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Duluth Playhouse will open the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, running March 15-31 at the NorShor Theatre. Featuring an electrifying rock score, the show tells the story of a seemingly picture-perfect family that is grappling with loss and mental illness. It is an incredibly poignant and powerful piece of

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Quote Me, Howie: Daniel Fanning, Kristi Stokes

Daniel Fanning, vice president of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce and executive director of the Duluth Area Chamber Foundation, on Downtown Duluth's Annual Meeting and Celebration at the DECC on Wednesday evening – "There’s positive momentum building in Duluth’s downtown, as was evident at last

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Sports Notebook, Thursday

Today's Events Prep Boys Basketball Cloquet at Denfeld Proctor at Hinckley-Finlayson Mt. Iron-Buhl at Rock Ridge International Falls at Mesabi East Barron at Northwestern Prep Girls Basketball Hermantown at Grand Rapids Cloquet at Coon Rapids Pequot Lakes at Esko Carlton-Wrenshall at Barnum Two Harbors at Moose Lake-Willow River

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Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman

My longtime buddy and Duluth YMCA Noon Basketball Hall-of-Famer Fred Friedman on the Gophers men's basketball team, which edged Big Ten rival Michigan State 59-56 on Tuesday night at historic Williams Arena in Minneapolis – "I like (power forward Pharrel) Payne's game a lot and believed

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DECC Calendar

Today – Downtown Duluth Annual Meeting & Celebration, 4:30 p.m. Harbor Side Ballroom. For more information, visit www.downtownduluth.com Thursday – Jesus Christ Superstar, 7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall Saturday – Red Lake Nation, 1 p.m. Pioneer Hall; Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, 2 p.m. and 7 p.

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Quote Me, Howie: Roger Reinert, John Shuster

Popular Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert on the possibility of reopening Lester Park Golf Course this spring – "I am finally getting a chance to come up for air after a month in office, and move from leadership staff changes and a long list of items functionally on pause since the

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Sports Notebook, Wednesday

Tuesday Results Prep Girls Hockey Proctor/Hermantown 5, North Shore 1 (Section 7A quarterfinal) Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 4, Hibbing-Chisholm 2 (Section 7A quarterfinal) Moose Lake Area 1, Rock Ridge 0 (Section 7A quarterfinal) Prep Boys Basketball Cloquet 83, Grand Rapids 74 Esko 50, Pequot Lakes 40 Cromwell-Wright 71, Proctor 53 Carlton/Wrenshall

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People in the News

David Marc, PhD, CHDA, associate professor, chair of the Health Informatics and Information Management department at The College of St. Scholastica and healthcare data analytics expert, has been selected to participate in a national workgroup for the National Academy of Medicine to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Code of Conduct

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Quote Me, Howie: John Shuster

My legendary curling buddy John Shuster on skipping his Olympic gold medal-winning team to the 2024 U.S. National men's championship in New Jersey last week: "It was week to remember, that’s for sure. I cannot express enough how lucky I am to go to battle

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DFL lawmakers to propose statewide sales tax hike to fund housing
Minnesota Capitol. Photo by Minnesota House Public Information Services.

DFL lawmakers to propose statewide sales tax hike to fund housing

By Madison McVan, Minnesota Reformer DULUTH — Some Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers will propose a constitutional amendment that would raise the state sales tax to fund housing programs. Bill draft language would raise the state sales tax by three-eights of 1% — about 37 cents for every $100 spent — to create three funds geared

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Sports Notebook, Tuesday

Today's Events, High School Girls Hockey Hibbing-Chisholm at Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 7 p.m. (Section 7A quarterfinal) North Shore at Proctor-Hermantown, 7 p.m. (Section 7A quarterfinal) Rock Ridge at Moose Lake, 7 p.m. (Section 7A quarterfinal) Boys Basketball Esko at Pequot Lakes, 7:15 p.m. (Livestream radio)

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Northland Foundation awards 56 grants

The Northland Foundation awarded nearly $2 million in grant funds in the last quarter of 2023 to benefit people and communities in its geographic service area. The lion’s share of grant dollars – $1,175,000 total – were awarded through the Northland Foundation’s Integrated Rural Community Aging Program. The

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Harbortown Rotary celebrates 40th anniversary

Harbortown Rotary is celebrating 40 years in service to the youth of our Northland communities. In celebration of this milestone anniversary, Harbortown President Tony Hansen set a goal of completing a combination of 40 hands-on projects and organizational grants for our community. “The Rotary phrase ‘Service Above Self’ is something

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