It's more than a business to us. Our No. 1 source of information is strictly the paper ... and for advertising, as well. It's very much a part of our community. It's where we have our community conversation.

Whenever royalty visits, I think it is something that really excites people, gets them interested in heritage and culture.

It's not knowing what's going to happen that gets you.

They would've had to take in a tremendous amount of debt to do this acquisition, and that means that they would've had to do some streamlining and employee cuts. Maybe, in the breakup and re-sell of the Grand Forks Herald, we still have an upside.

This win shows progress. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves, though. A lot of people picked us to finish last in the conference, so it would be nice to prove them wrong.

We haven't really talked about going to the tournament. We just want to keep playing. ... There is a hunger and air of confidence about this team.