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Fanning to announce MN-8 bid
Daniel Fanning, a U.S. Army Iraq war vet and former staffer for Sen. Al Franken, will announce his campaign for Minnesota’s 8th District DFL nomination on Sunday in Duluth. Fanning, who lives in Duluth, recently resigned as northern Minnesota field coordinator for Sen. Franken to focus on what has been a long exploration into running…
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Remembering Ron Ciochetto
Ron Ciochetto was first in line at my first book signing in 2008. He was a dedicated reader of this blog and a good guy. He passed away over the weekend after a long illness. A retired miner and Vietnam vet, Ciochetto was like a lot of guys you see on the Iron Range. But…
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Great Northern Radio Show featured in today’s DNT
Christa Lawler of the Duluth News Tribune wrote a story in today’s Duluth News Tribune about the Great Northern Radio Show, set to debut Saturday, Oct. 15 on the Hibbing Community College theater stage. Take a right at Lake Wobegon and head north to the Iron Range — to a place where things are just…
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COLUMN: A Great Northern radio dream come true
This is my Sunday column for the Oct. 2, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A Great Northern radio dream come trueBy Aaron J. Brown We all have dreams of one kind or another. A lot of people grow up dreaming of playing pro ball or singing in front of an adoring concert crowd.…
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Farewell September, October looks interesting
This hasn’t been a great week for blog content but I will give you a hint at some of the things I’m working on. Naturally, Item #1 has been the Great Northern Radio Show coming up Saturday, Oct. 15 on the stage of Hibbing Community College and live on 91.7 KAXE. I’m also working on…
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Brown on the Air: PERFECT DAY!
Tune in 10-noon this Saturday morning for the 91.7 KAXE call-in and music program “Between You and Me.” I’ll be offering up a new commentary along this episode’s theme of “My Perfect Day.” This is actually an impromptu speech prompt I give my public speaking students, so it surprised me that the answer was as…
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Great Northern Radio Show set for live debut Oct. 15
I’m pleased to announce… KAXE’s Great Northern Radio Show set for live radio debut Oct. 15Public radio variety program highlights northern Minnesota talent, culture HIBBING, Minn. (Sept. 28, 2011) — Old time radio and new media combine on an Iron Range stage for the live broadcast premiere of 91.7 KAXE’s Great Northern Radio Show Saturday,…
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Babbitt, reeling from fire, makes plans
The people of the Iron Range town of Babbitt are figuring out what to do after the devastating fire that took Zup’s Grocery, the drug store and damaged several other downtown businesses last weekend. Northland’s NewsCenter had a story, which I am sharing because of their handy embed capabilities. Related posts: No related posts.
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My TEDx talk, Courage: Northern Minnesota’s Untapped Resource
This is my talk from last week’s TEDx 1,000 Lakes Conference at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. Enjoy! UPDATE: You can watch the whole conference, speech by speech, here. There were some great talks that day. I’ll post more with some context in the near future. Related posts: No related posts.
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Winter and other seasons
Sometime it’s informative to see how others see the places and institutions you live every day. To that end, the Duluth News Tribune recently ran a story from the Times of Northwest Indiana (covering Hammond, Gary and surrounding areas). The story runs over some familiar territory, showing how Duluth faces many of the same struggles…
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COLUMNS: Fly with the birds
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Fly with the birdsBy Aaron J. Brown A couple years ago some sort of swallows built a nest beneath our deck out in the woods north of town. We looked up the birds in a special book. I…
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Babbitt fire destroys Zup’s grocery, other businesses
A fire destroyed Zup’s grocery store in the eastern Iron Range city of Babbitt early this morning. A drug store was also destoryed and other nearby downtown businesses were damaged. This is a terrible blow for this small Range town, essentially devestating the business community there. WDIO has the story and links to pictures. Range…
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Brown on the Air: COMIC BOOKS!
Saturday morning on 91.7 KAXE’s “Between You and Me” we’re talking comic books. I’ve contributed an original essay exploring a favorite cartoon and comic of mine from the late ’80s and early ’90s, a strange time for us as a people and me particularly. “Between You and Me” is a weekly music and call-in show…
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MN-8 seems destined for lively DFL primary
The 2012 election in Minnesota’s Eighth Congressional district could become the more significant contest in the region’s political decade. The conservative swing seen in the 2010 election of Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) could be solidified with his re-election. Or the GOP trend could be repelled with the election of a DFL challenger. Still more, this…
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Cougars go east
Fans of my column about the Black Hills/Connecticut cougar a couple weeks ago might appreciate that this summer another cougar was spotted heading east in view of trail cams across northern Minnesota and northern Michigan. The plot thickens! Related posts: No related posts.