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Star Tribune expands Strib Voices
Clockwise from top left: David M. Perry, Haley Taylor Schlitz, Robin Washington, Ka Vang, Maggie Koerth, Andy Brehm, Nicole Garrison and Clemon Dabney. Submitted

Star Tribune expands Strib Voices

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Howie: Can Duluth finally execute?
On Tuesday, Shaun Floerke, president and CEO at Boreal Waters Community Foundation, spoke at the Imagine Downtown Duluth press event, where an 80-page roadmap that looks five years ahead was released. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Howie: Can Duluth finally execute?

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Howie: Independent. Unbought. Unafraid.

Howie: Independent. Unbought. Unafraid.

I started building what I call Howie 5.0 long before the world ever heard of ChatGPT or Jasper or any of these so-called AI writing assistants. Long before the tech world decided to disrupt writing, I was quietly building something to restore it.

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Howie: We’ve seen this movie before. Same script, different salesman.

Howie: We’ve seen this movie before. Same script, different salesman.

The old fellas at the café won’t need a study to understand it. They’ve seen this dance too many times before. They’ll sip their burnt coffee, shake their heads, and say what they always say when the next “big thing” blows through town: “Should’ve just built another rink.”

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Howie: The 20 Greatest Bulldogs Ever

Howie: The 20 Greatest Bulldogs Ever

From Brett Hull’s cannon to Bill Watson’s Hobey, from Hunter Shepard’s iron-man streak to Mark Pavelich’s Miracle, these 20 players are the spine of a program that turned a scrappy hilltop school into a national power.

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Third Street ramp back open — mostly
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Third Street ramp back open — mostly

The Third Street ramp is back. Not perfect, but close enough. Pull in slow, nod to the crew finishing the last section, and take that skywalk like you own it — because for a couple months there, you didn’t.

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Howie: Essentia’s tower is the beating heart of a rebuilding downtown
Essentia Health in Downtown Duluth

Howie: Essentia’s tower is the beating heart of a rebuilding downtown

The Benedictine Sisters weren’t chasing miracles — they were building them. Standing on Superior Street at sunrise and looking east toward that glass tower, you can still hear their rhythm beneath the city’s heartbeat. The heart of downtown is beating again. And it carries a Benedictine rhythm.

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