Notable People
Basketball Hall of Famer Kevin McHale was born and raised on the Mesabi Range in Hibbing; Robert Allen Zimmerman, later to be known as Bob Dylan, was raised in Hibbing. His song "North Country Blues" is about the decline of mining in the Mesabi Range, and its effect on miners and their families.
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