Recent content from Aaron Brown
Brown: The wheeling and dealing of American steel
For better or worse, Trump's tariffs will impact Minnesota workers and the state's Iron Range.
Brown: I grew up in a Minnesota bog the size of New York City; I didn't know it was special.
The Sax-Zim Bog in northern Minnesota is considered to be one of the world's most interesting natural places where you can easily see the inner workings of a boreal forest. It also becomes a mecca for bird watchers in the winter.
Brown: Blocked Nippon deal leaves fate of U.S. Steel in question
The company still needs investment badly, and it isn't clear what game of opportunity and survival is being played at the top.
Brown: In Hibbing, Dylan biopic taps the unknowable
Creative genius can come from anywhere and everywhere. This version came from the Range.
Brown: Reforming broken rural economies in greater Minnesota
Here are three projects in northeastern Minnesota that could pave the way to a brighter future. And they don't have anything to do with copper-nickel mining.
Brown: The music scene is alive and well in rural Minnesota
Underrated and undeterred: Traveling musicians keep rural Minnesota scene swinging. So go see the show.
Brown: Hunting licenses in Minnesota will soon go digital. I get it. And I hate it.
Getting my license from the small store by my house has become an enjoyable ritual. Now there will be one less reason for people to gather in public.
Brown: On the eve of the election, both campaign offices in this Minnesota town were dark
That's because most of the action has moved online.
Brown: When a blue district turns red, the dirt stays the same
Republicans have a good chance of sweeping all state House seats on the Iron Range for the first time since World War I. The question is what's changed.
Aaron Brown: In the quick of time — a dispatch from the 'sandwich generation' years
Research shows that people who care for an aging parent while still raising children struggle with increased financial and emotional strains. But the time investment is worth it.
Aaron Brown: With merger on the ropes, the fate of U.S. Steel will shape the future of the Iron Range
We need more investment in iron ore plants across the region, and we must reject single-company rule of the Mesabi.
Without more drivers, wheels on rural Minnesota school buses can't go 'round
The stakes are especially high in rural areas where some bus rides may be almost 90 minutes one way due to school consolidations.
Old family photo reveals how much has changed on Iron Range
Today, health care workers outnumber miners and there are more open jobs than people.
