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COLUMN: I have seen the future — in a mall
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, May 1, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I feel a little sheepish putting this out there after last week’s episode of South Park, but what can a guy do about that? I have seen the future – in a mallBy Aaron J. Brown We recently…
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Brown on the Air: GARDENING!
This week my contribution to the KAXE Saturday morning call in and music program “Between You and Me” joins the show’s topic of gardening stories. Gardens are firing up around northern Minnesota (finally, we think) and the Browns will be expanding our garden know-how as well. A version of this piece ran as my Sunday…
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Hibbing nurses call off strike
The Hibbing hospital nurses have cancelled their impending strike after a productive negotiating session. (Story, Fox 21) Related posts: No related posts.
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Range labor community to hold May Day celebration
Iron Range labor backers and DFLers will be holding a May Day luncheon Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at the Operating Engineers Local 49 Hall on Enterprise Drive in Virginia. This is the labor hall just off the freeway as you approach Virginia from Mountain Iron on Highway 169, or just off the 53 exit from…
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Barefoot in the Park? In this weather?
The Neil Simon play “Barefoot in the Park” opens tonight at 7:30 at the Hibbing Community College Theatre. The show runs this weekend and next with nightly shows Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday matinees. The reviews from last night’s benefit performance for the HCC Foundation Dinner were very good. After our 2009 kerfuffle over the…
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Cravaack taking early flak; MN-8 race shaping up as mega-tussle
Today would be a great day for me to link bait some nonsense about Northern Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District race, the new attacks on the Medicare votes of Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8), or the strange collection of fascinating Democrats you’ve never heard of who are going to run against him. I just wanted to write…
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Major Range nurses’ strike could happen May 4-7
I was out of town when this was announced, but the Hibbing hospital nurses have set strike dates of May 4-7. The local members of the Minnesota Nurses Association authorized the strike April 15 against the Range Regional Medical Center over staffing levels, patient safety and opposition to the merger of sick days and vacation…
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Fire at Poor Gary’s in Biwabik
There was a structure fire at Poor Gary’s Pizza in Biwabik overnight. The new site Range News Now has the story. Related posts: No related posts.
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Short memory on gas prices prevents progress
It’s happening again. Gas prices are inching upward, approaching and soon to breach $4 a gallon with some experts saying that even higher prices are possible. Local, state and national media outlets are going to gas stations, sticking cameras and microphones into the faces of motorists to garner their opinion. People don’t like price increases.…
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COLUMN: Grow, baby, grow: a backyard beginning
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, April 24, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Happy Easter! Grow, baby, grow: a backyard beginningBy Aaron J. Brown For most of my life I’ve lived on one side of the yet unresolved battle between man and nature. Ever residing within the natural splendor of northern…
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No time for politics, a glimpse ahead to my summer of letters
As fires burn across this world, we endure. I have been posting a little less frequently than I’d like but about as often as I can afford right now. Life is busy and as many of you know I have young children and a real job (which is not this). I took some time off…
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Brown on the Air: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAXE!
On 91.7 KAXE‘s Saturday morning call-in and music show “Between You and Me” this week I’ll be joining the program’s theme of celebrating this large, unique public radio station’s 35th anniversary. In honor of the occasion I review the meaning of a year. As usual, I wax poetic with jokes. Kind of my deal these…
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Iron Range Maidens score another roller derby win
So the Iron Range has a roller derby team, the Iron Range Maidens, and they just sent me a press release. Such an occasion requires me to share the item with you in its entirety. I hope you agree. IRON RANGE MAIDENS WIN SECOND BOUT! The Iron Range Maidens competed in their second bout on…
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Officials: Maintenance work spark caused Soudan mine fire
A spark from maintenance work that left a smoldering ember on old timbers has been identified as the cause of the fire at the Soudan Underground Mine state park. It appears unlikely that the mine will open for tours this summer. There was no damage at the advanced physics laboratory located deep within the mine.…
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Nursing strike, fast internet, highway news, squad smashups, etc.
The news backlog has grown large so I’ll just link you to some stories about what’s going on around the Iron Range. Hibbing nurses authorized a strike at the town’s big regional hospital last Friday (Duluth News Tribune). Parties now enter a 10-day “cooling off” period while labor and management continue negotiations. At issue is…