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1 week ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
With the Timberwolves second consecutive 5-game exit in the Western Conference Finals, Minnesota sports fans are left with another familiar disappointment from one of Minnesota’s “Big 4” professional sports teams. Despite recent success from the Minnesota Frost, and storied success of the Minnesota Lynx, loyal fans of Minnesota sports are hungry for a championship from one of the “Big 4,” which is nearing three and a half decades without even an appearance.
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1 week ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
(1) Grand Rapids 10, (2) North Branch 0GRAND RAPIDS — Kaden Sweeney stepped into a big spot Wednesday at Bob Streetar Field and delivered in a 10-0 shutout win over North Branch in the first round of the Section 7AAA tournament. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm%9:D H2D E96 D@A9@>@C6’D D64@?5 42C66C G2CD:EJ DE2CE 27E6C A:E49:?8 7:G6 :??:?8D 282:?DE !C@4E@C ;FDE @G6C 2 H66< 28@ 2?5 DECF88=:?8 H:E9 4@?EC@=]k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQm~? (65?6D52J[ $H66?6J H2D E96 @?6 :?
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1 week ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
Mental Health Awareness Month is May in the United States. The Herald Review, First Call for Help, Itasca County Health and Human Services, and the Itasca County Sheriff’s Department collaborated throughout the past several weeks to identify specific topics and bring them further into the light. Being informed can help keep us on the paths we choose. Staying proactive and preventative helps to better prepare us when disaster strikes, or adversity creeps in.
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2 weeks ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
On Tuesday, May 20, six local Grand Rapids High School students affirmed perhaps their biggest decision in life yet when they enlisted in the military during the high school’s very first National Guard Signing Day.
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2 weeks ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
Section 7AAA Softball TournamentHermantown 15, Grand Rapids 0kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDEC@?8mvC2?5 #2A:5D h[ sF=FE9 s6?76=5 `k^DEC@?8mk^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDEC@?8mvC2?5 #2A:5D h[ r=@BF6E gk^DEC@?8mk^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQm%96 %9F?56C92H<D 76== 92C5 :? 2 `d\_ =@DD E@ w6C>2?E@H? :? E96 @A6?:?8 C@F?5 @7 E96 $64E:@? fppp $@7E32== %@FC?2>6?E[ 3FE 925 =:76 =67E @? %9FCD52J 2D E96J A6CD6G6C65 E9C@F89 EH@ 4@?D64FE:G6 H:?D @?
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2 weeks ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
TRACK AND FIELDGreenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin girls won their event, boys take secondkA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDEC@?8mp&#~#p —k^DEC@?8m v^}\z’D {@=2 r92>A=:? 2?5 %2J=@C r@G:6C A2:C65\FA E@ E2<6 7:CDE 2?5 D64@?5 :? E96 8:C=’D `e__> C246 %9FCD52J 2E E96 $64E:@? fp }@CE9 $F3\$64E:@? %C24< 2?5 u:6=5 |66E @? E96:C H2J E@ 2 G:4E@CJ 7@C E96 %:E2?D 8:C=D EC24< 2?5 7:6=5 E62>] z2J=66 z2?82D 2?5 |25:D@? qC@H? A2:C65\FA E@ 5@ E96 D2>6 :? E96 `__> 9FC5=6D] k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQm$6?:@C r=2:C6 r=FD:2F D6E 2 !# @? 96C H2J E@ 2 G:4E@CJ :?
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2 weeks ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
Section 7AA SemifinalsAitkin 7 ,Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 0kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?mvC66?H2J^}2D9H2F<\z66H2E:? g[ !C@4E@C bk^DA2?mk^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?mq~'t* — %96 %:E2?D 9@DE65 E96 v@33=6CD :? 7C@?E @7 2 =2C86 4C@H5 :? E96 $64E:@? fpp %@FC?2>6?E >2E49FA 3FE :E H2D 2== p:E<:? :? E96 7:CDE 82>6 2D E96J D9FE@FE vC66?H2J^}2D9H2F<\z66H2E:? f\_]k^DA2?mk^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?mu24:?8 6=:>:?2E:@? 27E6C E96 =@DD[ 9625 4@249 r2C=: w2J?6D 2?5 E96 %:E2?D C68C@FA65 :? E96 27E6C?@@? E@ E2<6 5@H? !C@4E@C g\b[ E96:C D64@?5 H:?
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2 weeks ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
Section 5A Second RoundHill City/Northland 10, Pine-River-BackuskA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDEC@?8mw:== r:EJ^}@CE9=2?5 f[ z6==:96C^}@CE9@>6 ck^DEC@?8mk^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?mkDEC@?8mwx{{ rx%* —k^DEC@?8m }@] a w:== r:EJ^}@CE9=2?5 EC@F?465 }@] f !:?6\#:G6C\q24<FD `_\_ :? E96 $64E:@? dp $64@?5 #@F?5 (65?6D52J :? w:== r:EJ] z2:;2 }62CJ H2D :?
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2 weeks ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
WATERLOO, (Iowa) — Grand Rapids High School junior goaltender Carter Casey and the Waterloo Blackhawks’ Cinderella-run ends after falling to the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the USHL’s Clark Cup Final. Casey and the Blackhawks fell 4-3 in overtime after Muskegon’s Jack Christ beat Casey six minutes into the extra period to secure the Cup. It was Christ’s third goal of the game and Muskegon’s first championship in their history. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm%96 q=24<92H<D 7@F?5 E96>D6=G6D BF:4<=J 5@H? a\_ :?
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2 weeks ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Jonathan Ryan
Moorhead 9, Grand Rapids/Greenway 6GRAND RAPIDS — Sophie Carlson scored three times to finish the regular season with 23 goals in 2025. Mercury Bischoff scored her 24th and Kylie DeBay added her seventh of the year but the Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning could not hold on to a late lead and close-out a fantastic regular season with a win on Senior Night Tuesday at rainy Noble Hall Field. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmyF=:2 $E672? A=2J65 :? ?6E 7@C E96 {:89E?:?8[ >2<:?8 7:G6 D2G6D 2?5 =:>:E:?8 |@@C9625 E@ =6DD E92?
