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This Week in Hermantown Sports
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Girls Tennis – host Duluth Marshall, 4 p.m. Hawks Update: “We're now entering the third week of the season, and it's been an exciting start for the Hermantown Hawks girls tennis team,” said Hermantown head coach Jessica Worden. “The first two weeks have been about putting in the hard work, and our practices have been fantastic. We had a tough match against (Duluth) East, where we came close in several matches, even though the final score was 1-6. We're proud of Evie Sullivan, who secured our first team win at number two singles in that match. We've also faced Buffalo and St. Francis, gaining valuable experience along the way.
A Final Look Back at the Accomplishments of UMD Athletics in 2023-24
Less than a week out from the start of 2024-25 University of Minnesota Duluth fall sports seasons hitting the playing fields and court against outside competition, it's time for one final look back at the incredible accomplishments of all of the Bulldog teams in 2023-24. For an athletic department known...
BCA Issues Statewide Alert For Missing Endangered Minnesota Man
Foley, MN (KROC-AM News) - A statewide endangered missing person alert has been issued for a missing central Minnesota man. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension sent out the alert this afternoon at the request of the Foley Police Department. That agency has requested the public's help in finding 40-year-old Joshua James Woolsey.
Tire management key to mastering VIRginia International Raceway
Tire degradation has been a hot topic at VIRginia International Raceway among IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competitors. The clear belief is that tire management will play a primary role in the 2h40m Michelin GT Challenge at VIR. Both GTD PRO and GTD have six sets of Michelin Pilot Sport Pro...
Michigan House GOP leaders decry proposed recount rule change as ‘blatant end-run’
Michigan House Republicans are calling out what they say is an “attempted end-run” around state election law ahead of the November general election. House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) on Friday sent a letter to Jonathan Brater, the director of the Michigan Bureau of Elections, denouncing proposed administrative rules on election recount procedures the […]
A Wisconsin ballot error highlights the pressures on election officials ahead of November
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here.Everything had been going just fine on the morning of election day in Summit, Wisconsin, when a voter walked up to an election official and asked why Chanz Green wasn’t on the ballot as a state Assembly candidate.A few checks, a couple calls, and then panic set in: It was an election official’s worst nightmare.The Douglas County clerk, who’s relatively new to leading the office, assigned the wrong Assembly race to the small northern Wisconsin town. Summit’s...
Wild week of US weather includes heat wave, tropical storm, landslide, flash flood and snow
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — It’s been a wild week of weather in many parts of the United States, from heat waves to snowstorms to flash floods. Millions of people in the Midwest have been enduring dangerous heat and humidity. An emergency medicine physician treating Minnesota State Fair-goers...
Severe weather forces fair-goers to take shelter; thousands remain without power across metro
MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands took shelter at the Minnesota State Fair while more than 90,000 people across the Twin Cities were left without power at one point after a severe storm swept through the metro Monday evening. Fair officials urged fair-goers to seek shelter while rides, attractions and some vendors...
Minnesota BCA looking for help finding Joshua Woolsey, 40
FOLEY, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) needs help finding a missing 40-year-old man.The BCA says Joshua Woolsey was last seen Aug. 9 in the Foley area, which is just northeast of St. Cloud.At that time, he was wearing a Fox racing shirt, tan cargo shorts and flip flops. The BCA says Woolsey may be in the Twin Cities. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on where he might be, call 911, the Foley Police Department at 320-968-0800 or the Benton County Dispatch at 320-968-7201.
Minnesota Win First Championship In Thriller
The Minnesota Wind Chill defeated the Carolina Flyers 17-16 in the championship game to win their first UFA title. The Wind Chill entered the final four weekend as the last seed, but prevailed over two favored contenders thanks to a true team effort and a defensive intensity that limited opponents to just 29 goals combined.
Wedding Photographer accused of secretly recording bride
A wedding photographer from Pine City is accused of filming a bride while she was undressed. A court document outlines the privacy interference charge against Mitchell Ringness. The investigation began when an acquaintance turned in a thumb drive, reportedly belonging to Ringness and containing video of a bride undressing along...
Fair-goers scorched by heartland heat wave take refuge under misters as some schools let out early
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or called off sports practices. Highs approaching the century mark combined with oppressive humidity to made it feel like 105 to 115 degrees (40 to 46 Celsius) across the country’s heartland, the National Weather Service said. It issued heat warnings or advisories for large swaths of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. “There’s going to be some records in play today,” warned Ashton Robinson Cook, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. Several cities opened cooling centers, including in Des Moines, Iowa, where city buses were available to give people free rides to the sites. Experts urged those venturing outside to drink plenty of water.
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