With 750K grant on hold, Lincoln Park project returns to earlier form
On Feb. 22, 2016, the Duluth City Council approved the Lincoln Park Mini-Master Plan. The plan offered many suggestions for improving the park, including fixing up
City plans heavier enforcement of sidewalk shoveling
One of many planning efforts interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic has been the City of Duluth’s ongoing struggle to keep city sidewalks clear of snow and
City Council fails to make hard decision on Spirit Mountain
At the May 26, 2020 meeting of the Duluth City Council, held remotely via Webex from Duluth City Hall, the Council was tasked with approving Spirit
Xenophobic Iron Rangers trash-talk refugees
The St. Louis County Board meeting on May 26, 2020, held remotely from the Government Services Center in Virginia, attracted a lot of public comment. The
Evidence suggests urban bow hunt has reduced Duluth’s deer population
Duluth’s annual urban bow hunt was established by the City Council in 2005, in response to growing concern about the number of deer within city limits.
Parks Division loses two-thirds of maintenance workforce
Two weeks ago, Duluth Mayor Emily Larson announced that, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city could lose as much as $38 million from its $93
Breakwaters, piers make Park Point erosion worse
Park Point is a seven-mile-long sandbar which reaches out from Duluth toward Wisconsin, separating Lake Superior and the mouth of the St. Louis River. Its companion
St. Louis County works to create new wetland bank
At a St. Louis County Board workshop held remotely on April 21, 2020, Public Works Director Jim Foldesi delivered a report to the board on the
“Five-minute” breaks cost county taxpayers $6,000 per year
The St. Louis County Board holds three regular meetings per month. About half of the meetings are held in the Duluth courthouse, while the remainder rotate
Study finds no dog E. coli in Keene Creek
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a bacterium found in human and animal feces which can make people sick if ingested. E. coli is also an environmental
