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Quote Me, Howie: Dyami Starks
Chloe Johnson (left) as a 7th-grade varsity starter for Duluth Marshall in 2022-23. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me, Howie: Dyami Starks

Dyami Starks, founder of Starks Academy, a renowned basketball program, and Player Development Coach for All Iowa Attack, talks about Chloe Johnson, the basketball prodigy from Duluth Marshall – "Chloe (Johnson) has the ingredients to go down as one of Minnesota’s All-Time Greats (like Gianna Kneepkens before her). But

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Vikings announce jersey numbers for new players and 2024 changes
Dallas Turner (left) gets No. 15 and J.J. McCarthy No. 9. Vikings.com

Vikings announce jersey numbers for new players and 2024 changes

By Craig Peters The new year means new players, as well as new numbers for some Vikings returnees. Minnesota on Tuesday announced the jersey numbers assigned to 15 veterans added during free agency, the seven 2024 draft picks and 17 undrafted free agents. The Vikings also announced jersey changes for

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Wolves' Rudy Gobert named 2023-24 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the recipient of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2023-24 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, it was announced Tuesday on TNT. Gobert becomes the third player in NBA history to win the award four times, joining Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace. The

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City of Duluth, community partners to host brownfield cleanup and redevelopment informational meetings

By Kelli Latuska The City of Duluth, along with state and community partners at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, TAB, and Kansas State University, announce their collaborative Brownfield Redevelopment and Cleanup Resources symposiums. Interested parties can join neighborhood business leaders, small businesses, landlords, and government partners for a conversation about

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Mayor Roger Reinert’s office welcomes two new hires
John Dukich, Jessica Hehir. City of Duluth

Mayor Roger Reinert’s office welcomes two new hires

By Kelli Latuska Mayor Roger Reinert’s office welcomed Senior Advisor, Communication and Marketing Jessica Hehir and Senior Advisor, Policy and Government Affairs John Dukich to their first day on the job this week. Their positions had been held open since the mayor began his term on January 2, 2024.

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Central Entrance lane closure in Duluth starts Wednesday

The downbound right lane of Central Entrance will be closed Wednesday due to a valve vault collapse at Arlington Avenue. Traffic traveling northbound on Arlington Avenue will not be able to access eastbound Central Entrance. An alternate route is to turn on Palm Street to Basswood Avenue to Central Entrance.

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Bulldogs Notebook

Bulldogs men's hockey 2023-24 team awards: Keith Christiansen Award (MVP) – Ben Steeves Pat Francisco Award (Community Contributions) – Darian Gotz and Matthew Thiessen Goldie Wolfe Award (Most Inspirational) – Luke Loheit Jerry Chumola Award (Rookie of the Year) – Aaron Pionk Mike Sertich Award (Most Improved Player) – Aiden Dubinsky . . . 2024-25 Captain

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The Timberwolves are crushing, just like Minnesota
That’s Minnesota’s economy and quality of life dunking on everyone else in the region. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images.

The Timberwolves are crushing, just like Minnesota

By Eric Harris Bernstein, Minnesota Reformer For the second edition of Tax and Spend, I was planning to respond to yet another Star Tribune op-ed declaring that high taxes are ruining Minnesota. The author — former GOP attorney general candidate Jim Schultz — stopped short of describing Minnesota as “a barren hellscape”

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St. Scholastica to host commencement on Saturday

The College of St. Scholastica will celebrate the undergraduate and graduate Class of 2024 with commencement on Saturday, May 11, in the Amsoil Arena located at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC). The in-person celebration will be a traditional, seated ceremony with unlimited guest seating. The ceremony will also be

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Not Too Early: 2024-25 Howie Hanson Prep Boys and Girls Basketball Dream Teams

BOYS Brooks Johnson, Duluth Marshall senior forward (Bulldogs commit) Calvin Anderson, Superior junior forward Ray Brau, Hibbing sophomore forward GIRLS Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall freshman forward Regan Juenemann, Duluth Marshall senior guard Chloe Carlson, Proctor sophomore guard Lily Smith, Proctor junior guard Bailey Hermanson, Hermantown junior guard

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St. Luke’s in the News

St. Luke’s Orthopedics & Sports Medicine has welcomed Physician Assistant Victor Pilon, PA-C. Pilon earned his Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies degree from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti. He is board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. St. Luke’s is now part of

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Allete agrees to $6.2 billion sale offer

In connection with the merger, CPP Investments and GIP will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Allete for $67.00 per share in cash representing an enterprise value of approximately $6.2 billion, including Allete's net debt.

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Hermantown High Sports This Week

MONDAY Girls Golf – at Mesabi East, 11 a.m. Quarry Softball – host Superior, 4:30 p.m. Rose Field. Game Notes: The Hawks (3-2) will look to rebound from a 14-4 home loss to Proctor, which snapped a two-game Hermantown winning streak. The Spartans are 6-3. Boys Tennis – at Aitkin,

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U.S. Senate Dems launch renewed push for full marijuana legalization
Tim Blakeley, manager of Sunset Junction medical marijuana dispensary, shows marijuana plant buds on May 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images.

U.S. Senate Dems launch renewed push for full marijuana legalization

The bill would automatically expunge federal marijuana-related convictions, direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development to create a program to help people who lost access to housing benefits because of marijuana convictions.

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