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Schneider, Watt give Bulldogs hockey a distinctly Duluth voice

DULUTH — Bulldogs hockey sounds different when the two men describing it have spent much of their lives around the game in Duluth. Zach Schneider has spent nearly two decades learning

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Quote Me: Dan Hartman
DECC Executive Director Dan Hartman. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Quote Me: Dan Hartman

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Howie: Classie Dudley keeps Community Action Duluth moving forward
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Howie: Classie Dudley keeps Community Action Duluth moving forward

Dudley has demonstrated that Community Action Duluth can expand services, improve its unrestricted operating performance and direct a substantial majority of its spending to programs. The next step is to build the institutional support around her that will make those gains sustainable.

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Schneider, Watt give Bulldogs hockey a distinctly Duluth voice
Zach Schneider (left) and Jason Watt at Friday night's 2026-26 season and home opener in Duluth. HowieHanson.com

Schneider, Watt give Bulldogs hockey a distinctly Duluth voice

DULUTH — Bulldogs hockey sounds different when the two men describing it have spent much of their lives around the game in Duluth. Zach Schneider has spent nearly two decades learning how to tell a sports story on television. Jason Watt spent years learning how to prevent the other team from

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Opinion: Essentia’s merger raises a bigger question: Why give up independence?
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Opinion: Essentia’s merger raises a bigger question: Why give up independence?

The central question surrounding this transaction should therefore not be why HealthPartners isn't writing Essentia a check. The better question is what Duluth, Essentia’s patients and its employees receive in exchange for surrendering the institution’s independence.

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Scott Sandelin’s message to his players: Prove it
Bulldogs men's hockey coach Scott Sandelin

Scott Sandelin’s message to his players: Prove it

“Nothing's going to be handed like college hockey, our league, everything is some really damn good teams right now. And I'm just excited that we have a group that's being considered in that mix, but we got to go prove it. We got to go work.” -- Scott Sandelin

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Built to contend: Bulldogs bring veteran firepower, national expectations into season opener
Bulldogs senior defenseman Aaron Pionk. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Built to contend: Bulldogs bring veteran firepower, national expectations into season opener

DULUTH — Minnesota Duluth enters the 2026-27 men’s hockey season with the reigning Hobey Baker Award winner, an experienced core that came within one victory of the Frozen Four and a national ranking that places the Bulldogs squarely among college hockey’s leading contenders. The rebuilding has produced a

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Duluth Police reports shot fired in East Duluth

Duluth Police reports shot fired in East Duluth

At approximately 4:30 a.m., Monday, October 5, Duluth Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 4600 block of East Superior Street. Initial information shows that an individual fired a gun into the air. At this time, there is no evidence that was located at the

Zagelmeyer sees reasons for optimism in Hawks’ loss, but no moral victories

HERMANTOWN — Hermantown football coach Mike Zagelmeyer isn't interested in moral victories. Not after Friday night's 24-15 Northeast Red loss at Grand Rapids, not after watching his previously unbeaten Hawks overcome a two-touchdown deficit and take the lead, and certainly not with another significant test

Hermantown stumbles at Grand Rapids, looks to rebound against Esko

GRAND RAPIDS — Hermantown’s explosive offense finally ran into a defense capable of slowing it down. Grand Rapids handed the Hawks their first loss of the season Friday night, defeating Hermantown 24-15 in a battle of unbeaten Northeast Red teams at Noble Hall Field. The loss dropped Hermantown to

Bulldogs clip Long Island in season, home opener

DULUTH — Minnesota Duluth spent Friday night honoring college hockey’s best player from last season, then showed why the fifth-ranked Bulldogs may have much more than one star to lean on this winter. UMD scored four unanswered goals after falling behind early in the third period and defeated Long