Hockey Notebook: Hibbing/Chisholm star Rewertz commits to Bulldogs
Rewertz will divide the 2026-27 season between Hibbing/Chisholm and the Penticton Vees of the Western Hockey League.
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Scott Sandelin remains the foundation of Bulldog hockey
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Hibbing/Chisholm standout Cole Swanson commits to Western Michigan
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Duluth’s school referendum is a local test of public trust
Duluth Public Schools is asking voters to approve two inflation-adjusted operating levies lasting 10 years, for over $103 million in additional revenue during the period.
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Chamber names interim president; Seyfer, Stella Maris girls tennis enters defining season
The Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce has named Jim Roche its interim president while the organization searches for a permanent leader. Roche recently retired as president of the Maine Bankers Association, a position he had held since 2021. He previously spent nearly 17 years as president of the Business &
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Howie: Bulldogs have the forward firepower to win a national championship
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a 10-part series examining the Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey program entering the 2026-27 season.
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Construction to begin Aug. 24 on 40th Avenue West in Duluth
St. Louis County Public Works and the city of Duluth are partnering on the project, which will eventually reconstruct nearly a half-mile of 40th Avenue West and add a mini roundabout at Grand Avenue. The city also will replace utilities beneath 40th Avenue West as part of the project.
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Howie: Duluth Schools’ credit downgrade is serious
Duluth does not have one governmentwide financial crisis. It has a school district in a precarious position and a city government that is beginning to encounter some of the same cost-versus-revenue pressures.
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Max Plante’s Hobey season changed everything for the Bulldogs
Plante has already given UMD a great season, another Hobey and a place back among the country’s serious programs. What he has not yet delivered is the one thing that would separate his Bulldogs career from nearly every other individual masterpiece.
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Scott Sandelin remains the foundation of Bulldog hockey
The Bulldogs’ championship window is open because they have Max Plante, high-end talent and unusual roster continuity. It is believable because Sandelin is still standing behind the bench.
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Howie: Reinert must answer Duluth’s $4.5 million budget question
The City of Duluth administration cannot warn taxpayers about a projected $5.5 million deficit while refusing to explain a recurring $4.5 million funding stream redirected from general operations. The account now has nearly $9 million.
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Don Ness and the reinvention of Duluth
Ness convinced Duluth to stop speaking about itself like a city waiting for the next economic funeral and start speaking about itself like a place with a future worth competing for nationally. Not perfectly. Not without backlash. Not without legitimate criticism. But undeniably.
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Howie: John Fedo turned Duluth toward the lake
Modern Duluth continues wrestling with the same tensions Mayor Fedo governed through decades ago. Tourism success created new economic pressures. Summer weekends increasingly made portions of Canal Park feel disconnected from the working-class identity that shaped Duluth for generations.
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Hibbing/Chisholm defenseman named 2026-27 Howie Prep Hockey Preseason Player of the Year
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