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Howie: Duluth’s airport is flunking its own report card

Airports are economic mirrors. Strong, growing cities attract more flights, more routes, more airlines willing to gamble. Weak, stagnant economies don’t. Carriers aren’t sentimental; they’re accountants with wings. If you can’t fill the seats, they won’t stick around.

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Howie: AF1 signs six players after NSC padded practice Wednesday
AF1 Commissioner Jeff Fisher (far right) spoke to the players at Wednesday's padded practice and later in the evening. Submitted
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Howie: AF1 signs six players after NSC padded practice Wednesday

AF1’s approach — structured evaluation, real coaching, honest feedback and decisive action — has turned the National Scouting Combine into more than a showcase. It has become a proving ground. And for those who proved themselves once the pads went on, it has already paid off.

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Howie: Wednesday Community News

Howie's community news column is powered by Lyric Kitchen · Bar  THE CITY OF DULUTH WILL host a public open house Thursday, Jan. 15, to introduce a planned reconstruction project on Fourth Street between Mesaba Avenue and Sixth Avenue East and to gather early community feedback. The open house

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2026 Minnesota Monsters Schedule/ Results

Week 1: vs Albany Firebirds — Apr. 11 Week 2: BYE Week 3: vs Michigan Arsenal — TBD Week 4: vs Oceanside Bombers — May 3 Week 5: vs Michigan Arsenal — TBD Week 6: BYE Week 7: at Nashville Kats — May 22 Week 8: at Kentucky Barrels — May 30 Week 9: vs Oceanside

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2026 AF1 Weekly Schedule

Week 1 — April 11–12 * Saturday, April 11 * Minnesota Monsters vs. Albany Firebirds — 7 p.m. EDT * Sunday, April 12 * Michigan Arsenal vs. Kentucky Barrels — 5 p.m. EDT * Beaumont Renegades vs. Oceanside Bombers — TBD * Oregon Lightning vs. Washington Wolfpack — TBD Week 2 — April 19 * Sunday, April 19 * Oceanside Bombers

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