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 Board was deciding...
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. The police chief...
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 million general fund...
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 across the bay...
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 county’s ongoing efforts...
“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 around other locations...
