City of Superior purchases Bunge Dock
On Oct. 5, 2023, the Superior City Council authorized the $200,000 purchase of the Bunge Dock, the easternmost docking facility in Allouez Bay. The property is a long, narrow...
Abundant remnants of Duluth’s first railroad overlooked in Jay Cooke Park
If you were traveling to Duluth from St. Paul in 1870, only one railroad could get you there: the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad (LSMR), commonly known as the...
West Theatre defaults on more than $1 million in mortgage loans
The West Theatre, located on Central Avenue in West Duluth, is owned by Bob Boone, publisher of the Reader Weekly. Mr. Boone acquired the historic theater in 2016 and...
Superior PD license-plate scanners gather “a lot of intelligence”
On Nov. 16, 2023, at the regular meeting of the City of Superior’s Public Safety Committee, Superior Police Chief Nicholas Alexander told committee members that the police department had...
Two Harbors “visionary” faces fraud allegations, lawsuits
It’s been a tough couple of months for Paul Croft and Jonathan Frost, owners of the Croft & Frost accounting firm in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
On Sept. 12, 2023, without notice,...
London East developer defaults on $5.5 million construction loan
A local developer whose project the Monitor reported on in March has defaulted on a $5.5 million construction loan.
Ted Stocke is the president of London East LLC, the company...
