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Cloquet police investigated alleged sexual predator in 2019, declined to press charges

On March 7, 2023, Cloquet police arrested 41-year-old Cloquet resident James Bistis on a warrant out of the State of Virginia, for interacting online with Virginia investigators posing as...

Duluth Civic Center loses another elm tree

Recent visitors to the Civic Center in Duluth (which includes City Hall, the county courthouse, and the Federal Building) may have noticed that the grounds feel less shady than...

12 of 15 Duluth booster clubs out of compliance with the law

During the Monitor’s investigation of the East End Hockey Boosters, we were amazed the organization had operated for ten years without the school district noticing they were out of...

Mike Randolph’s peculiar expenses

In June of 2021, longtime Duluth East High School hockey coach Mike Randolph resigned from his position. His reasons for doing so were unclear, but the school district confirmed...

Community Action Duluth employees seek to unionize

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board sent an email to Classie Dudley, the executive director of Community Action Duluth (CAD), stating that CAD’s workforce had...

Incline Steps’ biggest supporter celebrates approval of interpretive sign project

Duluth has many trails within its borders, but only one trail exists almost entirely on historic infrastructure. Over the course of half a mile, the Incline Steps ascend more...

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Superior landfill gas-to-data project terminated over a year ago

In November of 2023, the City of Superior entered into a contract with Vespene Energy, a California company interested in constructing a small data...

How the data center guided the new Hermantown Comprehensive Plan

The most important document underlying Google’s proposed data center in Adolph is the City of Hermantown’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan. The city would not have...

Broken Burke Apartments elevator makes life difficult for disabled tenants

Managed by Accessible Space Inc. out of St. Paul, the Burke Apartments serve tenants with mobility issues and other physical disabilities. On Aug. 13,...

Superior woman paints 90 rocks in memory of father

On Aug. 17, 2026, Superior resident Gemma Davies and her husband, Brad, spent the day traveling around the Twin Ports and along Lake Superior’s...

State shuts down Northland Driving School

On Aug. 13, 2026, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver & Vehicle Services (DVS) taped a Cease and Desist Order to the door...