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Today's Games Section 7AA Softball Playoffs Proctor vs. Aitkin, 10:30 a.m. Cloquet's Braun Park Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin vs. Esko, 10:30 p.m. Cloquet's Braun Park Rush City vs. Barnum, 3 p.m. Cloquet's Braun Park International Falls vs. Hinckley-Finlayson, 3

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Prep Sports Notebook, Friday

Today's Events Section 7AAAA Baseball Duluth East vs. Blaine (Elimination Game) Section 7AAA Baseball Duluth Denfeld vs. Grand Rapids (Semifinal) Chisago Lakes vs. Rock Ridge (Elimination Game) Hermantown vs. Hibbing (Elimination Game)

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Take a bow, Hermantown activities award winners

The Hermantown Activities Department today announced its 2023-24 award winners for MVPs for activities, Triple A Winners, Athlete of the Year, and Nancy Huttel Award, as follows: Male and Female Athletes of the Year – Peyton Menzel and Katie Sandelin Nany Huttel Award Winner – Madeline Moore Hermantown Triple A Winners – Keana

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Republish It! Don Ness on retiree health care

"I'm proud to say, that problem has been solved. City retirees have the security knowing that the benefit will remain for the rest of their lives. Taxpayers will see a massive DECREASE in the costs of providing this benefit from this day forward." -- Former Duluth Mayor Don Ness

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BREAKING: Trump found guilty on 34 felony counts in NY hush money trial
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images.

BREAKING: Trump found guilty on 34 felony counts in NY hush money trial

By Ashley Murray, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — Jurors in New York state court on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star ultimately to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. The first-ever criminal

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Vikings sign five 2024 NFL Draft selections

The Vikings on May 10 inked three of their seven selections in the 2024 NFL Draft. Minnesota announced the signings of kicker Will Reichard, offensive lineman Michael Jurgens and defensive lineman Levi Drake Rodriguez. Minnesota also announced the signings of all 17 undrafted free agents who had agreed to terms

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Jury convicts Bonnell of Hibbing homicide

A St. Louis County jury on Wednesday found Deshon Israel Bonnell, 23, guilty of Premeditated Murder in the First Degree and Murder in the First Degree While Committing or Attempting to Commit Kidnapping. Both charges carry a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of release. In 2019, Bonnell pleaded guilty

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Daily alcohol, cannabis use on the rise in Minnesota
Advocates for marijuana legal reform listen to music while attending the first annual National Cannabis Festival April 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. The festival was created for proponents of legalization to celebrate the partial legalization of marijuana in the nation’s capital and states around the nation. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Daily alcohol, cannabis use on the rise in Minnesota

By Christopher Ingraham, Minnesota Reformer A recent study published in the journal Addiction found that for the first time, daily marijuana users outnumber daily alcohol drinkers in the United States.  Public health experts are keeping a close eye on the trend, as daily marijuana users are at higher risk of

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DFL Party Chair Ken Martin, Walz call for resignation of embroiled Sen. Nicole Mitchell
Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, did not answer questions from members of a Senate ethics committee on May 7, 2024. Her attorney, Bruce Ringstrom Jr., said Mitchell was pleading the Fifth Amendment. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer.

DFL Party Chair Ken Martin, Walz call for resignation of embroiled Sen. Nicole Mitchell

Mitchell has been embroiled in scandal ever since she was arrested in April for allegedly breaking into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home to steal some sentimental items of her late father, including his ashes.

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Today's Prep Playoff Games

Section 7AAA Baseball Cambridge-Isanti at Duluth East (Elimination Bracket) Section 7AAA Baseball Duluth Denfeld at Hermantown Rock Ridge at Grand Rapids Cloquet at Chisago Lakes (Elimination Bracket) North Branch at Hibbing (Elimination Bracket) Section 7AA Baseball Proctor at Esko Moose Lake/Willow River vs. Mesaibi East, Wade Stadium (Elimination Bracket)

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Wilderness announce new GM, assistant GM

The Minnesota Wilderness today announced it has hired a new general manager and assistant GM for its Cloquet-based North American Hockey League (NAHL) squad.  Brandon Ferns has been brought in to be the team’s new GM. The 27-year-old from Sartell, MN, has been involved in junior hockey as either

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Duluth Police respond to school bus vs. car accident

Duluth Police respond to school bus vs. car accident

At approximately 3:15 p.m., Duluth Police responded to a Voyager school bus vs. vehicle crash in the area of Rice Lake Road and Barnes Road. Initial investigation shows the school bus was attempting to turn southbound on Rice Lake Road when a vehicle that was traveling northbound on

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Free airshow coming to Duluth

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will perform over Lake Superior in Duluth on July 31 at 5 p.m. as Canada “Celebrates 100 Years of the Royal Canadian Air Force.” Duluth was chosen as one of only four US cities to host the Snowbirds as they celebrate this milestone.

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NA3 team secures Eveleth Hippodrome as home arena

One of the NA3HL’s newest teams will call the oldest rink in Minnesota its home. The Eveleth City Council today approved an agreement with the Minnesota Wilderness to house the organization’s new NA3HL squad at the historic Hippodrome. The Hippodrome – also known as “the Hipp” – first opened in

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