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Local media picks up on Ironworld/KSTP flap
The Mesabi Daily News, and sister publication Hibbing Daily Tribune, ran a story about KSTP’s Ironworld hit piece from last week. Across the Range, readers collectively ask: “What is KSTP?” Bill Hanna talked to the #2 in the KSTP newsroom, Iron Range Resources Commissioner Sandy Layman and others. Layman took former State Rep. and Taxpayer’s…
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‘One crisis begets another’
I mentioned the major power outage in Itasca County yesterday. In talking to a friend in the area afterward, we realized that we (and probably everyone else in the woods) eventually got bored in our 18th century conditions and drove 15-30 miles to town, collectively spending thousands of dollars on gas. As my friend put…
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Thanks, readers!
Thanks, readers, for making last week the best read week ever in the life of this relatively young blog. We are finally approaching the readership numbers of some of the oft-cited state blogs, but I like to think I’ve kept the Iron Range flavor that makes this place unique. Why such a good week? Well,…
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Post-outage links!
We just got out of another of our famous wind-induced power outages today in rural Itasca County. Itasca is a land of lakes and trees, two things that cause a lot of problems when the wind blows hard. So I’m back up and running … and by running I mean surfing the Internet. You know,…
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Who will win? Who will vote?
I’m easing myself into the practice of reducing the amount of political polling I report here. Other blogs report it at great length and have faster access to the original polling data than me. Also, I think that polling should be reported as intended by pollsters: as a simple snapshot of one moment in time…
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A little less hooey, a little more Huey: the column
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, July 13, 2008 Hibbing Daily Tribune. You’ll notice that it’s based on a post I made here two months ago, but includes new information and perspective. A little less hooey, a little more HueyBy Aaron J. Brown It may not seem popular to emulate the late Louisiana…
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Ventura to announce plans Monday
Jesse Ventura will announce his plans for the U.S. Senate race Monday night. It had appeared that the Ventura for Senate fever was dying down, but I doubt Jesse’s going to get all dressed up Monday night for nothing. Meantime, Good Morning America did a segment on Al Franken this morning that showed the whole…
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Moped Madness
Check out this online petri dish over at the Mesabi Daily News. Here’s the premise: A man injured his ankle in a moped accident in downtown Virginia, Minn. For some reason, this was reported as major news. The first commenter implied that the MDN was exhibiting some kind of anti-moped bias and within a half…
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Cummins announces run for Congress against Oberstar
Mike Cummins, a Pine City home efficiency developer, called me Friday night to confirm that he’ll be seeking the GOP endorsement for the Eighth Congressional District seat held by Jim Oberstar. Cummins was gone most of the week touring a solar array in Canada as part of his job in helping people make their homes…
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Grand Rapids L and M to move into old Wal-Mart
From the Grand Rapids Herald-Review: homegrown farm, fleet and hardware chain L&M to relocate into former Wal-Mart location on Pokegema Avenue. Related posts: No related posts.
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More on the northern GOP’s Congressional conundrum
The 8th CD Republicans meet this weekend in McGregor to endorse a candidate for Congress. A source has told me that a Pine County man named Mike Cummins will be nominated for that endorsement, but that there remains discontent within GOP circles for the long delay in finding a candidate and the relative obscurity of…
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Maryland files for 7B House seat
Daniel L. Maryland of Duluth has filed to run for State Representative in District 7B as a DFLer. He is the fourth Democrat to file and the fifth to announce. Who is he? He doesn’t have a website and I’m not finding much on Google right now. I can tell you that Maryland was a…
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No DFL endorsement in shortened House 7B primary
The word from Duluth is that there will be no DFL endorsement in the House 7B primary. This wasn’t shocking news. Rep. Mike Jaros’s surprise retirement last month didn’t leave enough time for an endorsement to hold much weight in the light of the ongoing candidate filing period. To the primary we go! Still just…
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Twin Ports daily chopped down to twice weekly
According to the Duluth News-Tribune and others, the Superior (Wis.) Daily Telegram will drop from publishing six days a week to just twice. The paper’s management insists that the Telegram will focus on online content to continue serving its readers. Let me translate that: “Hey, Little Billy. Spot had to go away, but don’t worry.…
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Change we can blog in
You might notice some subtle changes to the blog over the next week or two. I am contemplating a moderate redesign that will make the place more attractive and useful. Here are some of the plans: Add a blog roll for conservative blogs on the side bar. I self-identify as a DFL/progressive blog and have…