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John Ramos

Local TV personality stunned by quality of Monitor

To the Monitor: Nice work on your article about the half-percent sales tax red flags. There are only a very small handful of reporters in town actually digging and holding...

Publisher’s Desk

Hello, readers. Well, it’s been a busy three weeks here at the Monitor, as we get rolling on our journalistic enterprise. Investigating all sorts of stories, we’ve visited offices in...

City changes Street Improvement Program

On August 8, 2017, Duluth Mayor Emily Larson unveiled a new funding proposal for the city’s long-suffering streets: If the state of Minnesota would allow the city to enact...

No charges filed in Bruzzo case

One year ago, in July of 2018, Des Moines residents Nick and Amy Pellegrin rented a vacation cottage on Wisconsin’s Madeline Island. It was their first visit to the...

Senator: “I’m just telling you what they tell me”

July 1, 2019 Erik Simonson: This is Erik Simonson, returning your call. John Ramos: Oh yeah, great. Thanks for getting back. ES: Absolutely. JR: So I wasn’t aware that we were going to be...

62 percent of Medical District streets ineligible for sales tax money

Duluth’s Medical District is shaped like a backwards L, extending from 3rd Avenue East to 12th Avenue East on the long side, and from Superior Street to 6th Street...

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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...

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...

No-bid “change orders” add $2 million to Shoppers Ramp/New Garrick Building project price tag

On Thursday, April 22, 2026, the Duluth Economic Development Authority (DEDA) will consider Resolution 12, which, if approved, will increase the price tag for...

Off-grid container home on Cass County farm triggers regulatory rumble

Is Chad Cane’s great sin going off-grid on the farm? When Cane began building a container home on private land, county officials trespassed on his...

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...