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Hermantown sets Aug. 12-14 football equipment pickup for grades 7-8
HERMANTOWN — The Hermantown football program will launch preparations for the 2025 season with three equipment pickup and program
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Monsters make roster moves, add consultant
With three consecutive home games to finish the regular season, Minnesota is hoping to finish at least fourth in the nine-team league and secure a home playoff game in the first round of the six-team playoffs.
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Duluth Public Library, Members Cooperative Credit Union team up to expand Kaleidoscope Summer Series
DULUTH — The Duluth Public Library today announced the return of Kaleidoscope, its longtime summer performance series for children,
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Could AI become the next iron ore for Duluth?
Duluth has spent generations moving the raw materials that fueled America's industrial economy. The question now is whether it can play a role in powering America's digital one. The answer may help define the city's next century.
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College Men's Hockey: Gophers visit Bulldogs Oct. 16-17 in Brett Larson's first season
The Big Ten Tournament begins in March, with all games hosted at the higher seed's campus. NCAA regional competition is scheduled for March 25-28, while the 2027 Frozen Four will be held April 8 and 10 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
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Howie: My final 2026 NHL Draft big board
Several clubs selecting in the top 15 are expected to target blueliners, creating what could become one of the most defense-heavy opening rounds in recent NHL Draft history.
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Howie: My final 2026 NBA Big Board
BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa, a 6-foot-9 wing combines elite athleticism, shot creation and scoring ability that evaluators believe translates immediately to the NBA game. Most projections have him headed to the Washington Wizards with the No. 1 overall selection.
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Iverson, Parker upset deep fields for Bjorklund victories
DULUTH, Minn. — Acer Iverson and Kasandra Parker arrived at the 36th annual Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon as talented
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Howie: The five Vikings training camp battles that will define the 2026 season
"Watch what Harrison Smith decides to do. If he thinks the team is a legitimate contender, he will come back to help out. If he does not, he will retire. His appraisals of talent and the Purple's immediate potential are far more informed than all the fans and journalists combined." -- Fred Friedman
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Malik Henry finally looks like the quarterback everyone saw coming
DULUTH, Minn. — Malik Henry stood outside the visitors' locker room Monday night sounding like a quarterback whose
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Don Ness and the reinvention of Duluth
Ness convinced Duluth to stop speaking about itself like a city waiting for the next economic funeral and start speaking about itself like a place with a future worth competing for nationally. Not perfectly. Not without backlash. Not without legitimate criticism. But undeniably.
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Howie: My AF1 Dream Team
Player of the Year frontrunner Malik Henry of Michigan tops my 2026 AF1 Dream Team, as teams battle
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My Final Top 50 Prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft
The first five names on this list will generate most of the headlines. That's how the draft works. The real story, however, often emerges years later. Somewhere between picks 25 and 50 sits a future NHL star. Every draft has one.
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Hawks have the look of a team ready to chase down Grand Rapids in Section 7-4A football
The rankings begin this way: Hermantown, Grand Rapids, North Branch, Cloquet, Duluth Denfeld, Duluth East and Rock Ridge.
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Duluth Marshall standout among nation's top young prospects
Recruiting services rank Duluth Marshall's Chloe Johnson among the top players nationally in the Class of 2028, and ESPN has rated her among the elite prospects in her class.
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Cloquet's Jamie Langenbrunner continues hockey journey with Predators front office
CLOQUET, Minn. — Jamie Langenbrunner, a Cloquet native, two-time Stanley Cup champion and former captain of the U.
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Shea, Myran repeat as William A. Irvin 5K champions
The race attracted 2,525 finishers, narrowly missing the event record of 2,548 participants set in 2025. The William A. Irvin 5K serves as one of the traditional kickoff events for the annual Grandma's Marathon weekend, drawing runners from across the region and beyond to Duluth's waterfront.
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Juneteenth Basketball Classic shows Duluth at its best
The event represented something larger than a summer exhibition. It was a reminder that basketball remains one of the city's most powerful community connectors, capable of bringing together people from different neighborhoods, backgrounds and generations for a common purpose.