Homegrown Music Festival directors resign, leaving confusing financial picture
On June 2, 2026, Duluth’s Homegrown Music Festival (HGMF) Co-directors Cory Jezierski and Dereck Murphy-Williams resigned their positions, leaving behind “years of unreported income” for the board of directors...
Proposal to eliminate 4th Street parking spaces stirs concern
At the June 5, 2026 meeting of the Duluth Parking Commission, Senior City Engineer Alex Popp presented the city’s proposed plan to reconstruct ten and a half blocks of...
Remaining two residents ordered to leave beleaguered Hermantown trailer park
In December of 2024, due to ongoing building code violations at Hermantown’s Maple Field Trailer Park, the owner, Steven Schneeberger, was charged with six misdemeanors. Newspapers documented trailers collapsing...
Five companies file mechanics liens against Urbane 218 as building nears completion
On Dec. 18, 2025, Duluth Economic Development Authority Director Tricia Hobbs issued a Notice of Breach to Urbane 218 LLC, the developer of the apartment building located at 2011...
Two wrongful death lawsuits against Cirrus Aircraft moved to St. Louis County
Within the past year, two active lawsuits against Cirrus Design Corporation have been transferred to the St. Louis County District Court. Both lawsuits allege that Cirrus equipment failures led...
Firefighting airplane struck multiple times by gunfire, alleged sovereign citizen arrested
On May 20, 2026, St. Louis County deputies arrested Portage Township resident Daniel Pettit on suspicion of shooting at a firefighting airplane as it flew near his home on...
