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Parking Commission weighs more last-minute changes to Second Street

In December, the Duluth Parking Commission approved a proposal to eliminate 46 parking spaces on Second Street between 9th Avenue East and 12th Avenue East, in conjunction with a...

Two cruise ship visits scheduled for 2020

The port of Duluth is scheduled to receive two cruise ship visits during the upcoming summer. The Hanseatic Inspiration will be in port on June 12 and again on...

Visit Duluth made Spirit Mountain’s problems worse

When Spirit Mountain approached the Duluth City Council on Dec. 12, 2019, asking for a $235,000 bailout, their primary reason given was that a blizzard had cut short their annual SnoCross...

Phase One cost of Nordic Center more than 400K over contract

In 2015, when the idea of building a new network of Nordic skiing trails at Spirit Mountain first appeared, the preliminary estimated cost of the project was $1.5 million....

Publisher’s Desk

Hello, readers. Six months have passed since the Duluth Monitor began its journalistic adventure, and things are going well. City councilors no longer respond to our emails, the mayor refuses to comment...

Past mistakes created current problems at Spirit Mountain

The Dec. 19, 2019, board meeting of the Spirit Mountain Recreation Authority was a glum affair. Ten days earlier, the Duluth City Council had granted Spirit Mountain a $235,000...

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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...

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...

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...

At the Oct. 20 Hermantown City Council meeting, two data center supporters were from Hermantown

On Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, to pave the way for a 1.8-million-square-foot data center, the Hermantown City Council considered Ordinance 2025-17, which would rezone...

Hermantown officials deceived citizens, manipulated public process to pave way for data center

On Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, the Hermantown City Council will vote on whether to change the zoning in the Adolph neighborhood (in the southwest...