Monthly Archives: July, 2024
Finland youth program director charged with lewd conduct around children
On June 13, 2024, during a routine patrol south of Silver Bay, Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Jack Dietz noticed a vehicle parked along Highway 3, at the entrance to...
Superior officials refuse to discuss cancelled Charlie Berens contract
On March 6, 2024, the City of Superior’s Tourism Development Commission (TDC) voted to recommend approval of a contract with Charlie Berens, a well-known Wisconsin comedian and social media...
Federal judge threatens Mr. O’s lawyer with “significant repercussions” in flawed lawsuit
On June 10, 2024, the Monitor reported that a defamation lawsuit filed against the Duluth News Tribune, DNT reporter Jimmy Lovrien, and Monitor Publisher John Ramos had been dismissed.
The...
DECC spent $200 to print disappointing annual report
On June 27, 2024, at the regular monthly board meeting of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, DECC Executive Director Dan Hartman announced to the board that, at long last,...
Incline Village developer showed no need for $75 million subsidy approved by City Council
On June 10, 2024, the Duluth City Council approved a resolution authorizing a $75 million Tax Increment Financing (TIF) subsidy for Phase One of the Incline Village project, which...
Patrick Bruckelmyer receives no jail time, $100 fine for two first-degree child sex-abuse convictions
On Jan. 8, 2023, Lakewood Township resident Patrick Neil Bruckelmyer turned himself into the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and confessed to molesting two of his pre-teen children between...
