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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.
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
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
Hawks give Zagelmeyer plenty to like and build on
Mike Zagelmeyer has good reason to like his Hermantown football team, and the reasons extend well beyond an unbeaten record and a running back who turned homecoming into a personal highlight film. Martin Sleen supplied the extraordinary Friday night. The homecoming king returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a
Hermantown, Cloquet meet in pivotal Northeast Red homecoming test
HERMANTOWN — Hermantown has spent September demonstrating how quickly it can change a football game. Cloquet has spent the past two weeks demonstrating how quickly it can change a season. The teams collide tonight in one of the more intriguing early-season Northeast Red Conference games in northeastern Minnesota, when Hermantown
Quote Me: Dan Hartman
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Executive Director Dan Hartman on the DECC Arena naming rights sponsorship opportunity: "At today's Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) board meeting, board members greenlighted the facilities efforts to seek a naming rights sponsor for DECC Arena. This sponsor will help cover the annual
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Marshall, Stella Maris announce five-program cooperative agreement
Meyer Group lands Fond du Lac project, adds to growing tribal portfolio
Cold Weather Rule takes effect, but Minnesota Power customers must act to avoid shutoffs
Plante brothers bring a lifetime of hockey together on one Bulldogs line
Opinion: Duluth schools tout cuts, but a $15 million spending variance demands answers
Opinion: Duluth schools need more than a successful referendum
