Section 7AAA Baseball
Hermantown vs. Grand Rapids, 1 p.m. championship in Grand Rapids
Section 7AAA Baseball
Hermantown vs. Grand Rapids, 1 p.m. championship in Grand Rapids
For now, the political formula in Minnesota’s 8th District remains remarkably consistent. Duluth votes. The Iron Range votes. Then the rest of northern Minnesota votes. And the rest of northern Minnesota is usually enough.
If Kirill Kaprizov ever gets a true sniper riding shotgun -- Brock Boeser? -- the rest of the Western Conference might suddenly discover something Minnesota fans have suspected for a while now. The Wild are closer than they look.
Duluth and St. Louis County are not asking for luxury investments. They are asking for help maintaining systems — water treatment plants, shoreline protection, waste management infrastructure — whose costs exceed what local taxpayers alone can reasonably sustain.
Every venue eventually tells the truth about its city. Not through press releases or attendance numbers, but through what finally fills the seats.