On July 9, 2019, the Duluth Planning Commission approved a height variance for a new 98-unit apartment building to be built on South Street, overlooking the freeway and the...
On July 15, 2019, the Duluth News Tribune published a lengthy editorial: “More transparency needed with Duluth’s street improvement program, tax.” In it, the newspaper took Mayor Emily Larson...
On July 15, 2019, the Duluth City Council approved Resolution 508,
which withdrew $250,000 from the Community Investment Trust fund (CIT) and
deposited it into a housing rehabilitation fund. The money...
On July 9, 2019, Chicago developers David Dubin and Naganat Guru held a public informational session in Duluth City Hall to answer questions about their plans for the Board...
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...
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...
On Oct. 13, 2025, the Monitor and other media outlets reported that three St. Louis County Commissioners had signed nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) with Mortenson...
On Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, to pave the way for a 1.8-million-square-foot data center, the Hermantown City Council considered Ordinance 2025-17, which would rezone...