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Howie: Fewer citations do not prove Duluth schools are safer
There is an even more fundamental point in Bob Grytdahl's argument, and this one deserves considerably greater attention from the Duluth School Board: The most effective juvenile crime intervention may occur years before anybody calls a police officer. It begins with literacy.
Dream Team breaks 50 with tournament-record 49 at Steve Anderson golf event
The Dream Team carried the Steve Anderson golf event into record territory Friday, becoming the first group in tournament history to break 50 with a 22-under-par score of 49. Billy Seitz, Taylor Sundbom, Amy Schintz, Paul Schintz, Maddy Schintz and Matt Mellin combined for the record round. Their
Bulldogs men's hockey names 2026-27 captains, all former Hermantown standouts
DULUTH — Minnesota Duluth will enter the 2026-27 men's hockey season with a leadership group built entirely from Hermantown. The Bulldogs announced their captains Friday after a midweek team vote, naming junior defenseman Ty Hanson and junior forward Max Plante co-captains. Senior defenseman Aaron Pionk and junior
Hermantown at Denfeld leads northeastern Minnesota football lineup today
Hermantown clobbered Denfeld 52-7 in last season’s opener.
Opinion: Duluth schools are writing fewer tickets. Don’t confuse that with safer schools.
Last school year, Duluth schools recorded more than 1,000 incidents resulting in in-school or out-of-school suspension. They included 156 fighting incidents, 63 major assaults, 99 physical-contact incidents, 52 threat or intimidation cases, seven terroristic threats and nine weapons incidents.
Howie: Before Duluth asks taxpayers for more, answer the $4.55 million question
"Redirecting those dollars to the enormous backlog of aging and deferred capital needs was a deliberate financial decision, and one I continue to strongly support. As I said in my 2026 State of the City, Duluth has too much of everything, and much of it is too old." -- Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert