Douglas County

Mayor Paine halted zoning application and subsequent land sale, lawsuit alleges

John Ramos - November 25, 2025

Lakewood Township

Proposed zoning move to St. Louis County stirs concern in Lakewood Township

November 23, 2025

Beltrami County

Potlatch loses FSC certification in wake of sexual harassment investigations

November 19, 2025

Duluth

DULUTH

2 city officials signed NDAs when Duluth was being considered for data center project

John Ramos - October 30, 2025

The City of Hermantown’s proposed data center project has...

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DULUTH

Endi bankruptcy dismissed; affidavit shows Luzy Ostreicher used rent proceeds for Incline Village project, other unauthorized expenses

John Ramos - October 29, 2025

On Oct. 9, 2025, in the Southern District of...

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DULUTH

Delayed DECC heating system replacement project completed

John Ramos - October 5, 2025

At the regular board meeting of the Duluth Entertainment...

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DULUTH

Duluth Parking Commission increases on-street parking rate to $2.50 per hour

John Ramos - October 3, 2025

At the regular monthly meeting of the Duluth Parking...

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DULUTH

City to seek private operator for Spirit Mountain

John Ramos - September 25, 2025

The City of Duluth plans to gauge whether private...

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DULUTH

New Keene Creek filtration basin completed in Irving Park

John Ramos - September 21, 2025

A new storm water filtration basin, officially known as...

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Rock Ridge student charged with three felonies for making...

Duluth Monitor - April 16, 2024

At 9:40 in the morning on April 3, 2024,...

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Rock Ridge School District

Raucous Ridge, Part III: School board denied 61 percent...

John Ramos - April 21, 2023

The Rock Ridge School District was created in 2019,...

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Rock Ridge School District

Raucous Ridge, Part II: Stacey calls for backup

John Ramos - February 9, 2023

On July 1, 2020, when the Rock Ridge School...

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Rock Ridge School District

Raucous Ridge: Minnesota’s newest school board silences citizens, crushes...

John Ramos - January 20, 2023

“Fiercely United.” Official Motto of the Rock Ridge School District Part...

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DULUTH

Say anything to get it built

John Ramos - January 12, 2020

Every new project that comes along in Duluth is...

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DULUTH

School Board considers opening agenda sessions

John Ramos - November 18, 2019

Concerns about transparency have long simmered within the Duluth school...

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Duluth School District

Mysterious RFP revealed

John Ramos - September 17, 2019

“I can’t be responding to seven different people with...

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DULUTH

School district stonewalls board’s request for information, again

John Ramos - September 12, 2019

The Duluth School District has recently come under fire...

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Superior

Mayor Paine halted zoning application and subsequent land sale, lawsuit alleges

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Mayor of Superior proactively bans NDAs minutes after fulfilling Monitor’s data request for NDAs

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Superior Police Investigator Lerette resigns, as federal lawsuit against City of Superior proceeds

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Wisconsin Public Defenders Office releases thousands of Social Security numbers to Superior resident in data breach

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City of Superior receives $250,000 Bunge Dock grant

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City of Superior shares no information about internal investigation with Police & Fire Commission

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Two Superior police officers under internal investigation; file to be reviewed by “special acting chief”

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City of Superior releases Princess Theater feasibility study

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As Swim Creative fails to meet social media management goals, City of Superior considers doubling their compensation

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City of Superior ignored complaints about houses cracking on Ohio Avenue, neighbors say

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Superior Public Safety Committee recommends spending 50K to resolve “urgent” police department issues

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Former Superior Teachers Union president charged with drunk driving, resisting arrest

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DULUTH

Mr. O’s defamation lawsuit dismissed

Duluth Monitor - June 10, 2024

On March 28, 2024, the Monitor reported that the...

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Lake County

Unmasking Mr. O

John Ramos - February 20, 2022

It’s not easy being a big thinker. Christopher Swanson,...

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DULUTH

Benvie goes to jail

John Ramos - August 30, 2020

From March to June of 2019, a man named...

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Madeline Island, WI

No charges filed in Bruzzo case

John Ramos - July 3, 2019

One year ago, in July of 2018, Des Moines...

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Douglas County

Mayor Paine halted zoning application and subsequent land sale, lawsuit alleges

A lawsuit filed in federal court on Oct. 9, 2025 alleges that Superior Mayor Jim Paine and Planning Director Jason Serck improperly used their influence to halt a zoning...

John Ramos - November 25, 2025

Lakewood Township

Proposed zoning move to St. Louis County stirs concern in Lakewood Township

In St. Louis County, only four townships manage their own zoning codes—Duluth, Gnesen, Lakewood, and Midway Townships. Zoning regulations in the remaining 143 townships are managed by St. Louis...

John Ramos - November 23, 2025

Beltrami County

Potlatch loses FSC certification in wake of sexual harassment investigations

On Nov. 14, 2025, two women filed separate cases in Beltrami County District Court, alleging that they had been repeatedly sexually harassed by their Potlatch coworker Calvin Kurtz at...

John Ramos - November 19, 2025

DULUTH

Community Action Duluth closes farmers markets without explanation, owing vendors thousands

Both the Lincoln Park Farmers Market (which operates out of the Harrison Community Center) and the Hillside Farmers Market (located in an Essentia parking lot at 5th Avenue East...

John Ramos - November 15, 2025

Buhl

Buhl bar owner charged with pull-tab fraud

The owner of Billy’s Pit Stop Pub n’ Grub in Buhl was recently charged with paying out over $68,000 in pull-tab winnings to herself since August of 2024. Under Minnesota...

John Ramos - November 8, 2025

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Hello Readers, Welcome to Duluth’s newest news publication, the Duluth Monitor. We’re living in the future now, so we’ve decided to part ways with the...

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