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Commissioner Nelson (and mysterious furniture stores) support county buy-local resolution

On Sept. 3, 2019, at the Committee of the Whole meeting of the St. Louis County Board, commissioners considered Resolution 381, which directs county employees “to make every effort...

A walk on Segment Six

In 2016, the city began planning to extend the Western Waterfront Trail 7.5 miles from Riverside to Fond du Lac. To make the job more manageable, they divided the...

Publisher’s Desk

Hello, readers. As we proceed with lifting our journalistic enterprise off the ground, we are pleased to note that six of the last seven stories published in the Monitor have been scoops. We never used...

City and railroad move forward on rail-with-trail option

On Aug. 29, 2019, city officials held a stakeholder meeting at the Morgan Park Community Center to introduce their new vision for the Western Waterfront Trail. For those who have been following...

Library boosters propose new city position

In 2016, the Duluth Public Library held a day-long retreat at Glensheen Mansion, where facilitators asked a large group of stakeholders and community members to identify priorities for the...

City violates state, local transparency rules

Prior to 2015, the city of Duluth annually published archives of its City Council meeting minutes online in 800- or 900-page PDFs. The minutes included the text of the resolutions and ordinances...

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With chalet rehab efforts paused, Spirit Mountain seeks financial assurances from city

In 2023, the City of Duluth received $13 million in bonding funds from the State of Minnesota to assist with a rehabilitation project at...

Intelligence Briefing No. 54

Crying Wolf Good day, readers, On the morning of July 15, 2025, Normanna Township resident Adam Wolf went on a terrifying rampage, burning his home down,...

Duluth man accused of sexually abusing minor has long history of harassment, domestic violence

In August of 2024, 42-year-old Sky McCauley was charged with three counts of 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct for assaulting a 16-year-old girl on...

Search warrants shed new light on Normanna Township use of force incident

On July 15, 2025, Normanna Township resident Adam Wolf went on a rampage, burning down his home, attempting to burn down his neighbors’ homes,...

Normanna Township arsonist harassed neighbors for years prior to terrifying rampage

The nightmare begins In 2018, Judy Johnson and her sister, Linda Rolfe, decided to sell their late mother’s home. The Normanna Township property is located...