Itasca County

Itasca County court administrator charged with embezzling funds from student band group

John Ramos - April 2, 2025

DULUTH

New Spirit Mountain attraction delivers grins, glitches

April 1, 2025

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Outdoor living program plans to operate from Vineyard Church parking lot

March 31, 2025

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Outdoor living program plans to operate from Vineyard Church parking lot

John Ramos - March 31, 2025

Safe Bay is a program which provides people without...

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Letters show denial of Massie’s crime within Old Apostolic Lutheran Church

John Ramos - March 29, 2025

At Clint Massie’s sentencing hearing for his four child...

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DULUTH

Clint Massie sentenced to 91 months for child sexual assaults

John Ramos - March 28, 2025

On March 27, 2025, in St. Louis County District...

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Accused DECC window-peeper seeks suppression of evidence based on unlawful search

John Ramos - March 26, 2025

On March 20, 2025, counsel for alleged DECC window-peeper...

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Endi Plaza bankruptcy dismissed, foreclosure case proceeds

John Ramos - March 24, 2025

On March 10, 2025, United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean...

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Credit card statements suggest booster club president used club funds for personal expenses

John Ramos - March 8, 2025

On Aug. 29, 2024, the St. Louis County Attorney’s...

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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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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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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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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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Say anything to get it built

John Ramos - January 12, 2020

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

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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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Mysterious RFP revealed

John Ramos - September 17, 2019

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

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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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Tyler Edwards sentenced to 60 days jail time in Superior

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On Sept. 1, 2024, after arresting Tyler Edwards for...

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Mayor Paine ties Superior Municipal Forest preservation to family land deal

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Nemadji golf simulators lost 20-50K per month last winter

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Bong Center seeks to acquire pieces of Marge

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Superior’s “third largest” municipal forest actually nation’s 13th largest

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City of Superior has no idea if they approved $1.3 million Swim Creative contract

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Superior officials refuse to discuss cancelled Charlie Berens contract

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Superior to pay $1,750 per month for “organic social media management”

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Butler Avenue residents frustrated by Superior agenda blunders

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On June 20, 2024, at the regular monthly meeting...

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Douglas County Historical Society, Superior Public Museums discuss merger

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Duluth vs. Superior: Who is more transparent?

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Superior City Council considers spending $757,000 more for electric fire truck versus diesel

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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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Benvie goes to jail

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

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Madeline Island, WI

No charges filed in Bruzzo case

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

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Itasca County

Itasca County court administrator charged with embezzling funds from student band group

On Jan. 21, 2025, two felony charges were filed against Itasca County Court Administrator Heather Porterfield for allegedly embezzling money from a student fundraising account she controlled. Police were...

John Ramos - April 2, 2025

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New Spirit Mountain attraction delivers grins, glitches

On Saturday, the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area unveiled their latest attraction: the Grocery Cart Cannonball Run. The specially-groomed run, co-sponsored with Super One Foods, is intended to keep Spirit...

Duluth Monitor - April 1, 2025

DULUTH

Outdoor living program plans to operate from Vineyard Church parking lot

Safe Bay is a program which provides people without permanent home residences a safe place to park their vehicles at night. The local social service program will soon move...

John Ramos - March 31, 2025

DULUTH

Letters show denial of Massie’s crime within Old Apostolic Lutheran Church

At Clint Massie’s sentencing hearing for his four child sexual assault convictions, on March 27, 2025, both the prosecuting attorney and the judge referenced various letters of support the...

John Ramos - March 29, 2025

DULUTH

Clint Massie sentenced to 91 months for child sexual assaults

On March 27, 2025, in St. Louis County District Court, Judge Eric Hylden sentenced Clint Massie to 91 months in prison for four counts of sexual assaults of children....

John Ramos - March 28, 2025

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