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Brooks Johnson

Brooks Johnson was an enterprise/investigative reporter and business columnist at the Duluth News Tribune from 2016 to 2019.

Katie Poirier
The Vault
20 years after Poirier kidnapping, some laws improve while others remain the same
"Out of that tragedy a lot of advancements have come, and we'll continue to seek more."
May 25, 2019 06:33 PM
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By  Andee Erickson
Erin Murphy (second from left) speaks during a candidate forum featuring DFL candidates for governor at the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet Wednesday evening. Other candidates at the forum were Tim Walz, Rebecca Otto and Tina Liebling. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
News
Four DFL governor candidates make pitch in Cloquet
CLOQUET--Four people passed microphones across a table, sometimes echoing one another, sometimes striking out on their own. One of them might be elected governor -- in about 400 days.
October 07, 2017 11:47 PM
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By  Brooks Johnson
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Business
Duluth-based Allete thrives as it renews focus on all things energy
A wide swath of Minnesotans interact with a homegrown, billion-dollar business every day -- without leaving the house, without turning on a computer, without blinking. Just don't expect all of them to know the name of that company. Allete Inc. is...
May 14, 2017 05:00 AM
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By  Brooks Johnson
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Business
Owner plans to close match mill; 85 to lose jobs
Cloquet's match and toothpick factory is closing, and 85 people will lose their jobs there as a result, owner Newell Brands announced Monday. The plant produces Diamond matches and toothpicks, a business that New Jersey-based Newell sold last mon...
May 01, 2017 04:47 PM
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By  Brooks Johnson