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    March 30, 2018
    Sam Cook
    Teachable moment: A roomful of fourth-grade writers
    DULUTH — They came filing in, led by their teachers, class by class. Fourth-graders. Three classes. About 90 students in all. They filed...
    opinion/columnsMarch 30, 2018 - 10:20am
    March 13, 2018
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    Liberty Middle School overcrowding will push 100 8th graders to high school early
    WEST FARGO—Overcrowding in a West Fargo middle school will push some kids into high school early. Administrators say overcrowding is so...
    news/educationMarch 13, 2018 - 1:20am
    February 19, 2018
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    West Fargo School Board searches for new superintendent
    FARGO—Community members are weighing in on the search for a new superintendent in West Fargo. The school board met with several district...
    news/educationFebruary 19, 2018 - 10:38pm
    January 27, 2018
    Greg Wright, North House Folk School executive director, was enthusiastic when talking about how the school has grown since its founding. Bob King / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Northern Minn. folk school offers hands-on classes to learn trades, arts
    GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — In a timber-framed building that smelled of freshly sawed wood and pine tar, Robb Rutledge and Pete Dulak were hammering...
    lifestyle/travelJanuary 27, 2018 - 6:45pm
    December 16, 2017
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    40th anniversary of the Willmar 8: First bank strike in Minnesota was in Willmar
    WILLMAR, Minn. — It's Dec. 16, 1977. A group of women employees of Citizens National Bank stand outside the bank in a picket line despite...
    newsDecember 16, 2017 - 9:57am
    December 14, 2017
    Bob Rogers of Marine General Supply stands behind the donation jar for Bob's Bike Drive. Rogers raises money each holiday season to provide bikes for kids. (Sam Cook / Forum Newws Service)
    SAM COOK: Help Bob give a kid the gift of wheels
    DULUTH — Earlier this week, Bob Rogers and friends delivered 403 bikes that 403 lucky kids will find waiting for them on Christmas morning....
    newsDecember 14, 2017 - 9:25pm
    Airman 1st Class Krishia Baltazar of the 148th Fighter Wing is bringing a yearling dog named Juan home to Duluth from Puerto Rico after the one-eyed dog became inseparable from her during her deployment to help with the hurricane relief efforts. Juan was born at Camp Santiago and has been a stray dog at the base until Baltazar adopted him. (Photo courtesy Tech Sgt. Lynette Olivares / DVIDS)play button
    'One special dog': Dog finds permanent home with deployed 148th airman
    DULUTH — During the month that the 148th Fighter Wing has been deployed in Puerto Rico, its ranks have grown by one with the addition of...
    newsDecember 14, 2017 - 9:23pm
    November 19, 2017
    Always in Season: Grosbeaks may bring winter birding thrills
    The evening grosbeak is often a spoiler and always a thrill — a spoiler because it is always keenly anticipated but seldom shows up, and...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 19, 2017 - 6:00am
    Cal Helgeson and daughter Alivia, 12 (left) and son Hayden, 14 (right) of Grand Forks share a moment in the field after a successful October snow goose hunt in Saskatchewan. (Photo courtesy of Cal Helgeson)
    Retaining young hunters presents a challenge, Grand Forks parent says
    GRAND FORKS — As a parent with a passion for sharing the outdoors with his kids, Cal Helgeson is frustrated. Given the potential challenges...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 19, 2017 - 6:00am
    October 15, 2017
    Sophie, a Brittany owned by Phil and Nathan Johnson, retreives a ruffed grouse during a hunt Monday, Oct. 9 northwest of Island Lake. (Sam Cook / Forum News Service)
    Sophie's season: The Johnsons’ Brittany bounced back from a severe injury and still finds plenty of grouse and woodcock
    NORTHWEST OF ISLAND LAKE, Minn. — Phil Johnson had shot the woodcock over his young Brittany's point, and he had seen the bird go down...
    sports/outdoorsOctober 15, 2017 - 6:00am
    A large black bear explores the interior of a live-trap in which it was captured by Stone Boulanger of Stone River Wildlife Control. The bear, which had been breaking into a Duluth home, was later processed and had a field-dressed weight of 605 pounds. (Stone Boulanger photo)
    Bear trapped in Duluth tips scale at 605 pounds
    DULUTH — Stone Boulanger of Stone River Wildlife Control says it was the largest nuisance bear he's ever trapped for a homeowner. He trapped...
    sports/outdoorsOctober 15, 2017 - 6:00am
    September 17, 2017
    Jerry Kern of St. Paul talks about his life during a recent interview. Bob King / Forum News Service
    'You gotta go on': 40 years later, Minnesota man reflects on tragic morning
    DULUTH, Minn. — Jerry Kern used to hunt deer at a camp north of Island Lake. But after what happened on this date 40 years ago, Kern no...
    sportsSeptember 17, 2017 - 7:09am
    September 13, 2017
    Senior Hanna Nelson plans to pursue a career in nursing. Special to the Pioneer.
    Packer Weekly: West Fargo High School students have an opportunity through the Career Center
    West Fargo High School students have an opportunity through the Career Center called job shadowing. It gives students opportunities to observe...
    newsSeptember 13, 2017 - 9:37am
    August 28, 2017
    Create goodness around you (doughnuts help)
    My girls recently taught me a lesson about kindness, while raising $503.25 for the local food pantry. With an assortment of doughnuts and four...
    opinion/columnsAugust 28, 2017 - 8:39am
    August 20, 2017
    Frank and Mary Alice Hansen started Sawbill Canoe Outfitters in 1957. (Sawbill Canoe Outfitters photo)
    Passing it on: Third generation of Hansen family outfitting canoeists for adventures in the Boundary Waters
    NORTH OF TOFTE — It was a damp and drippy August morning at Sawbill Canoe Outfitters nestled among the pines at the tip of the Sawbill...
    sports/outdoorsAugust 20, 2017 - 6:00am
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