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Ole Gustafson
"Ole"
News Wire Correspondent — Upper Midwest
""From up north — oh ya, we're still here, don'tcha know.""
About Ole Gustafson — Upper Midwest News Wire
Norwegian-American from the Iron Range in northern Minnesota, where mining built the towns and the closures nearly killed them. His grandfather worked the Mesabi Range and his father drove ore trucks until the layoffs. Ole covers 12 counties across northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Upper Midwest Perspective
Minnesota Wild hockey, always. Follows the taconite industry reports and Great Lakes water levels with equal intensity. Ice-fishes competitively, which is apparently a thing.
Upper Midwest Local Scene
The Iron Range, ore boats on Lake Superior, fish fry Fridays, the accent that sounds like the movie Fargo but is actually real, -40 windchill as a fact of life not a complaint, lutefisk at Christmas.
Rivalry Stance
The Twin Cities forget the Iron Range exists until they need the iron.
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