The 11th annual Homegrown Music Festival begins Sunday in Duluth, with more than 100 bands of all musical genres set to perform at venues around town. Here is coverage from the Duluth News Tribune and Fox 21.
She left the paper earlier this month, but News Tribune reporter Janna Goerdt left readers one more well-written tale of a unique, largely lost Northland tradition - digging graves by hand in Toivola.
School districts across the state are facing tough financial situations, and there is talk of consolidating schools in the St. Louis County school district. The district is the largest, by area, in the state, and includes seven K-12 schools scattered across the county. The Timberjay has coverage of public meetings here, here and here.
Education woes aren't limited to this side of the international border. A planned four-day shutdown at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay is causing controversy, according to the Chronicle Journal.
On Wednesday, fire destroyed the historic main lodge building at the Trout Lake Resort north of Grand Marais. The Cook County Star has photos and a story.
Bemidji State University - home of the Cinderella team of this year's NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament - will make its pitch Monday to have that team join the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, according to the Bemidji Pioneer. The men's team currently is part of College Hockey America, which will fold after next season.
Minnesota-Duluth football player Jim Johnson is hoping to land with an NFL team this off-season - probably not through this weekend's draft, but possibly as a free agent signee. His hometown paper, the Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent, has a column about Johnson.
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