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Aaron Brown

Contributing Columnist
Opinion
Aaron Brown is a columnist from the Iron Range, an author of books and essays and a communication instructor at Minnesota North College in Hibbing. His commentary focuses on the people, news and culture of the Iron Range and northern Minnesota. He was raised in a trailer house on a local junkyard and is the first in five generations of his family to never work in an iron mine. He lives down a dirt road on the western Mesabi. His current and past writing can be found at MinnesotaBrown.com.

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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.
September 24, 2024
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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.
September 3, 2024
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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.
August 18, 2024