Prep Blog: Friday’s Top High School Match-Ups
It might be early January and our winter weather is finally turning frigid after a mild start, but conference races in the winter high school sports are starting to heat up and take shape. The holidays...
View ArticleHermantown Shuts Out Breck For Class 1A Hockey Title
St. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hermantown coach Bruce Plante entered Saturday afternoon’s Class 1A boys hockey championship nervous how he’d react win or lose. The Hawks made sure their coach could finally...
View ArticlePolice: Driver Caught Going 171 MPH Near Duluth
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hermantown police say a driver of a sport car was stopped after being clocked on radar at an extremely high speed: 171 miles per hour. According to police, while working a “Toward...
View ArticleHermantown Man Among Best Video Game Race Car Drivers Worldwide
HERMANTOWN, Minn. (WCCO) — For most of us, the closest we’ve ever come to driving a race car is on a video game. But for one Minnesota man, that is serious stuff. In a quiet neighborhood in Hermantown,...
View ArticlePolice Arrest 4 After Drive-By Shooting In Hermantown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man was injured and four people are in custody after a drive-by shooting in northern Minnesota. On Saturday, Hermantown police responded to a report of a drive-by shooting on the...
View ArticleHermantown Wins 2nd Straight 1A Boys’ Hockey Championship
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dylan Samberg turned potential devastation into jubilation. The senior scored with 19.4 seconds left in the second overtime and Hermantown won its second straight Class 1A boys’...
View ArticleHermantown Man Wins $1 Million Powerball Prize
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Hermantown man is considering early retirement after winning the Powerball earlier this month. Greg Anderson was in New York when the winning numbers were drawn on March 18. It...
View ArticleNonprofit: Wounded Bobcat Recovering After Rescue
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An 18-month-old bobcat in northern Minnesota is expected to make a full recovery after being hit by a car, according to a group of wildlife rehabilitators. Staff at Wildwoods, a...
View ArticleHermantown Hockey Dreamers Arrive At State Tournament
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It is state tournament time in Minnesota. Boy’s hockey is taking over the Xcel Energy Center this week. There are plenty of kids dreaming of playing in the big dance. Blake Biondi...
View ArticleAfter 15-Year State Hockey Tournament Absence, Greenway Boys Return To Beat...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Greenway fans weren’t necessarily planning on a trip to St. Paul in early March. The odds of even getting to the Boys’ State Hockey Tournament were stacked against the Raiders....
View Article1 Dead In Officer-Involved Shooting In Hermantown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities say a person has died in an officer-involved shooting Saturday afternoon in Hermantown. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal...
View ArticleTimothy Majchrzak Identified As Man Killed In Hermantown Police Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials have released the name of the man who was fatally shot by police in northern Minnesota over the weekend. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office says 37-year-old Timothy...
View ArticleBicyclist, 47, Killed By Tour Bus On Hermantown Highway
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota State Patrol says a 47-year-old bicyclist was hit and killed by a tour bus late Friday night in Hermantown on Highway 53. Jacob Joseph Sabin, of Hermantown, was...
View ArticleH.S. Golf Coach Allegedly Bought Beer For Players
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Saying his team was upset about losing the Class AA state boys golf tournament on Wednesday by one stroke, a Hermantown High School boys golf assistant coach allegedly bought...
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