Mayor Reinert’s “partner in life” issues directives to city staff
Ever since Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert took office, in January of 2024, the Monitor has received reports that the mayor’s girlfriend, Amber Gurske, has been doing
YWCA to transfer West Duluth building, programming to new organization
On Sept. 17, 2024, representatives of organizations which had applied for 2025 federal funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program were present at the
Dale Howard pleads guilty to March homicide of Allisa Vollan
On Sept. 17, 2024, 25-year-old Dale John Howard entered a plea of guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Allisa Vollan, at 31
Hibbing domestic assault arrest leads to discovery of 47 illegal guns, suspected mushroom grow operation
On Aug. 16, 2024, police received a report that 43-year-old Hibbing resident Nathan Phillips had stolen his wife’s phone the night before. When police arrived, the
Mayor Paine ties Superior Municipal Forest preservation to family land deal
On July 18, 2024, at the regular quarterly meeting of the City of Superior’s Urban Forestry Tree Board, Mayor Jim Paine reported that he wanted to
Neglected Silver Bay perimeter ditch places neighborhood in jeopardy
At about half-past midnight on June 19, 2024, Judy and Randy Carlson noticed that their Silver Bay home, on Adams Boulevard, was quickly flooding. Water was
Hibbing-Duluth meth distributors met at Cotton gas station to make exchanges
On Aug. 10, 2024, the Lake Superior Violent Crimes Task Force (LSVCTF) received notification from a Pen Register Trap and Trace locator that Chicago resident Shaunte
Tyler Edwards released from jail without charges
On Sept. 1, 2024, the Duluth Police Department issued a press release stating that Tyler Edwards had been arrested and was going to be charged with
Former State Representative Jason Metsa charged with furnishing alcohol to minor
On July 6, 2024, former three-term (2013-2019) State Representative Jason Metsa was arrested and lodged in the St. Louis County Jail on probable case of third-degree
Woodland Reservoir released 1.7 million gallons of water into Tischer Creek in July 31 incident
In early August, media outlets reported that the City of Duluth had released between 400,000 and 500,000 gallons of drinking water from the Woodland Reservoir. The
