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UMD picks new chancellor

Dr. Charles Nies has been named chancellor of the University of Minnesota Duluth, effective July 1, 2024 and pending approval by the University’s Board of Regents at its May 2024 meeting. “Dr. Nies is an experienced, strategic leader who is ready to tackle UMD’s challenges and celebrate its

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City of Duluth provides updates on snow event
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City of Duluth provides updates on snow event

Press Release, 8 a.m. Tuesday By Kelli Latuska Due to continued inclement weather conditions, Duluth Workforce Center/CareerForce will be closed to the public today, with staff working remotely. All other City of Duluth facilities are open to the public today with some staff working remotely. The National Weather

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St. Luke’s welcomes Dr. Paul Peterson

Neurologist Dr. Paul Peterson has joined St. Luke’s Stroke Center, where he will provide emergent, hospital and clinical care to stroke patients. Dr. Peterson earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at San Antionio Uniformed Services Health

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City of Duluth provides update on snow event
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City of Duluth provides update on snow event

Updated: 3:45 p.m. Monday By Kelli Latuska Snow continues to fall across the city, albeit at a lighter pace than earlier this morning. The current forecast package by the National Weather Service in Duluth has the storm ending sometime tomorrow afternoon/evening. Additional snow accumulations should be on

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Minnesota governor says public option won’t happen this year — and other labor news
House Majority Leader Jamie Long, DFL-Minneapolis, speaks at a news conference in support of a public option on Feb. 14, 2024. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.

Minnesota governor says public option won’t happen this year — and other labor news

By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: governor throws cold water on public option; Minneapolis roiled by Uber and Lyft threats; lawmakers look to raise state minimum wage; U of M students could

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Player to Watch
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Player to Watch

Duluth Denfeld senior-to-be running back Taye Manns (maroon uniform) has the skillset to be an impact player at the next level, perhaps even at the University of Minnesota. He's a north-south runner with elite breakaway speed and size, who prefers to run inside the tackles and run through

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Bulldogs begin spring football workouts

Bulldogs begin spring football workouts

The Bulldogs will begin spring football practices today at Malosky Stadium. UMD, which finished 9-2 overall and 8-2 for a three-way tie for second place in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference a year ago, will have 13 full squad practices leading to a joint practice-spring scrimmage against Bemidji State on

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Vikings continue to build defense, add two veterans
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Vikings continue to build defense, add two veterans

By Craig Peters EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings on Wednesday continued adding to the defense by signing lineman Jihad Ward and agreeing to terms with linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill. Ward joins the Vikings after spending the past two seasons with the Giants, for whom he started 20 of 34 games played. He

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Why the Minneapolis school district is facing a large budget shortfall
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Why the Minneapolis school district is facing a large budget shortfall

By Christopher Ingraham, Minnesota Reformer Minneapolis school board members met on Tuesday to discuss how to close a projected $110 million funding gap. The shortfall, which puts the district on the brink of insolvency and state intervention, is driven largely by a long-term decline in enrollment stretching back at least

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Michelle Arnhold Davies joins board of Alworth Memorial Fund

The Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund, founded in 1949, has named Michelle Arnhold Davies to a five-year term on its Board of Directors. Since 2016, Arnhold Davies has been a Biology Faculty member at Minnesota North College-Itasca in Grand Rapids. An engaged member of the college community, she

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