St. Louis County
Zoo Director Simonson hires lobbyist to lobby Senator Simonson
Erik Simonson was hired as director of the Lake Superior Zoo
in September of 2017. Seventeen days after he started his new position, Simonson
announced that the zoo was broke and...
School district stonewalls board’s request for information, again
The Duluth School District has recently come under fire for hiring an assistant superintendent with a criminal record, without informing the School Board of that fact. The new hire...
Flag-raising scheduled for Sept. 18. Or maybe not.
Within the next week, the city will be inviting the public to a flag-raising ceremony for Duluth’s new flag. Though the flags have not yet been ordered in bulk,...
Tourism tax talk
Duluth’s first tourism tax was established on March 17, 1969, by a vote of the City Council. The new tax attached a three percent surcharge to hotel and motel...
$5.4 million of city street and utility money redirected to Medical District from “neighborhoods with greater needs”
Two months ago, when the Monitor alerted the public that Mayor Emily Larson and the state Legislature had earmarked $10 million in street and utility money for the new...
Commissioner Nelson (and mysterious furniture stores) support county buy-local resolution
On Sept. 3, 2019, at the Committee of the Whole meeting of the St. Louis County Board, commissioners considered Resolution 381, which directs county employees “to make every effort...
