Recent content from Aaron Brown
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.
