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COLUMN: Watch for the turtles
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, July 19, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece was part of last week’s edition of “Between You and Me” on KAXE. Watch for the turtlesBy Aaron J. Brown Each year turtles crawl from an ancient landscape into our modern world. Lately…
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Seifert makes Range stop
Former House Minority Leader Marty Seifert (R-Marshall) was on the Iron Range recently touting his gubernatorial campaign to the Mesabi Daily News. Guns and mining, good. House Majority Leader Rep. Tony Sertich (DFL-Chisholm) has some thoughts on that. Jobs, education, and health care, also good. Related posts: No related posts.
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Magnetation explores using Essar’s Itasca Co. rail line
While there remains economic questions about Essar Steel’s ability to deliver on a full iron mine and steel mill on Minnesota’s Iron Range, there is a glimmer of possibility that the massive public investment in the project won’t be for naught. Magnetation, Inc., the relatively low-budget iron ore scavenging operation that is extracting ore from…
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Now what?
And so ends an era. RIP Walter Cronkite, the voice of America. Related posts: No related posts.
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Wieners aren’t supposed to go there
After all my Oscar Mayer Wienermobile talk last week, we learn the Wienermobile has crashed into a Wisconsin house. The missus tells me the Twitter talk is hilarious. Related posts: No related posts.
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I get edgy in the Oeuvre
My friend Paul Ryan, a fellow UWS alum, interviewed me for the Oeuvre Magazine, a new online arts publication for the Northland. It’s on Page 46 and is one of those edgy, urban alternative kind of interviews (intended to be funny). The topics range from include favorite ores, The Gilmore Girls Gossip Girl, drinking, terrorism,…
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Essar environmental appeal, cont.
This is the rundown on yesterday’s appeal from an environmental group regarding Essar Steel’s proposed Nashwauk mine/steel mill. Related posts: No related posts.
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‘The clock is still ticking’
The Hibbing Daily Tribune reports today on the passing of Hibbing community activist Bob Kitchen. I knew Bob when I was editor of the paper and everyone active in the Hibbing community has probably crossed paths with him at some point. He’s been involved with decades worth of public works, beautification projects, economic development, history…
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Brown on the Air: CONCERTS!
Tune in to “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE this Saturday morning for music, programming and a discussion about your favorite concerts. What show have you attended that really stands out in your mind? My regular essay usually airs in the first half hour depending on the number of calls. Afterward, in the afternoon…
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Franken shaping up as friend of freedom for the internet economy
As one of those crazy kids with the internets and the blogs I was very proud that Minnesota’s new senator Al Franken chose to spend his first moment in the white hot spotlights of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings to discuss net neutrality. The expansion of availability and education of how to use high speed…
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Beauty, Beauty and the Beast
So much human drama in one drama preview. Read through this Christa Lawler Duluth News Tribune story about the Duluth Playhouse production of “Beauty and the Beast.” There are two Belles! Why? Why not? I’d entertain your theories in the comments. Related posts: No related posts.
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Enviro appeal to Essar permits reaches court
A St. Paul based group was hoping to derail the permits for the proposed Essar Steel project near Nashwauk in appeals court this morning. (St. Paul Legal Ledger) I’ll post an update when I know more. I wouldn’t bet money that they succeeded. Related posts: No related posts.
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No pot shots here
I guess I won’t make any jokes the next time lightning hits the Mesabi Daily News printing plant. But in this unfortunate weather-related event there was a silver lining for those of us who passionately believe in the future of newspapers, particularly local community newspapers. To those who have taken ridiculous pot shots speaking of…
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Woes of the Fourth Estate (north version)
As the Hibbing Daily Tribune, Mesabi Daily News and Superior Publishing group recover from their lightning strike, Business North‘s Wayne Nelson explores the enormous challenges facing northern Minnesota newspapers. Worth a read. UPDATE: Byline on story has been corrected. Related posts: No related posts.
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Even God is trying to kill small dailies
Et tu, Yahweh? Several Iron Range newspapers, including the Mesabi Daily News and Hibbing Daily Tribune (where I write my column), were knocked off press this morning when lightning struck their central printing plant in Hibbing. Today is also the publication day for the twice weekly Grand Rapids Herald-Review. According to separate releases, the MDN…