Paul Brown has been named news director at Northern News Now, the umbrella organization for the NBC, CBS, CW and My Network local television affiliates. “Paul’s resume reads like the perfect news leader and the perfect news director," Northern News Now General Manager Todd Wentworth said in a press release. "He’s done everything there is to do in a newsroom. And on top of that I just think that he is the epitome of a coach, and a teacher, and a professor.”
National and regional leaders will gather Sept. 22-23 in Minneapolis to discuss issues shaping the Midwest and the nation
Great newspaper columnists don't simply report the news. They become part of their readers' lives. They greet us over breakfast. They spark conversations at coffee shops. They give us confidence that someone has done the reporting, made the calls and knows what really matters. Their bylines become
More than five decades later, I am still chasing the same goal I had as a 15-year-old sports reporter in Cloquet. Earn the reader's trust. Everything else is just ink.
This project is rooted in a belief that local prep sports matter. They matter because they teach discipline, resilience, teamwork and leadership. They matter because generations of families share experiences together. Most importantly, they matter because they help define who we are as communities.
My projection is 9-2 overall and 9-1 in the NSIC, with losses at Slippery Rock and Wayne State. That record should place UMD in the conference championship fight and produce another NCAA playoff berth.
The Vikings are too talented at receiver, too well coached and too versatile defensively to dismiss. They are also too uncertain at quarterback, center, safety and defensive-line depth to declare a championship contender. The most reasonable prediction is 10-7.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota will enter the 2026 football season with an established quarterback, a proven running back, one of the Big Ten’s best pass rushers and enough veteran leadership to become a better team than the one that won eight games last year. The problem for P.J. Fleck is
DULUTH, Minn. — Ja’Vonte Johnson threw two touchdown passes in the final two minutes, including the game-winner to LeDarian McAllister with 22 seconds remaining, as the Minnesota Monsters rallied past the Beaumont Renegades 42-40 Saturday night at Amsoil Arena. Minnesota trailed 40-29 before Johnson connected with Shiloh
