Dan Hanger

Dan joined FOX 21 Local News as a reporter in October 2010 before being promoted to main anchor in August 2011 for the station’s evening newscasts.  He has more than 20 years of experience in television, radio and online journalism.

Dan arrived in Duluth in 2006 as a multi-media journalist for KBJR-TV before being promoted to morning anchor.  Before that, he spent two years as a web editor with Internet Broadcasting, publishing news for NBC’s owned-&-operated websites out of WMAQ-TV’s newsroom in Chicago.

Brewster 

Dan is a 2005 graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism. His hometown is Chicago, but Dan calls the Twin Ports home.

Dan is frequently tapped to emcee some of the Northland’s biggest charitable events, like the annual Fur Ball for Animal Allies Humane Society.  He’s also been a big supporter of the Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Minnesota, raising more than $18,000 since 2012.

In 2024, Dan was named Best TV Anchor in the Duluth News Tribune’s Best of the Best Awards.

On Aug. 27, 2025, Dan’s dog, Brewster, the unofficial mascot of FOX 21 since 2010, peacefully passed away at 15 years old.  He was adopted from a former Hibbing animal shelter while Dan was on a story there.  Brewster was able to celebrate a public birthday party two months before his actually birthday in August at Fitger’s Complex.

Brewster’s 15th Birthday Bash! June 2025

Contact Dan at dhanger@kqdsfox21.tv

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