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John Ramos

Intelligence Briefing No. 54

Crying Wolf Good day, readers, On the morning of July 15, 2025, Normanna Township resident Adam Wolf went on a terrifying rampage, burning his home down, attempting to burn down two...

Duluth man accused of sexually abusing minor has long history of harassment, domestic violence

In August of 2024, 42-year-old Sky McCauley was charged with three counts of 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct for assaulting a 16-year-old girl on three separate occasions in 2022. McCauley...

Search warrants shed new light on Normanna Township use of force incident

On July 15, 2025, Normanna Township resident Adam Wolf went on a rampage, burning down his home, attempting to burn down his neighbors’ homes, and firing homemade guns at...

Normanna Township arsonist harassed neighbors for years prior to terrifying rampage

The nightmare begins In 2018, Judy Johnson and her sister, Linda Rolfe, decided to sell their late mother’s home. The Normanna Township property is located on six acres of land...

Seven-term Lakeside town supervisor resigns hours before being removed from office

The town board of Lakeside, Wisconsin, was scheduled to hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on July 15, 2025, for the sole purpose of considering a resolution which...

Duluth looks to federal partnership to address Park Point erosion

Duluth’s Park Point (also known as Minnesota Point) and Wisconsin Point, in Superior, are natural lake bars which were formed by wind and waves depositing sediment at the head...

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In the summer of 2025, while navigating through the City of Duluth’s Parks & Recreation webpage, I encountered the administration’s startling claim that Duluth...

Monitor wins three state awards, including special cash prize for investigative reporting

On June 16, 2026, at the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual awards ceremony in St. Paul, Duluth Monitor Publisher John Ramos won awards in...

Tyler Edwards sentenced for murder of Maxton Gudowski

On June 15, 2026, Sixth Judicial District Judge Jill Eichenwald sentenced Tyler Edwards to 17 years in prison for the murder of Maxton Gudowski....

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”...