For three years, Matthew Lobitz was involved with the Hayward, Wisconsin athletic program. As Junior Varsity boys basketball coach and an assistant soccer coach,...
In October 2025, the Monitor and other media outlets reported that the City of Hermantown had been paving the way to establish a 1.8-million-square-foot...
The creation of all types of housing (single-family, apartments, condos)—at affordable, market-rate, and high-end price points—has long been a policy objective for the City...
As always, your reporting is thorough and free of bias.
Thank you John – I’m sure the readers will agree that your contributions to the transparency of information and the Spirit Mtn project far outweigh many of the local media’s coverage!
QUESTION: If Mr. Charles Skinner’s privately operated ski hill businesses, such as Lutsen, are so wildly successful, why is City-of-Duluth-owned Spirit Mountain such an abject failure???
As always, your reporting is thorough and free of bias.
Thank you John – I’m sure the readers will agree that your contributions to the transparency of information and the Spirit Mtn project far outweigh many of the local media’s coverage!
QUESTION: If Mr. Charles Skinner’s privately operated ski hill businesses, such as Lutsen, are so wildly successful, why is City-of-Duluth-owned Spirit Mountain such an abject failure???