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Tom Olsen

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
45
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Tom Olsen

    Community Action Duluth set to lose federal, state funding (opens the original)

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    DULUTH — Community Action Duluth will no longer be eligible to receive the federal and state grants that help fund many of its programs. The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families announced the severe sanction Thursday, stripping the embattled organization of its status as a community action agency. The nonprofit has been in turmoil in recent years, including allegations of financial mismanagement and a hostile work environment. Staff last year approved a vote of no confidence in E

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Tom Olsen

    Duluth man sentenced for assault, carjacking of 78-year-old (opens the original)

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    DULUTH — Robert Hansen was a “fiercely stoic and brave man, almost to a fault,” his daughter, Melissa Kelley, said. Even when he was in the hospital after a brutal attack by a stranger at his home five years ago, he seemed more worried about how his neighbors were doing. “To know our father is to know a man with a generous heart and an unbreakable spirit,” Kelley told a judge Monday. Hansen died in April at 83. But his family was on hand in the Duluth courtroom to seek justice as the prolonged c

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Tom Olsen

    Former Northland man repays $100,000 in stolen state funds (opens the original)

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    GRAND RAPIDS — A former Itasca County man has repaid more than $100,000 that he stole from the state in Medicaid and food stamp benefits over the course of nearly a decade. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the restitution payment after Michael John Marick, 64, was sentenced Sept. 14 on a felony count of wrongfully obtaining assistance. Court documents state that Marick, who formerly had an address in the Bigfork area but now lives in Champlin, Minnesota, lied about his income,

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Tom Olsen

    Data centers, tariffs at issue as Hauschild, Zupancich face off (opens the original)

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    DULUTH — Candidates in a rematch of one of Minnesota’s most hotly contested State Senate races sparred over fraud, data centers and tariffs at a forum Monday night. Incumbent District 3 Sen. Grant Hauschild, DFL-Hermantown, repeatedly described himself as an independent-minded legislator unafraid to buck his party. “When I ran four years ago, I said that we needed a senator that would really stay out of the extremes in our politics and focus on delivering for our region,” he said. But his Republ

  5. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Tom Olsen

    Proctor man dies 6 weeks after he was critically injured in crash (opens the original)

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    DULUTH — A man has died nearly six weeks after he was critically injured in a Midway Township crash, and authorities are investigating whether additional charges should be filed against the woman who was allegedly responsible. John Daniel Porter, 80, of Proctor, died Sept. 13, in hospice care at his home, according to court filings and an obituary. Porter was driving a minivan that was rear-ended at a high rate of speed Aug. 3 by an unlicensed motorist who was heavily intoxicated, authorities sa

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