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- Purchase of cat cages OK'd for new shelter
A request for funds to purchase cat cages for the new city-owned animal shelter had councilors scratching for answers early last week.
- New Year's resolutions vary
After a year with a historic election and troubling economic times, local residents are looking forward to a new year with or without resolutions.
- A look back as we enter 2009
Looking back about 50 years ago, Lillian Pescor, 97, remembers having dinner with her husband as a way to celebrate New Year's. Afterwards, they would go with other couples and participate in one of her ...
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Andrea Vake and Derek Minnehan were married on Sept. 13, 2008, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hibbing, with Fr.
- How did Albert Lea become a crossroads location?
Meetings held in Albert Lea about 90 years ago may have been very instrumental in this city becoming an important highway junction point and even the creation of what are now Interstates 35 and 90.
- AAUW honors future collegians
Hibbing High School seniors, Morgan McLaughlin and Amanda Yeager, were honored by the American Association of University Women at the December meeting.
- Rate payers outraged at HPUC
More than a dozen rate payers and local business people attended the Hibbing Public Utilities Commission meeting Tuesday evening to express their ire about rate and service fee increases for 2009.
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With company roots that date back to shortly after the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the new Graybar distribution branch recently opened at 3404 15th Ave.
- HPU is a viable entity without LEA
As many citizens of Hibbing know, a couple of weeks ago I wrote a letter which was highly critical of the rate increases proposed by HPU for 2009.
- Change in 'law and order' in Osseo; Chief Haller to retire at end of year
The city of Osseo will soon say goodbye to its top cop in charge. Osseo Police Chief Mike Haller will be retiring from his position with the city at the end of the year after 19 years and seven months of ...
- Judge denies venue change for Hibbing sex assault trial
A judge has denied a request from a former Hibbing Community College football player for a change of venue in his sexual assault trial.
- Man accused of rape wants trial moved
Lawyers for at least one of the four former Hibbing Community College football players accused of gang rape has requested their client's trial be moved out of Hibbing - somewhere more racially diverse, to be ...
- Balkan to determine fate of CIRSSD?
The future of the Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District may hinge upon Balkan Township's governing board, due to mandated resolutions of support that weren't signed and submitted to the state government in ...
- Iron Range conference focuses upon India
Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Business North - Around The Region - Duluth & Superior Newspaper Iron Range conference focuses upon India 12/18/2008 by Beth Bily Iron Range Resources ...
- Iron Range Digs Out
Iron Range towns were busy digging out after the first major storm of the season.
- Nutcracker' to be held at HCC
Residents desiring a family outing this Saturday have two opportunities to experience the "Nutcracker" ballet at the Hibbing Community College Theatre.
- Bitter cold settles over Minnesota, record low set in St. Cloud
Record cold has settled across Minnesota following a weekend winter storm. The National Weather Service says temperatures early Tuesday ranged between 15 and 25 degrees below zero across northern and central ...
- Defense cites race in request to move sex assault trial from Hibbing
A former Hibbing Community College football player can't get a fair trial in that community because of his race and the perception that he was involved in the demise of the school's football program, his ...
- Teens helping less fortunate teens
While some teens are opening up gifts of Playstations and Wii's on Christmas morning, there are others that won't have anything to open - nor a place to call home during the holidays.
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City DescriptionHibbing is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 17,071 at the 2000 census. The city was built on the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range. At the edge of town is the largest open-pit iron mine in the world. U.S. Highway 169, State Highway 37, and State Highway 73 are three of the main arterial routes in the city.
Hibbing was founded in 1893 by the town's namesake, Frank Hibbing. Hibbing was born in Hanover, Germany on December 1, 1856 and was christened Frans Dietrich Von Ahlen. His mother, who died when he was still in infancy, was of English birth, and it was her name, Hibbing, which he assumed when he set out to seek his fortune in the New World. He first settled in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin where he worked on a farm and in a shingle mill. After a deciding he was not familiar enough with the English language to make a legal career possible, he turned to timber cruising. In 1887, Mr. Hibbing settled in Duluth where he established a real estate business and began explorations on the Vermilion Range. In 1892, he headed a party of thirty men at Mountain Iron and cut a road through the wilderness to Section 22, 58-20. An expert iron ore prospector, he soon ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- St. Louis County
- Minnesota
City Contains:- Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine
- Hibbing Community College
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