Intelligence Briefing No. 55
Good day, readers,
For two years, mayors, city councilors, and community boosters have been promoting the renovation of the Ordean Building (and 30-plus new apartments) at the western end of...
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 man charged with sexually assaulting incapacitated woman
On Sept. 26, 2024, a 22-year-old woman called 911 to report that she had woken up naked and could not remember what had happened the night before. When she...
City to seek private companies to operate Spirit Mountain
At the monthly meeting of Spirit Mountain’s board of directors on Jan. 28, 2025, the City of Duluth’s liaison to the board, Jim Filby Williams, informed the board that...
Two Hibbing women face charges for kidnapping, false imprisonment
At 9:25 a.m. on Feb. 19, 2024, a man with blood on his head and duct tape wrapped around his wrists entered the Freedom convenience store on 1st Avenue...
Cyndi Martin admitted taking opioids 5 hours prior to fatal Nashwauk hit-and-run
On Nov. 19, 2024, in Itasca County District Court, 64-year-old Grand Rapids resident Cynthia “Cyndi” Martin was charged with Criminal Vehicular Homicide for her role in an incident which...
