The City of Duluth’s Parks Maintenance Division will place clean, discarded wood chips for public use and pick up in bulk at the U-shaped driveway by Tony Emanuel Field at Woodland Park beginning Saturday. The wood chips, which are an urban forestry byproduct and are untreated, are available on
A recent, on-the-record chat with Gophers basketball recruit Isaac Asuma, a 6-foot-3 Cherry Tigers combo guard and likely 2024 Mr. Basketball in Minnesota – "I had a really great summer with D1 Minnesota, when a lot of us got tons better. It was good to play against elite competition – just
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission today approved interim rates for Minnesota Power’s customers, the first step of a longer process to evaluate the company’s recently filed electric rate proposal. The MPUC has approved an overall interim rate increase of about 8.6%, or $63.8 million in annual
Tim Cortes, a nationally renowned commemorative sports artist in Duluth, has opened a studio at Essentia Duluth Heritage Center in Clyde Park. Through a special arrangement with the EDHC’s Board of Directors, he will perform and display his colored pencil creations in the EDHC’s Warming House, a 900
The 14-voice Lake Superior College Choir will hold a free holiday concert on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the main campus’ atrium. “Our talented choir students have enjoyed learning some holiday songs and are excited to share them with family and friends,” said Cal Metts, choir instructor at Lake
Updated Top-5 Team Rankings Boys Basketball 1. Cherry 2. Duluth Denfeld 3. Esko 4. Hermantown 5. Cloquet Girls Basketball 1. Cloquet (3-0). Hosts Grand Rapids Saturday. 2. Grand Rapids (4-1). At Cloquet Saturday. 3. Esko (2-2). 4. Duluth East 5. Hermantown Boys Hockey 1. Hermantown 2. Cloquet 3. Duluth East
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council will be undergoing an unexpected move in the next couple of weeks. Due to an apparent heating problem, the owner of the Ordean building issued an eviction notice effective December 31, 2023. The ARAC staff is disappointed with this news and we’re committed to
Denfeld visits Silver Bay in girls basketball, 6 p.m. Game Notes: The Hunters (0-1) lost their 2023-24 season and home opener against North Branch 75-24 last Friday. The Mariners are 0-3. Denfeld visits Hermantown in boys basketball, 7 p.m. Game Notes: Both teams opened their season in the
1963 Cloquet Boys – Lost to Marshall by one point, 75-74, in what many sport historians call the greatest Minnesota state championship game ever. Mike Forrest’s last second shot in and out. Forrest, Dave Meisner and Denny Breitbarth chosen as All State. Coached by young Ben Trochill 1958 Cloquet Boys
Duluth mayor-elect 'Risky Roger' Reinert on what he's been up to since blitzing incumbent Emily Larson in the November 8 general election – "If possible, I'm busier now than I was during the campaign. Actively winding up my legal work, and finishing the semester
Legendary Spirit of Duluth youth hockey tournament chairman William Oswald on this weekend's 48-team event – "I would like to start out by saying yet another great Spirit of Duluth tournament is in the books, and the 46th annual tourney was a great success. I would like to
The Pine Knot News observed its fifth anniversary at the end of October rather quietly, because staff members at the independent locally owned newspaper were busy working. From humble beginnings in October of 2018 when its five owners mailed free copies across northern Carlton County, the Pine Knot News has
Class 1A/top-rated Hermantown clipped 2A/No. 7 Cretin-Derham Hall 2-1 and skated to a 3-3 overtime tie against 2A/No. 5 Hill-Murray in a high school boys hockey season-opening road back-to-back this weekend. The Hawks, skating with six sophomores who gained their first varsity experience since moving up from
By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. Essentia nurse practitioners and physician assistants file for union More than 350 Essentia Health nurse practitioners and other advanced practice providers could vote to unionize with the Minnesota
TUESDAY Boys Basketball – host Duluth Denfeld, 7 p.m. Game Notes: A possible preview of a Section 7AAA playoff game, in the first game of a home-and-home Lake Superior Conference regular season series. The Hawks are led by 6-foot-4 senior power forward Abe Soumis, a HowieHanson.com 2023-24 Preseason First