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Sports Notebook, Monday
Hermantown Boys Basketball, 2024-25 season. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Sports Notebook, Monday

Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Prep Sports Hermantown’s young, rebuilding boys basketball team showed strong development in road losses last week against Mounds View and Grand Rapids. “Mounds View is a really strong 4A program,” Hawks coach

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Prep Sports Notebook, Saturday
Duluth East boys hockey, 2024-25 season. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Prep Sports Notebook, Saturday

Note: Prep Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. PREP SPORTS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Duluth Denfeld power forward Carter Brown scored a game-high 22 points in a 61-55 boys basketball home victory over Cloquet on Thursday night. A 6-foot-4 junior

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Pine Knot News wins 23 awards at newspaper convention
Jana Peterson, right. Pine Knot News

Pine Knot News wins 23 awards at newspaper convention

"But we are also super-grateful to have the support of so many readers who appreciate having a high-quality local newspaper with unique content. We wouldn't be here without them." -- Pine Knot News editor Jana Peterson

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Howie's Prep Sports Notebook, Friday
High school boys basketball coaches Phil Homere (left) of Duluth Denfeld and Steve Battaglia of Cloquet before Thursday's Lake Superior Conference game at Denfeld Gym. iPhone

Howie's Prep Sports Notebook, Friday

"Carter Brown wanted the ball towards the end. So did Marnaries (Ferguson), until he fouled out. Lee (Brooks) did a good job quarterbacking us offensively, making the right plays, and guiding us to complete the job." -- Denfeld boys basketball coach Phil Homere on Thurday's home win over Cloquet

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Prep Sports Notebook, Thursday
MarNaries Ferguson, the best guard in Northeastern Minnesota, will lead Duluth Denfeld against Cloquet in a Lake Superior Conference game at Denfeld Gym. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Prep Sports Notebook, Thursday

QUOTE ME: Legendary Twin Ports sports guru Fred Friedman on Sunday's Super Bowl LIX: "The Eagles have more talent but the most offensive sports fans this side of the Atlantic. Visiting players’ families are openly advised not to attend the games in south Philly. KC has the

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City of Duluth prepares for snow

City of Duluth prepares for snow

Per the current forecast, travel impacts will begin sometime after 5 p.m., at which time the snowfall rate may reach .5” to 1” snowfall per hour.

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Statement on Safe Haven incident

"Safe Haven is not being investigated. Our investigation into this incident is focused on identifying the infant, identifying the party who dropped off the infant, their relation to the infant, and aiding in any potential future reunification." -- Duluth Police

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Lake Superior College to 'Give Kids a Smile' on Friday

SECTIONS: St. Louis County . City of Duluth . Sports . Lake Superior College . DECC For the 21st year, the Lake Superior College Dental Hygiene Clinic will provide children free dental service on Friday, February 7 as part of the “Give Kids A Smile” Campaign. Faculty, students and staff will work with volunteer

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Howie on Prep Sports: Hawks teams continue strong seasons

“In terms of play from our guys, we're continuing to get some great things out of Alex Schott, Ben Sundland and Sawyer Senst. Those three have been a consistent rock for us in all 17 games so far.” -- Hermantown boys basketball coach Andy Fenske

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St. Louis County, Downtown Duluth in the news
Following unanimous approval of expanding the county's Minerals Royalties Scholarship program to include apprentices in trades programs, the St. Louis County Board joined representatives from the Duluth and Iron Range Building and Construction Trades Councils for a group photo. Submitted

St. Louis County, Downtown Duluth in the news

SECTIONS: St. Louis County . City of Duluth . Sports . Lake Superior College . DECC By Dana Kazel The St. Louis County Board unanimously approved expanding its Tom Rukavina Mineral Royalties Scholarship Program to now offer scholarships to St. Louis County residents pursuing training in the building and construction trades. The vote came

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Quote Me, Howie
John Shuster of Team Shuster at the USA Curling Men’s and Women’s Nationals at the DECC Arena on Friday. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me, Howie

"The local support has been great. The DECC leadership and staff have been supportive the whole time, and they've been great to work with. It’s such a great curling community here and people understand the game." -- USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell

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Howie on Prep Sports

Note: Howie on Prep Sports is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Hermantown's boys hockey team is winding down a rugged regular season schedule that features only remaining home games against Benilde-St. Margaret’s on Friday and Grand Rapids next Tuesday.

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In Memoriam: John Gilbert
John Gilbert

In Memoriam: John Gilbert

“He and Herb Brooks ended up being quite a pair during Herb’s odyssey. John’s sports writing rivals had a saying: ‘John Gilbert didn’t invent hockey, but he was there when Herb Brooks did.’” -- Chris Miller of the Minnesota Star Tribune on John Gilbert

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