Getting an offer to play hockey for the University of Minnesota Duluth was a dream come true for Scott Perunovich.”I’ve wanted to play there since I was a little kid,” Perunovich said of UMD. “My uncle Doug Torrel played at UMD. A good friend Davey Johnson also played there.”
It’s a choice many hockey players face. Play your senior season for your high school, or try your hand at junior hockey. Grand Rapids’ Mitchell Mattson chose the former.
As a junior, Eva Reinertsen scored her 1,000th career point for Lakeview Christian Academy, the first Lion girl to reach that milestone. However, a lack of players forced Lakeview to suspend its program this year, leaving Eva without a team mere weeks before the start of her senior season.
Through the first half of November, the average temperature for Duluth has been the second warmest on record. While we have cooled off to more seasonable values, lately snow cover is still lacking. Northland businesses are feeling the impact because of this, some for the better, others, for worse.
El Nino is nothing new to the meteorological world. Every four to five years, it makes its return, impacting weather patterns all across the world. But as we get closer to winter, many Northlanders are wondering what kind of winter we can expect this time around.
Largest Free-Stading Hockey Stick Represents Town’s Impressive History.
Some things have changed, Midway Road is now Paul Bunyan Drive and the city is no longer dependant on logging as its main industry.
The northwestern Wisconsin town of Hayward has been built on legendary fish.
As preseason basketball practice grinds on in Washburn, the Castle Guards’ big man has one less worry.
In the final installment of our special report, ‘Jonesin’ for Java’ FOX 21’s Travis Patterson checks out a fast paced Italian-like café at Duluth Coffee Company.
Part two of a three part special report on local coffee hubs in the Northland. FOX 21’s Travis Patterson travels to Hayward, WI to try some local brews at Backroads Coffee.
Part one of a three part special report on local coffee hubs in the Northland. FOX 21’s Travis Patterson travels to Bayfield, WI to try some local brews at Big Water Coffee.
We’re wrapping up our tour of unique homes in Duluth.
FOX 21’s Nick Franck tries out for Carlton High School’s varsity volleyball team.
We continue our look inside unique homes in Duluth.
Cook County High School was in the school’s first ever trip to the volleyball state tournament. And even with plenty of familiar faces in the stands, Viking playerss couldn’t avoid a few wide–eyed stares.
FOX 21’s Nick Franck tries out for the Grand Rapids varsity swim team.
Take a drive through your neighborhood and you’ve probably had the urge to peek inside at least one home.
Weekend Spotlight: Nov. 13-14
Sometimes it takes either a sense of wonder, or the quest for truth, to discover the best stories.
Sometimes to separate fact from fiction, it just takes digging a little bit deeper under the surface.
We’ve shown you how social media has helped Northland police build a positive relationship with the community, but what about the criminals?
18 year old Bridget Villebrun of Nett Lake started watching hockey as a way to bond with her dad.
Social media has wormed its way into most people’s lives one way or another. It’s transitioned to such a big part of our culture that those who protect us now use it as a method to keep us safe.
In the final report on being transgender in the Northland, FOX 21’s Dan Hanger explores the positive advocacy work of two Duluth transgender people, and how UW-Superior is creating an accepting culture of diversity, with a strong focus on the transgender community.
In this second part of a special report – Being Transgender in the Northland – FOX 21’s Dan Hanger examines the startling rise attempted suicides, discrimination and even violence against transgender people.
FOX 21’s Dan Hanger begins a three-part special report as two transgender Northlanders open up about transitioning their everyday lives to reflect the gender identity they overwhelmingly feel inside.
Danny Lilya has been part of the Moose Lake/Willow River football program since the 5th grade. But Danny isn’t like his Rebel teammates. Danny is in a wheelchair, but that doesn’t lessen his love for football.
Not only is drug use becoming more common around this area, it’s also causing more hospital visits. This is part one of a special report on Drugs in the Northland.
As a kid growing up in Esko, Karson Kuhlman had a dream to play hockey at the University of Minnesota Duluth.”UMD was always here,” said Kuhlman. “We always went to games as kids. It was a pretty obvious choice when the time came to choose a place to play college hockey.”
In Hermantown, the name Hoff is synonymous with girls soccer. Junior Callie Hoff is scoring goals for the Hawks, while Hailey Hoff, no relation, is the hawks’ all–time leading scorer. However, Hailey’s sister Kylie Hoff chose a different path.
Every day Mark Liebaert treks across his 600 acres of land checking on his 85 head, the main source of income on his farm.
On the football field, Will Hartman is a key member of Two Harbors’ defense. His classmates think so highly of him, that Will was voted Homecoming King. But it’s what happened after will got his crown. That showed this king’s true class.
The top roles on high school tennis teams are often filled by upperclassmen. Not at Duluth’s Marshall School, where 7th grader Nore Heinitz has been dominant at number one singles.
While hitters get the glory, setters often go overlooked on the volleyball court.Duluth East volleyball coach Danna Anderson says her setter, Alayna Baker, is a prime example.”She doesn’t get a whole lot of credit for the amount of work that she puts in on the court,” Anderson said. “It’s a pretty thankless position.”
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Swimming wasn’t the first sport Allie Mayfield tried, however once she was in the pool, it didn’t take Allie long to realize she’d found her sport.”I kinda tried really every sport before i got to swimming,” she said. “Swimming was different from every other sport I tried. I really love being an individual while still being on a team. I like testing my ability.”
Weekend Spotlight: September 18-20
Esko native Molly Trapp and Duluth East grad Bailey Romans thought they playing volleyball for Division I South Dakota State. However, a change of coaches, led to an unexpected change of scenery.
Here’s a look at some of the events happening in the Twin Ports the weekend of Sept. 11.
Seeing bears in the City of Duluth is nothing new. However, Duluth Police said they’ve noticed a recent spike in people reporting bear sightings.
The heat that comes with summer could make for an overheated pup.
It’s a pop–culture topic that seems to be going mainstream – tiny houses.
In high school, people sometimes believe they’ve found the one they’re going to spend their life with.
“They’re both individually hard workers, but together they push each other,” Krista Almquist, Coach and Volunteer for Special Olympics said.
Thursday May 28th, the Hermantown Hawks won two games to advance in the Section 7AA baseball playoffs.An impressive performance, considering the loss Hermantown suffered just 24 hours earlier.
If you take a moment and take a look around you, you might find what one photographer sees every single day.
With two main entryways into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, through Ely and Grand Marais, there is no denying the wilderness helps to generate big tourism dollars for nearby communities.
Veterinarians are saying it’s very important to get your pets in for their annual exams.
