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What to watch: MN House 6B DFL/GOP primaries
I’ve already written about the implications in the House 6B legislative race here on northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Some big changes are in store for this post-industrial industrial/mining/woodsy region regardless of the outcome. I’ll be watching the DFL and GOP primaries in 6B along with the MN-8 DFL primary on Tuesday night. Meantime, I’m going…
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Celebrating the dashed dreams that make Iron Range life
More Iron Range events this weekend, including Doc “Moonlight” Graham Days in Chisholm and Merritt Days in Mountain Iron. The Graham parade is Saturday at 11 a.m. in Chisholm. The Merritt parade is at 4 p.m. in Mountain Iron. Many other events are scheduled throughout the weekend in both cities. Moonlight Graham days is named…
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Clark, Nolan spar over negative ad in MN-8
I was prepared to say that the MN-8 DFL primary next week was shaping up to be less confrontational than one would have expected. That was before yesterday, when Tarryl Clark went up with a negative ad against perceived front-runner Rick Nolan. Clark attacks Nolan over his business background and involvement in the World Trade…
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The future of the Iron Range is sandwich
So, this week a new Jimmy Johns franchise opened in Grand Rapids. (The old Bixby’s location). That’s a sandwich place. Yesterday I learned that Erbert and Gerbert’s, another sandwich place, will be opening in a Hibbing strip mall. (The old Movie Gallery location). I am delighted and dismayed by this news. I am delighted by…
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On the air talking House 6B primary Thursday morning
I’ll be on KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio Thursday morning at 7:20 talking about the House 6B primary in the heart of northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Every Thursday host Scott Hall and contributors Colleen Nardone, a liberal, and Chuck Marohn, a conservative, discuss Minnesota and local politics on a segment called “Making Sausage.” I’m excited to…
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Trampled by Turtles gets Squid Billies treatment
Duluth, Minnesota’s Trampled by Turtles adds to its stellar breakout year another … achievement? Yes, I think so. They are on the Cartoon Network Adult Swim program “Squid Billies.” I do not believe you need to watch Squid Billies to understand what is going on here. This is a wholly formed concept. Related posts: No…
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World music instrument-plosion to occur in northern MN
The folk/world band Four Schillings Short will be performing in Grand Rapids and Nevis this week. When was the last time you heard a Sitar & a Krumhorn in the same concert or Renaissance dance tunes played on Medieval Psaltery or Recorders and Banjo mixed with music from Scotland? For the musically curious a Four…
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FInal MN-8 DFL debate in Brainerd sets stage for Aug. 14 primary
The Uptake covered the debate last night in Brainerd between Jeff Anderson, Tarryl Clark and Rick Nolan. This was likely the last debate before next week’s DFL primary in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District and one of the best chances for undecided voters to see fresh video on the three candidates next to each other. Watch…
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Duluth News Tribune endorses Anderson in MN-8
Today the Duluth News Tribune endorsed Jeff Anderson in the MN-8 DFL primary. I’ve added this to this morning’s lengthy post about the beginning of the final week of campaigning before next Tuesday’s primary election. While his nationally known opponents have been raking in cash and collecting endorsements from all over, Duluth’s Jeff Anderson has…
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NY Times profiles politics in the ‘State of Superior’
The New York Times profiles two congressional seats, Minnesota’s Eighth District and Wisconsin’s Seventh, to highlight the impact and implications of GOP wins in the historically DFL region of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) and Sean Duffy (R-WI7) rode the Tea Party wave in 2010 to unlikely victories and now attempt…
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Final week of MN-8 DFL primary brings the paper chase
So we’re about a week away from the MN-8 DFL primary, which I’m contractually obligated to refer to as “hotly contested.” Is it hotly contested? Hard to tell, what with all this liquid hot magma pouring over the northern Minnesota landscape. Oh woe, why must so much of our land be highly flammable! I jest.…
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COLUMN: When the world is in your living room
This is my Sunday column for the Aug. 5, 2012 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired yesterday on “Between You and Me” for KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio. When the world is in your living roomBy Aaron J. Brown I always get excited for the Olympics and it’s certainly not…
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MN-8 DFLers to debate in Brainerd Monday night
Readers in the Brainerd area can catch another MN-8 DFL debate Monday night at 7 at Central Lakes College. This might be the last one before the Aug. 14 DFL primary. Rick Nolan, Tarryl Clark and Jeff Anderson are competing for the nomination to challenge freshman incumbent U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8). Related posts: No…
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Dylan’s long journey still echoes home
As a regular reader of the AV Club (a pop culture offshoot of The Onion), it was a treat to come across a story about Bob Dylan’s connection to Hibbing. Writer Sean O’Neal interviews my friend Linda Stroback Hocking of Zimmy’s and tours the town. He comes to a conclusion that seems about right to…
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Closing TV ad salvo begins in MN-8 DFL primary
The closing ads are rolling out in the hotly contested MN-8 DFL primary campaign. Endorsed candidate Rick Nolan put out his campaign’s first ad this week, following one put out by the DFL on his behalf. Nolan’s ad is a distillation of a fiery speech Nolan gave to the State DFL Convention last spring. It…