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John Ramos

Raucous Ridge, Part III: School board denied 61 percent of public speaking requests in 2021-22

The Rock Ridge School District was created in 2019, when the Virginia and Eveleth/Gilbert school districts merged. As the Monitor recently reported, for as long as the Rock Ridge...

City plans fires in Hartley Park, Riverside

Sometime in May, contractors with the City of Duluth will conduct three prescribed burns within city limits: two in Hartley Park, and one in the Riverside neighborhood. Prescribed burns are...

DECC permanently shuts down chiller for safety

On March 30, 2023, at the monthly meeting of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) board of directors, DECC Executive Director Dan Hartman informed the board that he had...

As Supreme Court decision looms, St. Louis County braces for possible departmental upheaval

On April 26, 2023, the United States Supreme Court will take up the case of Tyler v. Hennepin, to examine whether Hennepin County unfairly deprived Geraldine Tyler of the...

Additional floor added to London East townhomes without public process

The London East development is located about a quarter-mile east of Glensheen Mansion, on the opposite side of London Road. The property is a long, relatively narrow 3-acre strip...

Raucous Ridge, Part II: Stacey calls for backup

On July 1, 2020, when the Rock Ridge School Board held its first meeting, they had no official policies in place. Over the following months, they first adopted policies...

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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...