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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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Broken Burke Apartments elevator makes life difficult for disabled tenants

Managed by Accessible Space Inc. out of St. Paul, the Burke Apartments serve tenants with mobility issues and other physical disabilities. On Aug. 13,...

Superior woman paints 90 rocks in memory of father

On Aug. 17, 2026, Superior resident Gemma Davies and her husband, Brad, spent the day traveling around the Twin Ports and along Lake Superior’s...

State shuts down Northland Driving School

On Aug. 13, 2026, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver & Vehicle Services (DVS) taped a Cease and Desist Order to the door...

Behind closed doors, Hermantown staff disparage data center opponents

Department heads at the City of Hermantown have an unusual practice: On the day following City Council meetings, they gather to grade the meeting...

Mayor Paine advocates for roosters

While the Superior community’s interest in urban poultry farming continues to grow, the City of Superior has yet to establish a city ordinance to...