Parks Commission turns down Chester Park trail proposal
Chester Park
has 3.3 kilometers of Nordic skiing trails. In 2014, responding to conflicts between
skiers and pedestrians, the city conducted an experiment by officially designating
the ski trails “shared-use,” which meant...
Zoo to ask city for inflationary increase of subsidy
Since 2009, when the city contracted with the Arrowhead Zoological Society to operate the Lake Superior Zoo, the city has given the zoo $7,041,500 in support from the tourism...
Planning commissioners grant front-yard parking variance, urge discussion
In June of 2017, the city of Duluth cracked down on certain people who were parking in their front yards. The city’s notice read: “The concerns that have been...
Mysterious RFP revealed
“I can’t be responding to seven different people with seven different requests,” School District 709 Human Resources Director Tim Sworsky complained to the School Board on Sept. 10, 2019,...
Zoo Director Simonson hires lobbyist to lobby Senator Simonson
Erik Simonson was hired as director of the Lake Superior Zoo
in September of 2017. Seventeen days after he started his new position, Simonson
announced that the zoo was broke and...
School district stonewalls board’s request for information, again
The Duluth School District has recently come under fire for hiring an assistant superintendent with a criminal record, without informing the School Board of that fact. The new hire...
