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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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Duluth columnist violates journalistic ethics

Local journalist Howie Hanson is the proprietor of HowieHanson.com, a Duluth news and opinion blog. In his Oct. 4 column, Howie raved about Community...

Jay Link settles with multiple women in invasion-of-privacy cases

In the fall of 2020, two separate civil cases were filed against Jay Link, of Minong, Wisconsin. Ten women alleged that Link had posted...

Proctor expands North 40 Trail, adds bridges and boardwalks

In 2023, the City of Proctor constructed a trail loop on a city-owned 40-acre parcel on the north end of town—the North 40 Trail....

New Hermantown Charter Commission prepares to redefine city government

On Sept. 21, 2026, Sixth Judicial District Chief Judge Rachel Sullivan signed an order to establish a seven-member Charter Commission for the City of...

Authorities consider enhanced charges for Mahtowa woman following death of DWI victim

On Aug. 3, 2026, when St. Louis County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a motor vehicle accident on Midway Road, near the I-35 on-ramp, they...