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Now pitching for the Twins, some dudes …
We Twins fans knew this would probably happen, but I can’t help but feel a little sad to see Johan Santana be traded to the Mets. I am glad, however, that he was traded to an N.L. team. This way he can’t kick our asses every other week in the American League and also we…
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Franken in Grand Rapids today
Al Franken is in Grand Rapids today. He’ll appear with Rep. Tom Anzelc at Brewed Awakenings at 4 p.m. Three candidates are making a serious pitch for delegates in the DFL U.S. Senate race, Franken, Mike Ciresi and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. As I’ve posted before, I see a three-way split on the Iron Range over these…
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KeeTac Attack!
U.S. Steel will hold a press conference Friday at 2 p.m. at the Keewatin City Hall. My sources tell me the company is announcing a major expansion and environmental upgrade at its Keewatin Taconite plant, something like 3.5 million tons of additional pellet production capability. Yesterday, U.S. Steel announced that their Iron Range taconite production…
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The Caucus of the Walkus
The Minnesota caucuses are Feb. 5, joining the tidal wave of primaries and other caucuses around the country for Super Tuesday. I’ve already been getting a lot of questions about how caucuses work by people who have never done it before. The short answer is “It’s like attending a meeting.” But there is a bit…
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The reason for Obama
So this year’s election continues to fascinate me. The mojo tells me that the Republicans will nominate McCain and that the Democrats will have to do a little more soul searching before their nominee emerges. Here is my (biased) hope, that across the country people experience massive Clinton fatigue and collectively (or at least, a…
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Major taconite production increase?
U.S. Steel will hold a press conference at the Keewatin City Hall on Friday, Feb. 1. They will announce the “good news” we’ve been hearing about for a couple weeks now. I have heard talk about something like a 3.5 million ton increase in taconite pellet production at Keewatin Taconite. That’s huge, almost doubling production…
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Tepid debate at St. Paul mining hearing
I didn’t post a follow-up on the mining hearings down in St. Paul Friday. Essentially, it was a tepid debate between environmentalists and mining interests regarding nonferrous mining on the eastern Iron Range. Some old hard feelings were aired but no game-changing elements were introduced. The Duluth News-Tribune provided a rundown Saturday. The permitting process…
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Yes We Can (win Minnesota)
I missed the results coming in and the speeches last night (the Northern Cheapskate and I were at the KAXE Annual Meeting) but I had a friend feeding me numbers by cell phone. What a win! Next week the Obama campaign will be rolling out its Iron Range leadership team and making a push to…
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Brace yourselves: ‘super’ week awaits us
Will the team from New York prevail? Will 2008 be an historic year? Who will carry the pivotal state of Arizona? Are the TV ads the best part or just a distraction from what really matters? What am I talking about? See, that’s the thing. You’ll notice that these questions work for both the upcoming…
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MinnesotaBrown blog going through "the changes"
You’ll start to see some changes at the MinnesotaBrown blog today. I am merging my old homepage with the blog so that everything is housed in the same online location. From now on I’ll post my full columns here. I am working on a way of archiving the old columns so that people can read…
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Reminder: Obama meeting on Saturday
Reminder: The Iron Range Barack Obama organizational meeting is Saturday, Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. in the Bob Dylan conference room at the Hibbing Public Library. RSVP here or just show up. Related posts: No related posts.
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Brown on the Air: Kids Say the Darnedest Things
My weekly radio essay on Saturday’s “Between You and Me” on KAXE deals with the cute little things that kids say. If that sounds too sugary for you, don’t worry. My essay also involves Scotch. (You’ll have to listen to figure out the connection). “Between You and Me” is a call-in and music show that…
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An important day for Iron Range mining projects
There’s a lot going on today that could impact many of the precious mineral mining and value-added iron mining projects currently in development on the Iron Range. First, this morning lawmakers are meeting with representatives of India-based Essar Global, the company that bought the Minnesota Steel project which aims to build a taconite mine and…
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U.S. Steel to announce ‘good news’ on Feb. 1
U.S. Steel has set a press conference for Friday, Feb. 1, to announce “good news” about its Iron Range taconite operations, according to reports from the Hibbing Daily Tribune and Mesabi Daily News. The word is it’s an expansion and new jobs. Related posts: No related posts.
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Iron Range Obama meeting now set for Saturday in Hibbing
The Barack Obama organizational meeting in Hibbing has been rescheduled for the day of the important South Carolina primary. Those interested in joining or learning more about the Obama campaign on the Iron Range are invited this Saturday, Jan. 26, at 3 p.m. to the Bob Dylan room of the Hibbing Public Library. The public…