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Plante brothers bring a lifetime of hockey together on one Bulldogs line

Three Hermantown brothers who once battled in the basement, three NHL draft picks who traveled different developmental paths and three Bulldogs now beginning the season shoulder to shoulder at AMSOIL Arena.

| 7-minute read

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Minnesota Star Tribune adds four advice columnists as it expands outside voices
Richard Chin will write Minnesota Manners, examining questions of etiquette and social behavior through a distinctly Minnesota lens. The column will address such familiar dilemmas as how to escape an extended Minnesota goodbye, when it is acceptable to take the last cookie and when someone may comfortably promote their own accomplishments. Submitted

Minnesota Star Tribune adds four advice columnists as it expands outside voices

The advice columns differ from Strib Voices’ opinion commentary, but both initiatives reflect the Star Tribune’s increasing use of contributors with strong individual identities and defined areas of expertise.

| 3-minute read
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Duluth Playhouse names Brandon Raghu executive director
Brandon Raghu. Submitted, Duluth Playhouse

Duluth Playhouse names Brandon Raghu executive director

Raghu arrives as the Playhouse prepares to open its 2026-27 season with “A Chorus Line,” scheduled for Sept. 11-27 at the NorShor Theatre. Other upcoming productions include “Disney’s Descendants: The Musical,” “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom” and “A Christmas Story: The Musical.”

| 2-minute read
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Howie: Hermantown football has the enthusiasm. Now comes the evidence.

Mike Zagelmeyer has coached enough football to recognize the difference between a productive August and a successful November. He likes what he has seen from Hermantown through the opening week of preseason practice, but he also understands that effort, conditioning and enthusiasm have yet to win the Hawks a game.

| 5-minute read
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Howie: West Duluth doesn’t need another plan. It needs its turn.

West Duluth does not need another glossy redevelopment study, another round of listening sessions or another ambitious rendering that never advances beyond City Hall. It needs investment that residents can see, infrastructure that works, housing people can afford and a city government willing to treat Spirit Valley as essential to

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50-Yard Football: The IFL’s most important work in Tucson happened before kickoff

The most important result of the Indoor Football League’s championship weekend was settled before the Arizona Rattlers and Green Bay Blizzard took the field Sunday night in Tucson. Arizona defeated Green Bay 62-51 to win its second IFL championship in three seasons, and Max Meylor completed a remarkable

| 4-minute read
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Construction to begin Aug. 24 on 40th Avenue West in Duluth
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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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