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City looks to bolster Community Investment Trust fund with ordinance change

On Sept. 4, 2025, during a budget presentation to the Duluth City Council, Mayor Roger Reinert introduced a new Community Investment Trust fund (CIT) management strategy the city would...

City of Superior receives $250,000 Bunge Dock grant

On Sept. 2, 2025, the Superior Common Council accepted a $250,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The federal funds are intended to cover costs associated with the...

Fayal Township Board of Supervisors chair faces call for resignation, following alleged Menards rebate card theft

At their regular monthly meeting, on Aug. 19, 2025, the Fayal Township Board of Supervisors passed a resolution calling for the resignation of Board Chairman Tony Tammaro, following the...

Alleged Menards rebate bandits charged

On July 19, 2025, when the owner of Webber Roofing & Remodeling attempted to use his Menards rebate checks, they were declined. His company, which operates out of Proctor,...

City of Superior shares no information about internal investigation with Police & Fire Commission

The Aug. 13, 2025, meeting of the City of Superior Police & Fire Commission was the first meeting held in the past three months. The June and July meetings...

Incline Village developer, Stearns Bank file competing federal lawsuits

Although the Incline Village site is silent and deserted today, fallout from the project has now reached our federal court system, with a recent case filed against Stearns Bank...

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Homegrown Music Festival directors resign, leaving confusing financial picture

On June 2, 2026, Duluth’s Homegrown Music Festival (HGMF) Co-directors Cory Jezierski and Dereck Murphy-Williams resigned their positions, leaving behind “years of unreported income”...

Proposal to eliminate 4th Street parking spaces stirs concern

At the June 5, 2026 meeting of the Duluth Parking Commission, Senior City Engineer Alex Popp presented the city’s proposed plan to reconstruct ten...

Remaining two residents ordered to leave beleaguered Hermantown trailer park

In December of 2024, due to ongoing building code violations at Hermantown’s Maple Field Trailer Park, the owner, Steven Schneeberger, was charged with six...

Five companies file mechanics liens against Urbane 218 as building nears completion

On Dec. 18, 2025, Duluth Economic Development Authority Director Tricia Hobbs issued a Notice of Breach to Urbane 218 LLC, the developer of the...

Two wrongful death lawsuits against Cirrus Aircraft moved to St. Louis County

Within the past year, two active lawsuits against Cirrus Design Corporation have been transferred to the St. Louis County District Court. Both lawsuits allege...