MinnesotaBrown
Blog URL http://www.minnesotabrown.com
Tags Minnesota, Iron Range, Politics, Mining, Economy, Writing, Radio, Media, Bob Dylan
MinnesotaBrown is a daily blog that discusses news, politics and culture in Northern Minnesota's Iron Range. Aaron J. Brown is an author, columnist, teacher and political organizer.
Latest Blog Posts
- Brown on the Air: GIVING THANKS on Nov 20, 2009 in thanksgiving thank you Between You and Me KAXE
The Saturday morning call in/music program "Between You and Me" on 91.7 KAXE returns this weekend with guest host Linda Johnson. My regular contribution is an encore presentation that fits with this week's topic of "Thanksgiving." The piece is about...
- 47 layoffs at MN Discovery Center on Nov 20, 2009 in Ironworld minnesota discovery center jobs iron range economy
The press release from the Ironworld Development Corporation, regarding the situation at the Minnesota Discovery Center:Minnesota Discovery Center announces layoffsCHISHOLM – The Ironworld Development Corporation Board of Directors today announced...
- Financial problems at the former Ironworld on Nov 19, 2009 in Ironworld minnesota discovery center iron range politics economy
Major news will be breaking today and Friday about serious financial problems at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm (formerly Ironworld). Several inside sources have relayed information to me independently, enough that this cannot be a secret...
- The Whistling Bird is no more on Nov 18, 2009 in gilbert whistling bird iron range food
The Whistling Bird, the Iron Range's best (and only) Jamaican restaurant, has closed. For a decade, the "Bird" represented a pearl of uniqueness in the blue collar grit of the Iron Range. There is nothing funny about this. Nothing at all.The MDN has...
- Once more, with feeling on Nov 18, 2009 in mesabi daily news jobs Mesaba Energy Project excelsior energy coal iron range politics
Maybe you heard about the Mesaba Energy Project Final Environmental Impact Statement released this week. Local newspaper readers were treated to this Bill Hanna Mesabi Daily News story in the Range's largest newspapers. The company is still pretendin...
- Mesabi Nugget slated to go in mid-December on Nov 18, 2009 in mining jobs iron range Mesabi Nugget economy
In other news, Mesabi Nugget plans to begin shipping its unique iron nugget product by mid-December. This reflects another slight delay but is small enough where we might be able to consider this a likelihood.
- Iron Range education at a crossroads on Nov 18, 2009 in st. louis county schools education schools iron range
As a loyal WDIO viewer I missed a couple of interesting education stories from Northland's News Center (Channels 3, 6, 11, et al).On consolidation ... and on the future of Iron Range education. Both of the stories focus on the plight of the St. Louis...
