“Why didn’t I get a gift card?”: Mr. Heide objects to the Campus Connector Trail
Observers of Duluth City Council meetings may have noticed a new regular speaker: the bespectacled Guy Heide (pronounced “hidey”), who delivers his remarks in a lawyerly fashion and comes...
$750,000 Lincoln Park grant on hold due to application concerns
For several years, the City of Duluth has been working on a $1.6 million rehabilitation project for Lincoln Park. However, recent revelations have put half of the funding for...
City, zoo seek to reduce cost of Bear Country project
Shortly after State Senator Erik Simonson took over management of the Lake Superior Zoo, in October of 2017, he announced that he intended to revitalize the struggling operation by...
City considers 87 percent stormwater utility rate increase over 6 years
At the Jan. 21, 2020, meeting of the Duluth Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Senior Engineer Tom Johnson provided commissioners with an overview of the city’s stormwater utility system. He...
City employees forbidden to speak with reporters at public meetings
Ever since
Mayor Emily Larson took office, she has spoken about her administration’s commitment
to openness and transparency. Recently, however, she has begun placing roadblocks
in the way of reporters.
The first
roadblock appeared...
“It’s going to be tight”: Spirit Mountain hopes not to run out of money before April
At the Spirit Mountain board meeting on Jan. 16, 2020, Finance Director Jane Kaiser updated the board on the hill’s financial condition. Even with the $235,000 bailout that Spirit...
