12 Facts About Marilyn Hagerty

Marilyn Hagerty is an American newspaper columnist writing for the Grand Forks Herald.

Marilyn Hagerty has been with the paper since 1957, when her husband, Jack Hagerty, became editor of the paper.

Marilyn Hagerty garnered a measure of fame in March 2012 when her review of a new Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, was noticed by online news aggregators and became an overnight sensation among both critics and admirers.

Marilyn Hagerty was awarded the 2012 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media.

In 2017, Marilyn Hagerty received the UND Spirit Award, bestowed by the UND Alumni Association and Foundation.

Marilyn Hagerty was awarded an honorary degree from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 2021.

Marilyn Hagerty appeared as a guest Quickfire Challenge judge on Top Chef: Seattle "Even the Famous Come Home".

Marilyn Hagerty, then Marilyn Hansen, began her career in the 1940s when she was a high school student and worked for the Pierre, South Dakota Capital Journal.

Marilyn Hagerty retired from full-time newspapering in 1991, but soon came back with a part-time schedule but a full-time workload.

Marilyn Hagerty writes five columns for the paper, and does not consider herself a food critic.

In March 2012, for her "Eatbeat" column, Marilyn Hagerty wrote a review of a recently opened Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks, ND.

Marilyn Hagerty appeared March 20,2012 on Anderson and was interviewed on CNN and ABC.