🌱 How Hermantown’s Max Plante is driving Team USA’s redemption quest

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In today's newsletter:

• How Hermantown’s Max Plante is driving Team USA’s redemption quest

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Wednesday: Colder with clouds and sun, temps: high: 32, low: 22.
• Thursday: Snow and flurries at times, with a high of 32 and low of -11 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• USA after redemption, not a three-peat, at 2026 World Juniors (duluthnewstribune.com) — Hermantown native Max Plante is a key figure on Team USA as they prepare in Duluth for the 2026 World Junior Championship in Minneapolis and St. Paul. After a painful U18 loss to Canada, Plante and several former teammates are focused on redemption and another gold medal, bringing national hockey attention to a hometown star.
   

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📸 Around Hermantown

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Planning Commission
  Rice Lake City Hall , 4107 W Beyer Rd , Duluth
  12:00 pm
• City Council
  Cloquet City Hall , 101 14th St , Cloquet
  6:00 pm
• Cloquet Lumberjacks vs Proctor Rails
  Cloquet Senior High School , 1000 18th St , Cloquet
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Christmas Movie Day!
  2001 Washington Ave , Cloquet
  9:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Gigibaaga’adowewin “Carrying the Stickgame with us”
  Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College , 2101 14th St , Cloquet
  5:00 pm
• FDLTCC Community Drum Practice
  Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College , 2101 14th St , Cloquet
  5:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Cloquet Lumberjacks vs Mahtomedi Zephyrs
  Cloquet Senior High School , 1000 18th St , Cloquet
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Lakehead Harvest Winter Hayrides @ Lakehead Harvest Show – Esko
  Lakehead Harvest Reunion , 70 St Louis River Rd E , Cloquet
  4:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Holiday Tea
  The Historic Scott House , 1321 Co Rd 4 , Carlton
  1:30 pm
• Eira: Celtic Music For The Season
  Sacred Heart Music Center , 201 West 4th Street , Duluth
  2:00 pm
• Acts 2 Gathering
  Holy Smokes BBQ , 1103 Avenue B , Cloquet
  6:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Carlton County Board of Commissioners Adjourned Session
  Carlton County, MN Calendar , 1630 County Road 61 , Carlton
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Proctor

• Proctor/Hermantown girls hockey ties with Benilde-St. Margaret's (wdio.com)

Duluth

• Duluth Firefighters are gearing up for another year of giving (wdio.com)
• GMN Weather Sketch: Nancy (wdio.com)
• Western Specialty Contractors brings new life to DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace building in Duluth (rejournals.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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