Star Tribune
Duluth’s Grandma’s Marathon 2025 races filling at record pace
DULUTH — When registration opened Tuesday night for next year’s Grandma’s Marathon, the destination race along Minnesota’s North Shore, there were 7,500 hopefuls queued up and ready to commit to the mileage.
It made for long wait times for some runners who were logged in for up to 2 hours, though some cruised through the process in under 20 minutes, according to race officials. It also made for a record-setting entry pace. The Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon is expected to sell out less than 24 hours after it opened. The William A. Irvin 5K could also sell out by the end of the day.
“We had over 11,000 signed up in the first five hours — more than we’ve ever had before,” according to Zach Schneider, the event’s marketing director, who added the servers were also running slow on opening night. “It was the perfect storm. People had to exercise a little patience.”
Grandma’s Marathon and the Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon are scheduled for June 21, 2025. The William Irvin 5K is June 20.
For those considering the challenge, an entry in the full marathon will be the easiest to secure, with more than 5,000 spots still available. By midmorning Wednesday, there were only about 350 entries left for the half-marathon and 400 for the 5K.
Schneider said a lot of runners took up the sport during the pandemic and, combined with decent weather the past few years, Grandma’s Marathon has consistently filled fast.
“We know our race depends so much on word-of-mouth,” he said. “When we get good weather, people go back and tell family and friends.”
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump ”resorted to crimes” in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, federal prosecutors said in a newly unsealed court filing that argues that the former president is not entitled to immunity from prosecution.
The filing was unsealed Wednesday. It was submitted by special counsel Jack Smith’s team following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents and narrowed the scope of the prosecution.
From March 4, 2016, through June 25, 2020, Hu routinely directed CAH employees to bill for one hour of acupuncture services, even though sessions lasted no longer than 30 to 45 minutes, with many ending after 15 minutes.
The former employees said that when they challenged Hu about this, she rebuffed them and said to continue documenting services as one hour. Some former employees said they quit over the billing practices.
Investigators also found that the clinics billed for months — and on one occasion years — after clients stopped receiving services at the clinics.
CAH also billed for acupuncture services provided in a client’s home without the required prior authorization for a home visit, used acupuncture billing codes to bill for services that were not covered acupuncture services, and used the credentials of another acupuncturist to bill for services provided to clients with a particular insurance company after the company excluded CAH from its network.
Hu also regularly signed, and directed others to sign, verifications for language interpreter services that did not happen, the investigation found.
“When I get into office, we are not raising taxes, we are going to tighten the belt,” Kohler said.
Anderson, who is 43, said during the campaign he is highlighting his work on local infrastructure, expanding broadband access and the county’s push to end veteran homelessness. He added that county leaders work hard to make the most of the taxes they collect to deliver a “good quality of life.”
“Hennepin County has been doing some incredible things despite some incredibly challenging times,” Anderson said.
Kohler said he thought he would have more impact serving at the local level. He previously ran unsuccessfully for state Senate to represent District 38 in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center.
