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Howie: Boldly, Reinert holds the line while others play catch-up
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Howie: Boldly, Reinert holds the line while others play catch-up

But here’s the bet: Duluthians are sick of the excuses. They’re sick of levy hikes passed off as inevitabilities. They’re sick of being told to feel guilty if they say no. And they’re ready to support someone who actually treats their money with respect.

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Howie on Prep Football: Hermantown, Grand Rapids and North Branch heavy favorites to begin 2-0
Hermantown junior halfback Martin Sleen is expected to have a big game tonight against heavy underdog Proctor at Corey Veech Field in Hermantown. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Howie on Prep Football: Hermantown, Grand Rapids and North Branch heavy favorites to begin 2-0

It’s Week 2, and the Northeast Red feels like a carnival ride — loud, dizzy, and guaranteed to keep at least one team still winless before it’s over, as the Big 3 begin to separate from the pretenders.

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Howie: Consultant’s plan aims to redefine Duluth’s downtown
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Howie: Consultant’s plan aims to redefine Duluth’s downtown

On Superior Street, the contrast remains: laughter spilling from one door, papered windows a few steps away. The Imagine Downtown plan will not erase that reality overnight. But it offers a vision, backed by community and guided by outside expertise, that says decline is not destiny.

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Howie's Legend Club: Legendary Scott Sandelin

Scott Sandelin is the founding member, the inaugural giant, the first name etched into the roll call of the Howie's Legend Club. From now on, when he walks into Amsoil or down Superior Street, the whispers will follow: “There goes Legendary Scott Sandelin.”

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Minnesota Mile returns Friday

The HowieHanson.com is powered by Lyric Kitchen · Bar The Minnesota Mile will bring runners back to Enger Park on Friday evening, offering a one-mile showcase on Skyline Parkway with some of the best views in the city and the chance to support youth athletics. The event, capped at

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Howie: Readers don’t want content. They want columnists.

Minnesota publishers aren't listening to readers when they cut print or redesign their websites for the hundredth time. The future isn’t in the layout. It’s in the personality. It’s in having columnists embedded in every neighborhood, every small town, every city council chamber, every rink and gym.

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Chlorine leak prompts evacuation at Canal Park apartment building

The HowieHanson.com is powered by Lyric Kitchen · Bar A suspected chlorine gas leak prompted an evacuation at a Canal Park apartment building late Tuesday morning, closing a stretch of South Lake Avenue for several hours. The Duluth Fire Department was called about 9:30 a.m. to The Suites

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Howie: Neal Pionk and the Olympic dream

So here’s Neal Pionk, sitting in the back row of orientation camp, probably wondering if anyone will remember that winning hockey games requires more than highlight-reel goals and “branding initiatives.” If history holds, they won’t.

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Howie: ‘Imagine Downtown’ looks to reshape Duluth’s core
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Howie: ‘Imagine Downtown’ looks to reshape Duluth’s core

The outcome will depend on whether Duluth can move from vision to action. “Only in working together will we make this happen. No one is going to do it for us,” said Shaun Floerke, president and CEO of Boreal Waters Community Foundation.

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UMD students displaced after Woodland Avenue house fire

The HowieHanson.com is powered by Lyric Kitchen · Bar The Duluth Fire Department responded to a blaze early Tuesday morning on the 600 block of Woodland Avenue that forced six Minnesota Duluth students from their home. Crews were called to the two-story residence at 3:47 a.m., where

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