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Six months on a burn site

On May 4, 2023, contractors for the City of Duluth conducted prescribed burns in the Riverside neighborhood and in Hartley Park. Prescribed burning is a land-management tool which involves...

Superior IT Committee recommends creating municipal broadband utility

On Oct. 11, 2023, the Superior Communications and Information Technology Committee unanimously recommended the creation of a city-owned broadband utility. The Committee also recommended approval of a $238,000 no-bid contract...

KOOL 101.7 and B-105 failed to disclose details about political advertising

On Tuesday, Sept 12, 2023, a political ad for Roger Reinert aired for the first time on Duluth radio stations B-105 and KOOL 101.7: “A vote for Roger Reinert...

911 dispatch report reveals more details on Hietala incident

On Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, Duluth police responded to a 911 call that Duluth East High School football coach Joe Hietala was drunk on school grounds. Mr. Hietala was...

City Council loans DECC $1 million without seeing current financials

At their regular meeting on Sept. 25, 2023, the Duluth City Council unanimously voted to grant the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) a $1 million line of credit to...

Superior Public Works Committee lowers speed limit at Stinson and Hammond to address recurring crashes

At the regular meeting of the City of Superior Public Works Committee, held on Aug. 3, 2023, Assistant Public Works Director Chris Carlson informed the committee that the city...

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Commissioner Musolf’s stalker has history of erratic behavior

On May 6, 2026, a union business manager working on a project in Sioux City, Iowa, called the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office to...

Tallas Bay to be dredged again

Located below Spirit Mountain on the St. Louis River, Tallas Bay is a long, narrow corridor of water which separates the river shoreline from...

Gnesen Township supervisor damages broadband line while digging trench to save township money

Gnesen Township, 13 miles north of Duluth, had been contemplating the installation of lighting for the town hall flagpole for some time. When Township...

Superior landfill gas-to-data project terminated over a year ago

In November of 2023, the City of Superior entered into a contract with Vespene Energy, a California company interested in constructing a small data...

How the data center guided the new Hermantown Comprehensive Plan

The most important document underlying Google’s proposed data center in Adolph is the City of Hermantown’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan. The city would not have...