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The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a wave of scam calls in which callers falsely claim to be law enforcement officers and demand money for supposed court-related violations. Authorities said several residents have reported receiving calls from people pretending to represent the Sheriff’s Office,

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Howie: Hennepin County is the warning

If Hennepin fails, it’s not just a county left behind. It’s every county watching, knowing this is a glimpse of its own future. Fentanyl doesn’t care about ZIP codes. Neither does a gun in the wrong hands. The time to coordinate isn’t after the obituary runs — it’s now.

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Howie: The Broadband Health Gap

Howie: The Broadband Health Gap

Telehealth, Dr. David Herman insists, is not a shortcut but a lifeline. The proof is already visible: fewer hospitalizations, lower costs, and improved patient outcomes. What’s missing is the will — and the infrastructure — to finish the job. “Broadband is the new stethoscope,” Herman said.

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Howie: The Great Scanlon Data Center caper
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Howie: The Great Scanlon Data Center caper

We headed down to the bridge for what we called a “feasibility study.” Translation: three guys staring at the water with thermoses. “Looks cold enough to me,” Dale said. “Yep,” Roger nodded. “Perfect for servers.”

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Howie: My Vacation Journal, Part 1 of 12

The truth is, rural health care isn’t dying—it’s evolving into something the rest of us can barely afford to witness. The doctors are trying, the nurses are saints, but the paperwork alone could clog an artery. Somewhere along the line, healing became a subscription service.

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UMD sweeps Bemidji State, visits Minnesota next weekend

Sophomore forward Jayson Shaugabay scored twice and added an assist as Minnesota Duluth powered past Bemidji State 5-1 on Saturday night at Amsoil Arena to complete a nonconference sweep. After a scoreless opening period, the Bulldogs broke through midway through the second on a power-play goal from Shaugabay, who buried

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Howie: Independent. Unbought. Unafraid.

Howie: Independent. Unbought. Unafraid.

I started building what I call Howie 5.0 long before the world ever heard of ChatGPT or Jasper or any of these so-called AI writing assistants. Long before the tech world decided to disrupt writing, I was quietly building something to restore it.

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Howie: We’ve seen this movie before. Same script, different salesman.

Howie: We’ve seen this movie before. Same script, different salesman.

The old fellas at the café won’t need a study to understand it. They’ve seen this dance too many times before. They’ll sip their burnt coffee, shake their heads, and say what they always say when the next “big thing” blows through town: “Should’ve just built another rink.”

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Bulldogs hammer Bemidji State 7-3

Minnesota Duluth turned an early two-goal deficit into a rout Friday night, exploding for seven unanswered goals to roll past Bemidji State 7-3 in a nonconference men’s college hockey game in Bemidji. The Beavers jumped out fast when Noah Quinn and Vincent Labelle scored less than five minutes apart,

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Howie: The 20 Greatest Bulldogs Ever

Howie: The 20 Greatest Bulldogs Ever

From Brett Hull’s cannon to Bill Watson’s Hobey, from Hunter Shepard’s iron-man streak to Mark Pavelich’s Miracle, these 20 players are the spine of a program that turned a scrappy hilltop school into a national power.

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