costs, and improved patient outcomes. What’s missing is the will — and the infrastructure — to finish the job. “Broadband is the new stethoscope,” Herman said.
Minnesota Star Tribune introduces MN Rising – sharing stories of community good
The Star Tribune, founded 158 years ago, is Minnesota’s largest news organization and has earned seven Pulitzer Prizes. Its parent company describes its mission as “building the leading model for local news in America.”
Howie: How Minnesota is quietly rewriting the rules of rural health care
The next era of rural health depends on designing systems that reward results rather than codes, that measure well-being rather than billing.
Howie: The Great Scanlon Data Center caper
We headed down to the bridge for what we called a “feasibility study.” Translation: three guys staring at the water with thermoses. “Looks cold enough to me,” Dale said. “Yep,” Roger nodded. “Perfect for servers.”
Howie: My Vacation Journal, Part 1 of 12
The truth is, rural health care isn’t dying—it’s evolving into something the rest of us can barely afford to witness. The doctors are trying, the nurses are saints, but the paperwork alone could clog an artery. Somewhere along the line, healing became a subscription service.
Howie: The Amsoil press box feels empty without John Gilbert
They say Herb Brooks was a visionary. Fine. But every visionary needs a translator, and that was John. Herb trusted him enough to actually talk — which, if you knew Herb, tells you everything.
Howie: Downtown Duluth embraces for another long winter
You can’t police despair. You can shuffle people from doorway to doorway, but that’s optics, not safety. The folks drifting between shelters and liquor stores aren’t statistics.
Howie: The Great Duluth Spin Parade: Everyone’s cheering, nobody’s buying it
It’s civic theater, and everyone knows their lines. The officials announce. The media nod. The television anchors beam. The advertisers clap. And the citizens — the actual audience — sit at home wondering if they’ve accidentally tuned into satire.
UMD sweeps Bemidji State, visits Minnesota next weekend
Sophomore forward Jayson Shaugabay scored twice and added an assist as Minnesota Duluth powered past Bemidji State 5-1 on Saturday night at Amsoil Arena to complete a nonconference sweep. After a scoreless opening period, the Bulldogs broke through midway through the second on a power-play goal from Shaugabay, who buried
Howie: Independent. Unbought. Unafraid.
I started building what I call Howie 5.0 long before the world ever heard of ChatGPT or Jasper or any of these so-called AI writing assistants. Long before the tech world decided to disrupt writing, I was quietly building something to restore it.