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Buhl bar owner charged with pull-tab fraud

The owner of Billy’s Pit Stop Pub n’ Grub in Buhl was recently charged with paying out over $68,000 in pull-tab winnings to herself since August of 2024. Under Minnesota...

Mayor of Superior proactively bans NDAs minutes after fulfilling Monitor’s data request for NDAs

On Oct. 27, 2025, the Monitor continued its investigation into our local governments’ use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) by filing a public records request with the City of Superior....

St. Louis County Board manipulated public process to silence public input on NDAs

A number of media outlets reported on the events of the St. Louis County Board meeting of Oct. 14, 2025, but none exposed how the board cynically manipulated the...

2 city officials signed NDAs when Duluth was being considered for data center project

The City of Hermantown’s proposed data center project has received a lot of public scrutiny in recent weeks, primarily because the project has been shrouded in secrecy for over...

Endi bankruptcy dismissed; affidavit shows Luzy Ostreicher used rent proceeds for Incline Village project, other unauthorized expenses

On Oct. 9, 2025, in the Southern District of New York, United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane dismissed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case which had been filed by...

22 county employees signed NDAs for data center project

On Oct. 13, 2025, the Monitor and other media outlets reported that three St. Louis County Commissioners had signed nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) with Mortenson Development Inc.: Annie Harala, Keith...

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Hermantown officials consider preparing scripts for councilors to use during data center meeting

Over the past year or so, as Google has made steady strides toward developing a data center in Hermantown, opponents have been frustrated by...

Cook County sues contractor for failing to fix pickleball courts’ “dead spots”

After having new tennis and pickleball courts installed in Grand Marais in 2023, Cook County is suing the contractor, Upper Midwest Athletic Corporation (UMAC),...

Village Place Apartments without water for four days and counting

On Saturday night, July 25, 2026, the Monitor was notified by a tenant of the Village Place Apartments (located at 602 East 5th Street)...

County emails reveal concerns with Community Action Duluth began in 2023

Executive Director Classie Dudley began working for Community Action Duluth (CAD) on June 7, 2022. Even though 29-year-old Dudley had no experience running a...

Do subsidized single-family homes address Duluth’s housing needs?

On a 2.5-acre site in Morgan Park, the Duluth Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) is building 12 modest single-family homes on 50-foot-wide lots. The...