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Schneider, Watt give Bulldogs hockey a distinctly Duluth voice

DULUTH — Bulldogs hockey sounds different when the two men describing it have spent much of their lives around the game in Duluth. Zach Schneider has spent nearly two decades learning

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Hawks give Zagelmeyer plenty to like and build on
Mike Zagelmeyer. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Hawks give Zagelmeyer plenty to like and build on

Mike Zagelmeyer has good reason to like his Hermantown football team, and the reasons extend well beyond an unbeaten record and a running back who turned homecoming into a personal highlight film.  Martin Sleen supplied the extraordinary Friday night. The homecoming king returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a

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Hermantown, Cloquet meet in pivotal Northeast Red homecoming test

Hermantown, Cloquet meet in pivotal Northeast Red homecoming test

HERMANTOWN — Hermantown has spent September demonstrating how quickly it can change a football game. Cloquet has spent the past two weeks demonstrating how quickly it can change a season. The teams collide tonight in one of the more intriguing early-season Northeast Red Conference games in northeastern Minnesota, when Hermantown

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Quote Me: Dan Hartman
DECC Executive Director Dan Hartman. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me: Dan Hartman

Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Executive Director Dan Hartman on the DECC Arena naming rights sponsorship opportunity: "At today's Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) board meeting, board members greenlighted the facilities efforts to seek a naming rights sponsor for DECC Arena. This sponsor will help cover the annual

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DECC adds fried PB&J, pickle pizza to AMSOIL Arena menu

DECC adds fried PB&J, pickle pizza to AMSOIL Arena menu

Pizza rolls are joining the menu as the DECC marks its 60th anniversary. The DECC highlighted the connection to Duluth businessman Jeno Paulucci, whose company invented pizza rolls and whose support helped make the Duluth Auditorium and Arena possible in 1966.

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I-35 tunnel work to begin in Duluth

DULUTH — The Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin grinding concrete in the Interstate 35 tunnels in Duluth on Monday. Drivers should expect intermittent single-lane traffic during work hours. The northbound I-35 entrance ramps and southbound exit ramp at Lake Avenue will close for one full day in the

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St. Louis County offers free property-record alerts

St. Louis County property owners can now sign up for free email alerts when a document is recorded against their property. The county recorder’s department launched Property Watch in response to concerns about deed fraud. The county said no cases of deed fraud have been reported in St. Louis

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Minnesota Star Tribune offers subscribers one year of New York Times access
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Minnesota Star Tribune offers subscribers one year of New York Times access

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Star Tribune subscribers can receive one year of complimentary digital access to The New York Times under a new offer available to current and new print and digital subscribers. The year begins when a subscriber redeems the offer. Access to The Times requires an active Star Tribune subscription

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Hermantown volleyball returns home after competitive tournament

Hermantown’s volleyball team went 2-2 at Saturday’s Duluth East Invitational, beating White Bear Lake and Irondale before pushing Forest Lake to three sets in the silver division championship. The Hawks enter this week at 8-7, with home matches against Superior and Duluth Denfeld offering a chance

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St. Louis County sets 6.25% maximum levy increase for 2027
Sheriff Gordon Ramsay and the St. Louis County Board honored nearly three dozen emergency responders and 911 staff for their life-saving work on three incidents that occurred less than a week a part in the northern part of the county. Submitted

St. Louis County sets 6.25% maximum levy increase for 2027

COOK, Minn. — St. Louis County commissioners on Tuesday set the county’s maximum 2027 property tax levy increase at 6.25%, a $12.67 million increase that comes as county officials confront rising operating costs, state and federal mandates and growing pressure on local government services. The vote establishes the

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Zagelmeyer likes Hawks’ growth, but Cloquet brings another demanding test

Hermantown’s unbeaten start has been powered by explosive plays, increasingly physical defense and the return of an experienced quarterback. Yet coach Mike Zagelmeyer understands that a 3-0 record guarantees his Hawks nothing when Northeast Red rival Cloquet arrives for Friday night’s homecoming game. Kickoff is scheduled for

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Illikainen, Mundle inducted into Hermantown's Hall of Fame

Two of Hermantown’s most accomplished three-sport athletes, Darin Illikainen and Dale Mundle, will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in recognition of careers that spanned football, hockey, basketball and track and field. They will be introduced at halftime of Friday night's Hermantown homecoming

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