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Howie's Prep Sports Notebook

Andrew Johnson Jr. scored twice and Dane Callaway stopped all 25 shots as Hermantown blitzed Centennial 5-0 in high school boys hockey today at historic Hermantown Arena. The Hawks (2-0-1) will play host to Duluth Marshall (1-2-1) on Tuesday and defending Class 1A state champion Mahtomedi (2-4-0) Saturday. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton rebounded

County Board meeting location changed for Tuesday due to furnace issue

The St. Louis County Board, which is scheduled to meet near Floodwood next Tuesday, December 12, is shifting its meeting location due to an issue with the furnace in the building where the meeting had been scheduled. The new location is the Floodwood Downtown Fair Center, 107 West 7th Avenue,

MnDOT receives federal funds to move forward with Northern Lights Express planning

MnDOT receives federal funds to move forward with Northern Lights Express planning

The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced it has received $500,000 in federal funds to advance the planning of the Northern Lights Express (NLX) passenger rail project. The federal grant provides funds to begin preliminary work on the project, which will provide four, round-trip, daily passenger rail trips from Minneapolis

Wood chips available to the public for free at Woodland Park

The City of Duluth’s Parks Maintenance Division will place clean, discarded wood chips for public use and pick up in bulk at the U-shaped driveway by Tony Emanuel Field at Woodland Park beginning Saturday. The wood chips, which are an urban forestry byproduct and are untreated, are available on

Quote Me, Howie: Gophers basketball recruit Isaac Asuma

A recent, on-the-record chat with Gophers basketball recruit Isaac Asuma, a 6-foot-3 Cherry Tigers combo guard and likely 2024 Mr. Basketball in Minnesota – "I had a really great summer with D1 Minnesota, when a lot of us got tons better. It was good to play against elite competition – just

State commission approves interim rates for Minnesota Power

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission today approved interim rates for Minnesota Power’s customers, the first step of a longer process to evaluate the company’s recently filed electric rate proposal. The MPUC has approved an overall interim rate increase of about 8.6%, or $63.8 million in annual

Quote Me, Howie: William Oswald on this weekend's Spirit of Duluth youth hockey tournament

Legendary Spirit of Duluth youth hockey tournament chairman William Oswald on this weekend's 48-team event – "I would like to start out by saying yet another great Spirit of Duluth tournament is in the books, and the 46th annual tourney was a great success. I would like to