Unbeatens, conference tests highlight northeastern Minnesota prep sports week
The largest stage comes Friday night, when Hermantown, Grand Rapids and Hibbing — each 2-0 — attempt to protect unbeaten starts in football.
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Morgan scores four touchdowns as Grand Rapids routs Cloquet 56-14
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — Ethan Morgan scored four touchdowns and Grand Rapids erupted for 42 first-half points Thursday night, overwhelming Cloquet 56-14 in the Northeast Red high school football season opener for both teams at Noble Hall Field. Morgan scored twice on the ground and caught two touchdown passes
Grand Rapids, Hermantown headline opening week of northeastern Minnesota football
The 2026 high school football season in northeastern Minnesota begins this week with a familiar measuring stick: Grand Rapids owns Section 7, Class 4A until somebody proves otherwise. The Thunderhawks were 10-2 a year ago, swept through the Northeast Red District without a loss, outscored opponents 518-101 and
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2026 Hermantown Volleyball Schedule
Aug. 24 – Hibbing and six other teams at Princeton, 9 a.m. Aug. 27 -- at Duluth Marshall, 7 p.m. Sept. 1 -- Esko, 7 p.m. Sept. 3 -- Princeton, 7 p.m. Sept. 8 -- at Duluth East, 7 p.m. Sept. 10 -- Proctor, 7 p.m. Sept. 12 -- North Branch
2026 Hermantown Girls Soccer Schedule
Aug. 27 – North Branch, 4 p.m. Aug. 29 -- Big Lake, noon Aug. 31 -- at Duluth Marshall, 4 p.m. Sept. 3 -- Proctor, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9 -- Coon Rapids, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 -- Hibbing, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 12 -- at Cloquet, 4 p.m. Sept.
2026 Hermantown Boys Soccer Schedule
Aug. 27 – Holy Family, 6 p.m. Aug. 28 -- at Mesabi East, 5 p.m. Sept. 1 -- Duluth Marshall, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 3 -- at Proctor, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8 -- Hibbing, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 -- at Cloquet, 7 p.m. Sept. 15 -- at Duluth Denfeld,
2026 Hermantown Girls Tennis Schedule
Aug. 24 – at Duluth Marshall, 4 p.m. Aug. 26 -- Buffalo and one other team, 9 a.m. Sept. 1 -- at Grand Rapids, 9 a.m. Sept. 2 -- at Rock Ridge, 4 p.m. Sept. 3 -- at Duluth Denfeld, 4:15 p.m. Sept. 8 -- Cloquet, 4 p.m. Sept.
2026 Hermantown Football Schedule
Aug. 29 – at Esko (scrimmage), 9 a.m. Sept. 4 -- at Duluth Denfeld, 6 p.m. Sept. 11 -- at Proctor, 7 p.m. Sept. 18 -- Duluth East, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 -- Cloquet, 7 p.m. Oct. 2 -- at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Oct. 9 -- Esko, 7 p.m.
2026 Duluth East Football Schedule
Sept. 3 (7 p.m.) — vs. Rock Ridge Sept. 11 (6 p.m.) — at Brainerd Sept. 18 (6 p.m.) — at Hermantown Sept. 25 (7 p.m.) — vs. Grand Rapids Oct. 2 (6 p.m.) — at North Branch Oct. 9 (6 p.m.) — vs. Duluth Denfeld Oct. 16 (6 p.
GOP state Sen. Justin Eichorn arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with a 16-year-old girl
By Michelle Griffith, Minnesota Reformer State Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, was arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex. Bloomington Police led Eichorn, 40, to believe he was talking to a 16-year-old girl and then met the senator and arrested him Monday near