Hermantown

Four speakers from three rural Northern Minnesota school districts took first at the state Speech meet last weekend, and 14 more finished in the top eight.

The region will be well represented in the Class A meet, with 69 entries; Northern Minnesota has five entries in the 2A meet.

Warroad is the 2025 Class A runner-up. Proctor/Hermantown won the consolation championship.

Proctor/Hermantown lost its first match Wednesday night, leaving the Warriors as the last team from the Northland vying for the Class A title.

The two teams are on opposite sides of the Class 1A bracket. They're the only rural Northern Minnesota teams in the tournament.

One team, two sprint duo and two individual athletes from rural Northern Minnesota medaled at the state nordic ski meet last week.

Artists Robb Quisling and Jonathan Thunder of Duluth joined "Area Voices" to discuss their new exhibit at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji.

Nearly 40 student-athletes from rural schools across the Northland will race at next week's state meets at Giant's Ridge.

Minnesota Power’s HVDC transmission line is one of only a handful of such lines in the country. These lines transmit electricity more efficiently over long distances than alternating current lines.

Ashley McFarland, Jodi McShane, Eric Griffith, David Lokke and Russ Salgy are running for I.S.D. 700, Hermantown, School Board.