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Howie: A summer night, a legacy pavilion and park, and the Fish Heads’ gift of music
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Howie: A summer night, a legacy pavilion and park, and the Fish Heads’ gift of music

The newly renovated Renee Kathy Van Nett Pavilion was built for nights like this. On Tuesday, the gentle slopes of the hillside became an amphitheater, the legacy pavilion framed the stage, and hundreds of Duluthians — families, neighbors, and friends — gathered for a free Music in the Park concert that felt

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Howie: Yes to our hometown kid, Pionk

I’ve seen enough of these USA Hockey Olympic rosters to know the ending before the credits roll. Forty-four names were dropped Tuesday for what they’re calling an “orientation camp” in Plymouth. Translation: a few days in a hotel ballroom, no ice, no sticks, just endless PowerPoint slides and

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Howie: Just make sure I get my check on Friday
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Howie: Just make sure I get my check on Friday

Silence is the danger here. Duluth is a city where speaking the truth gets you branded an alarmist. Shut up, smile and nod along while your neighbors drown. That’s how the people in power like it. Just the steady rhythm of their Friday checks clearing while the walls cave in around everyone else.

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Howie: Don't forget the people who struggle

Hubert Humphrey wouldn’t mince words. He’d say: Don’t forget them. Don’t forget the little guy. Don’t forget the people who don’t have lobbyists, who don’t have PACs, who don’t write $5,000 checks at fundraisers. Don’t forget the seniors who built our towns and now count pills at the kitchen table.

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Oh, My: Huskies botch routine infield popup in loss
A fan reacted to the Huskies not making a play on a routine pop fly in the infield with two outs in the top of the 9th inning in the league championship Thursday night in Duluth, allowing the winning run to score and another later in the inning. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Oh, My: Huskies botch routine infield popup in loss

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