Hermantown

Brainerd senior Ty Nelson won another triple jump title Thursday, June 12, 2025, as Northern Minnesota 2A and 3A teams collectively won 88 medals at the state track and field meet.

St. Louis County is looking to make a segment of the road near Pike Lake, northeast of Hermantown, safer, as there are a variety of concerns.

The line would run from its Iron Range Substation near Grand Rapids to its St. Louis County Substation near Hermantown with a connection to American Transmission Co.’s nearby Arrowhead Substation.

The Native American-led program of the Northland Foundation also funded projects around educational and cultural programming. The grants aim to build community.

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.