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As firefighting enrollment grows, Lake Superior College seeks to address pollutants on training site

Lake Superior College’s Emergency Response Training Center (ERTC) is located on over 100 acres of land along Highway 23, between Gary and Fond du Lac. An ERTC classroom building...

Hayward varsity boys basketball coach who filed whistleblower complaint resigns

The Hayward basketball coach who filed a whistleblower complaint against the school athletic director and administrators in December recently learned that his contract would not be renewed by the...

Tyler Edwards pleads guilty to 2nd Degree Murder in death of Maxton Gudowski

On April 21, 2026, in St. Louis County District Court, Tyler Edwards entered a guilty plea to 2nd Degree Unintentional Murder in the 2024 death of Maxton Gudowski. By...

Superior murder trial postponed until October, due to delayed ballistics report

The trial for a 2024 Superior homicide case was previously scheduled to begin on March 23, 2026. However, because a key piece of evidence was unavailable, the trial is...

Silver Bay greenhouse sues city for right to grow cannabis

In January 2025, the Silver Bay City Council passed Ordinance 11, which essentially prohibits “any retail cannabis business, temporary cannabis event or other cannabis business” from operating within the...

West Theatre changes hands; former owner challenges foreclosure

The restoration of the historic West Theatre, on Central Avenue in West Duluth, was completed in 2019 by Paladin Properties LLC. Paladin also restored the smaller theater located next...

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Hermantown officials consider preparing scripts for councilors to use during data center meeting

Over the past year or so, as Google has made steady strides toward developing a data center in Hermantown, opponents have been frustrated by...

Cook County sues contractor for failing to fix pickleball courts’ “dead spots”

After having new tennis and pickleball courts installed in Grand Marais in 2023, Cook County is suing the contractor, Upper Midwest Athletic Corporation (UMAC),...

Village Place Apartments without water for four days and counting

On Saturday night, July 25, 2026, the Monitor was notified by a tenant of the Village Place Apartments (located at 602 East 5th Street)...

County emails reveal concerns with Community Action Duluth began in 2023

Executive Director Classie Dudley began working for Community Action Duluth (CAD) on June 7, 2022. Even though 29-year-old Dudley had no experience running a...

Do subsidized single-family homes address Duluth’s housing needs?

On a 2.5-acre site in Morgan Park, the Duluth Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) is building 12 modest single-family homes on 50-foot-wide lots. The...