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The fund balance declined by roughly $11.5 million, an outcome almost $8.8 million worse than projected. A district that misses its own financial target by that margin cannot reasonably expect voters to accept a 10-year financial plan without examining the assumptions behind it.
Hermantown will not have the luxury of easing into the 2026 boys soccer season. The Hawks open Thursday at home against Holy Family, travel to Mesabi East the following day and face defending Section 7A champion Duluth Marshall before the first week of September is over. By the time they
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.
Hermantown’s girls soccer team opens its season Thursday at home against North Branch with a rebuilt defense, an experienced group of attackers and the lingering memory of an overtime loss that ended last season one victory short of the state tournament. The Hawks finished 7-9-2 last fall
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
Spirit Valley does not need another promise that its turn is coming. It needs evidence that its turn has arrived.
Duluth Public Schools is asking voters to approve two inflation-adjusted operating levies lasting 10 years, for over $103 million in additional revenue during the period.
Rewertz will divide the 2026-27 season between Hibbing/Chisholm and the Penticton Vees of the Western Hockey League.
The Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce has named Jim Roche its interim president while the organization searches for a permanent leader. Roche recently retired as president of the Maine Bankers Association, a position he had held since 2021. He previously spent nearly 17 years as president of the Business &
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a 10-part series examining the Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey program entering the 2026-27 season.
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
Hibbing/Chisholm defenseman named 2026-27 Howie Prep Hockey Preseason Player of the Year
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.
Duluth does not have one governmentwide financial crisis. It has a school district in a precarious position and a city government that is beginning to encounter some of the same cost-versus-revenue pressures.