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Scott (left) and Jeff Asbach are pictured outside of the Hometown Focus office in Virginia. Photo by Marcus Bustamante. In case you’ve missed some of our prior anniversary editions, let me explain what the “Wizard of Oz” has to do with the 15th anniversary of Hometown Focus. On its face, the analogy could be a
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VIRGINIA â Chris Knight, publisher of the former Mesabi Daily News and now Mesabi Tribune, is remembering Bill Hanna as "a committed journalist who wasnât afraid to take on any issue in search of the truth." Knight's words are those echoed by many colleagues and friends in remarks to the Mesabi Tribune in the wake of Hanna's death. Hanna, former executive editor of the Mesabi Daily News and award-winning journalist, died early Monday morning, January 11, at his home in Virginia/Mountain Iron. Hanna had been with the Mesabi Daily News from the mid-1980s until 2016, when he had a life...