911 dispatch report reveals more details on Hietala incident
On Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, Duluth police responded to a 911 call that Duluth East High School football coach Joe Hietala was drunk on school grounds. Mr. Hietala was...
City Council loans DECC $1 million without seeing current financials
At their regular meeting on Sept. 25, 2023, the Duluth City Council unanimously voted to grant the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) a $1 million line of credit to...
Riverwest vacation rentals violate rules, receive special treatment from city
Vacation rentals, or vacation dwelling units (VDUs), are private residences which owners lease out as lodging on a short-term basis, as an alternative to hotels. Over the past decade,...
DECC seeks $1 million loan from city to meet cash-flow emergency
On Sept. 15, 2023, at a special meeting of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center board of directors, DECC Executive Director Dan Hartman told board members that the balance of...
Superior police seize “over $100,000 worth” of fireworks in latest raid on business
On July 20, 2023, the regular meeting of Superior’s Public Safety Committee was enlivened when Superior Police Chief Nick Alexander mentioned that the police department had seized “an extremely...
McDavitt firefighters berate reporters, take no action on Kallio
On Aug. 2, 2023, the Monitor initially reported that McDavitt Township Fire Chief Nick Kallio had failed to tell township supervisors that he had been convicted of child sexual...
