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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

Sep. 4, 2026 · 1 Minute Read

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Howie: A photography studio that feels like a front porch

In a mall storefront shaped by unplanned visits and unhurried conversations, Amy Louhela has built something increasingly uncommon in modern retail: a business grounded in patience, trust and human connection. Finding beauty, she insists, remains worth the time.

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Howie: Hermantown sets the standard for public education in Minnesota

In public education, trust is built through repetition — of performance, transparency and follow-through. Wayne Whitwam’s style reflects that understanding. He has avoided the temptation to overpromise, resisted reactionary pivots, and kept the district’s focus on instruction, people and systems.

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Obit: Carol Fryberger

Obit: Carol Fryberger

Carol Nicholson Fryberger lived her life with generosity, humility, empathy, selflessness, clarity of thought, courage, and a strong sense of purpose. Her 86 years were centered around caring for others, championing their achievements and guiding them through their challenges. She rarely spoke of herself and generally shunned recognition. Granted, she

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Howie: 'You just can’t Google that.'
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Howie: 'You just can’t Google that.'

TEDxDuluth, like all TEDx events, is built around the idea that small ideas can have outsized impact. That a single story, told honestly, can reroute someone else’s thinking. It’s not about celebrity. It’s about resonance.

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Howie: Bulldogs fighting for home ice in the playoffs
Bulldogs junior defenseman Aaron Pionk. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Howie: Bulldogs fighting for home ice in the playoffs

Home ice is there for the taking. The Bulldogs will either take points from Denver, survive North Dakota, and handle their business against Miami and Colorado College — or they’ll finish fifth, look back at a missed weekend or two, and tell themselves they were close.

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Bulldogs disappear for two periods, lose 4-3

Seventh-ranked Minnesota Duluth opened a key NCHC stretch with a 4-3 loss to No. 3 Western Michigan on Friday night at Amsoil Arena. Ty Hanson scored in the first period for the Bulldogs (17-8, 8-7 NCHC). Jayson Shaugabay and Callum Arnott added goals in the final

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Howie: Matt McConico and the daily work of local FOX 21 news
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Howie: Matt McConico and the daily work of local FOX 21 news

Under McConico’s leadership, FOX 21 has leaned into practical, service-oriented journalism: weather that matters, road conditions, public safety alerts and local government actions that affect daily life.

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Plante brothers, Hanson on Hobey Baker fan ballot

Plante brothers, Hanson on Hobey Baker fan ballot

For Hermantown, the impact is already unmistakable. A high school program in northern Minnesota placed three of its own among the nation’s best college hockey players — simultaneously, on the sport’s biggest individual stage — reinforcing a legacy that now stretches far beyond state lines.

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Howie: The Minnesota Star Tribune announces key newsroom leadership hires

The Bellville and Baumgarten hires reflect a newsroom making deliberate bets: on audience intelligence, on subject-matter authority, and on leadership that understands journalism doesn’t succeed just because it’s good — it succeeds because it reaches people where they actually live now.

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Howie on local prep hockey

I’m not handing Hermantown a boys hockey state trophy in January. I’ve been around too long for that. But when the Section 7A tournament begins and the pressure turns real, I know who I’m riding with. I’ve seen this movie before. It usually ends with everyone else wondering how they missed it.

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Howie: The Indoor Football League finally becomes visible

Under the agreement, select league games — including playoff contests and the championship — will be carried on FanDuel Sports Network, while a broader slate of regular-season and postseason games will stream nationally on Yahoo Sports Network.

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Dougherty Funeral Home Obit: Barbara Kennedy

Dougherty Funeral Home Obit: Barbara Kennedy

Barbara Jeanne Kennedy, age 91 of Mahtowa, died on January 16, 2026 at the Cloquet Memorial Hospital with her family by her side. She was born in Minneapolis on May 6, 1934 to parents, Harry and Mabel Pearson. She was raised in Northeast Minneapolis where she graduated from Edison High

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