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Rural broadband forum coming to Iron Range
State Sen. Matt Schmidt (DFL-Red Wing), local State Sen. David Tomassoni (DFL-Chisholm) and others will hold an Iron Range informational meeting about the new rural broadband funding available after this last legislative session. The meeting will take place Thursday, June 12, at 4 p.m. at the Balkan Township Hall. Balkan is north of Chisholm on…
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MN services for Jim Oberstar set June 26-27
After former longtime Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar died last month, funeral services were held in the Maryland community where he and his wife have lived since he left Congress. Many here in Minnesota were disappointed that additional events couldn’t be held back in the northern Minnesota District which he served in Congress for 36 years. Oberstar’s hometown…
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Chisholm musher finishes Iditarod as top rookie
Nathan Schroeder, the Warba native and Chisholm-area musher who won the Beargrease earlier this winter, just finished the grueling Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Schroeder crossed the finish line in Nome earlier today in 17th place, first among all rookies. He and his dogs are all safe and, presumably, somewhere warm right now. It’s…
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Northern Minnesota musher has Nome-where to go
Nathan Schroeder of Chisholm, originally of Warba, is mushing in the Iditarod Sled Dog race in Alaska right now. After winning last month’s John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in Duluth for the third time, Schroeder and his canine racers are making their first-ever run at the best-known and most grueling sled dog race in the world.…
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Bob McDonald loses last home game to son’s Ely team
Legendary Chisholm High School basketball coach Bob McDonald’s last home game was bittersweet for the 59-year, 1,000-win coaching veteran. His Bluestreaks lost, but they lost to an Ely Wolves team coached by his son, Tom. And it’s not over. Chisholm now heads to the playoffs where Ely and other opponents won’t be able to look…
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Metrodome pitcher, bullpen mounds head to the Range
I’ve been following this in conversations at my day job (instructor at Hibbing Community College) but today it’s official: the pitcher’s mound and bullpen mound from the Metrodome are headed to northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. From the employee newsletter this morning: There are no stadium seats for sale, but HCC baseball coach Dave Bevacqua bid…
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Happy Bob McDonald Day in Minnesota!
Gov. Mark Dayton proclaimed today, Feb. 11, 2014, Bob McDonald Day in Minnesota, a tip of the cap to the legendary Chisholm high school boys basketball coach during his final season at the helm of the Bluestreaks. Tony Sertich, commissioner of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, will declare the proclamation at tonight’s Chisholm…
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Find Iron Range mining jobs at Jan. 24 event
With all the hullabaloo over the proposed PolyMet mine and other controversial proposed mining projects, let’s not forget northern Minnesota’s Iron Range remains a mining region anyway. And that iron mining industry is having a pretty good year. Qualified applicants for Iron Range mining jobs have a pretty good chance at getting one. The Minnesota…
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Chisholm hoops coach Bob McDonald wins 1,000th game
Chisholm boys basketball coach Bob McDonald won his 1,000th game Thursday, as his Bluestreaks defeated Walker-Hackensack-Aikley in tournament play. Coach Bob McDonald is the first Minnesota basketball coach to win 1,000 games and remains the winningest coach in Minnesota history. Earlier this year McDonald announced this would be his final season after almost six decades…
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Team USA curling advances to 2014 Olympics
The Shuster rink, with Duluth and Iron Range roots, qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia at a tournament in Germany over the weekend. Though the experience involved a heart-pounding tie-breaker and a tight match against the Czech Republic, Team USA prevailed and will try for its first medal since 2006. From the…
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Ciao! Rustic Italian in Side Lake to close
Sad news over the weekend as the owners of Ciao! Rustic Italian restaurant in Side Lake announced they would be closing the restaurant at the end of the year. In a blog post, the owners said they have decided to pursue other opportunities that would not allow them to run the restaurant anymore. They did…
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Chisholm coach Bob McDonald to retire after season
Big news in Iron Range boys basketball. This week, Chisholm coach Bob McDonald announced he would retire after this upcoming season. McDonald holds the record for most coaching wins in Minnesota history and has the most wins of any active coach in the United States. He’s also known here on northern Minnesota’s Iron Range as…
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IRRRB OKs loans creating jobs, for a price
On Thursday the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board approved loan packages for two Iron Range business projects to create almost 150 new jobs. The first, which I mentioned yesterday, was a $5.9 million loan for Delta Airlines to expand its Chisholm ticket reservation center, a move that the company says will add 107 jobs…
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Delta reservation center in Chisholm to add 107 jobs
Delta airlines is proposing to remodel and expand its Delta reservation center in Chisholm that would add 107 new jobs at the facility. They’ll be approaching the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation for a loan package at today’s meeting in Eveleth. When Delta bought Northwest many thought the Chisholm ticket reservation facility wouldn’t make the…
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Doc ‘Moonlight’ Graham Days begin in Chisholm, MN
Doc “Moonlight” Graham Days begin today in Chisholm, Minnesota. The long weekend of events pay tribute to the longtime town doctor who enjoyed a short stint in Major League Baseball, unbeknownst to many he served. This served as the inspiration for a character of the same name in the W.P. Kinsella novel “Shoeless Joe,” which…