The Minnesota Wilderness today announced it has hired a new general manager and assistant GM for its Cloquet-based North American Hockey League (NAHL) squad. Brandon Ferns has been brought in to be the team’s new GM. The 27-year-old from Sartell, MN, has been involved in junior hockey as either
At approximately 3:15 p.m., Duluth Police responded to a Voyager school bus vs. vehicle crash in the area of Rice Lake Road and Barnes Road. Initial investigation shows the school bus was attempting to turn southbound on Rice Lake Road when a vehicle that was traveling northbound on
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will perform over Lake Superior in Duluth on July 31 at 5 p.m. as Canada “Celebrates 100 Years of the Royal Canadian Air Force.” Duluth was chosen as one of only four US cities to host the Snowbirds as they celebrate this milestone.
One of the NA3HL’s newest teams will call the oldest rink in Minnesota its home. The Eveleth City Council today approved an agreement with the Minnesota Wilderness to house the organization’s new NA3HL squad at the historic Hippodrome. The Hippodrome – also known as “the Hipp” – first opened in
By Shauneen Miranda, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to help them purchase clean school buses. Among them: 15 Minnesota districts,
Park Point's Sky Harbor Airport will host the International Cessna 180/185 Club annual convention on Thursday through Monday. Anticipated attendance is approximately 50 aircraft and roughly 100 visitors. "We are happy to host this gathering of Cessna 180/185 aircraft at DYT," said Tom Werner,
Section 7AAA Baseball Hermantown 6, Cloquet 3 Denfeld 6, Chisago Lakes 2 Section 7AA Baseball Duluth Marshall 10, Milaca 0 Esko 12, Two Harbors 0 Moose Lake-Willow River 16, Aitkin 7 Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 4, Barnum 3 Mesabi East 4, International Falls 2 Proctor 7, Crosby-Ironton 0 Rush City 5, Hinckley-Finlayson
Big Dave and the Ripples performed at halftime of the Duluth Harbors Monsters first home game of the 2024 indoor football league season Saturday night at the original DECC Arena.
Update to Friday's Incident 12:45 p.m., May 28, 2024 UPDATE: The Duluth Police Department is releasing the name of the victim involved in Friday’s incident. 81-year-old Bradley French is in stable condition after sustaining significant head injuries. French and Tolbert were not known to each
Two-time ESPY award winner and Guiness world record holder Chris Nikic will be at the starting line of the 2024 Grandma’s Marathon, the organization announced today. Nikic was born with Down syndrome and was unable to walk well until age 4. Still, recently, he became the first person with
Local response to the Duluth Harbors Monsters' 86-34 indoor football exhibition victory over Up 1 Athletic Showcase (Atlanta) on Saturday night at Duluth Arena: Ebony Carter – "It was an amazing game. But it was more than that for me. I watched my son (Terrance Wenzel) and daughter (Mikayla
Hermantown today released its 2024 varsity football schedule, as published below: Friday, August 30 – Proctor, 7 p.m. Friday, September 6 – Cloquet, 7 p.m. Friday, September 13 – at North Branch, 7 p.m. Friday, September 20 – at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Friday, September 27 – Rock Ridge, 7 p.
By Kyle Davidson The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said this year marked a record low in ice coverage on the Great Lakes, which comes as no surprise to Minnesotans who experienced the warmest winter in well over a century. In a post to its blog, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental
By Christopher Ingraham Four years ago this week, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. The event was captured on video, inspiring protests and riots in Minnesota and beyond. Floyd’s killing brought newfound attention to Minnesota’s longstanding racial disparities, some of the nation’s worst. In the
The 102nd annual Proctor Memorial Day observance and program, sponsored by the Proctor American Legion Post 106, will be held Monday, May 27, at 9:30 a.m. at Proctor Community Center. Dave Anderson of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Division will be the keynote speaker. Tom Meadath of
Peter and the Starcatcher, a Tony Award-winning, music-filled play and a hilarious and wildly theatrical prequel to Peter Pan, opens tonight and runs through June 2 at NorShor Theatre in Downtown Duluth. Based on the best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, the play begins with a band of
