Individual who repeatedly harassed Grand Marais Library staff faces two assault charges
An employee with the Grand Marais Public Library first reported Christopher Frank to police on May 22, 2024, when Frank posted death threats against the employee in a Facebook...
Andrew Deyette allegedly violated restraining order multiple times following arrest
On June 14, 2024, Finland resident Andrew Deyette was charged with four gross misdemeanors, after he was caught swimming in the nude with two pre-teen girls.
Following Deyette’s arrest, the...
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,...
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...
Police report 22 incidents at protest encampment since May
As of July 7, 2024, protesters demonstrating against the conflict in Gaza have been camped out at Duluth’s Civic Center for about ten weeks. Beginning with two tents in...
