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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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Stauber, Schultz and Biden in the news

Congressman Pete Stauber’s (MN-08) bill to restore energy development on Alaska’s North Slope passed the House of Representatives this week. The Alaska’s Right to Produce Act will reverse the Biden Department of the Interior (DOI)’s decision to prohibit oil and gas development on 13 million acres

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Sunday Prep Sports Notebook

Saturday Results Baseball Hermantown 4, North Branch 0. Ace junior pitcher River Freeman threw a no-hitter for the Hawks (4-3). Esko 2, St. Anthony 0 Duluth Denfeld 9, North Branch 2. The Hunters improved to 6-6 overall. Softball Proctor 10, Maple Lake 0 DC Everest 8, Superior 7 Monticello 7,

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Republish It! Mayor Reinert's Facebook post on Clean Yer Creek
Reinert participating in Clean Yer Creek on Saturday. Facebook screenshot.

Republish It! Mayor Reinert's Facebook post on Clean Yer Creek

"Happy rainy Saturday! Great to see many out this morning at the 16th annual Clean Yer Creek event! This year we worked on Lester, Merritt, Keene, Chester and Miller. This is one of my favorite spring events and despite it nearly always being rainy, it is a perfect way

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John S. Werner Memorial 5K Run-Walk set for May 11

The St. Louis County Historical Society and its Veterans Memorial Hall are holding a 5k to honor the memory of Command Sergeant Major John S. Werner on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Start time is 9 a.m. with a short ceremony prior at The Other Place Bar & Grill, 3930

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Enger Park Golf Today
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Enger Park Golf Today

Two City of Duluth carpenters are building new wooden steps at one of two front entrances at the historic Enger Park Golf Course clubhouse today.

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Workers at two Essentia Health facilities file for union representation

Registered nurses at Essentia Miller Hill Surgery Center and nurses and other healthcare workers at Essentia Solvay Hospice House announced this week that they have filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association. Workers at each of the

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Vikings sign free agent punter Seth Vernon
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Vikings sign free agent punter Seth Vernon

By Lindsey Young The Vikings have added a second punter to the roster. Minnesota signed free agent Seth Vernon, the team announced Tuesday. Mostly recently, Vernon spent the 2022 offseason and training camp with the Atlanta Falcons, who signed him as an undrafted rookie. He was released on Aug. 16,

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Vikings exercise 5th-year option on Christian Darrisaw
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Vikings exercise 5th-year option on Christian Darrisaw

By Craig Peters The Minnesota Vikings on Monday announced the team has exercised the fifth-year option on tackle Christian Darrisaw, extending his rookie contract through the 2025 season. Darrisaw was selected by the Vikings in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft out of Virginia Tech. He

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Duluth Dylan Fest runs May 21-26

Duluth Dylan Fest runs May 21-26

The Bob Dylan Way Committee has finalized its schedule for the 2024 Duluth Dylan Fest, the annual celebration of the Northland’s native son whose global significance was affirmed by the Nobel Prize committee in 2016. The Fest will feature a range of events spanning May 21 - 26 in

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City of Duluth provides update to demonstrations
Priley Circle and the Rose Garden on Thursday morning. Howie / HowieHanson.com

City of Duluth provides update to demonstrations

By Mattie Hjelseth May 2, 10:30 a.m. UPDATE: The City of Duluth respects the rights of persons to lawfully and peacefully exercise their Constitutional rights. As a reminder, city parks are closed between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Further, camping, setting up any

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Photo of the Day
Community Action Duluth executives Keesha Coon (left) and Melissa Hellerud hold the official proclamation following Wednesday's presentation by Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert. Howie / HowieHanson

Photo of the Day

Mayor Roger Reinert on Wednesday proclaimed May as Community Action Duluth Month in the City of Duluth.

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