As Spirit Mountain pays off “wildly popular” alpine coaster, personal-injury lawsuit lingers
On Jan. 22, 2025, Spirit Mountain made their final lease payment on the alpine coaster, concluding a 15-year payment plan which commenced in 2010. The recreation area now owns...
City to seek private companies to operate Spirit Mountain
At the monthly meeting of Spirit Mountain’s board of directors on Jan. 28, 2025, the City of Duluth’s liaison to the board, Jim Filby Williams, informed the board that...
6th Avenue East extension creates access problems for Dougherty Funeral Home
As part of the ongoing street and utility projects surrounding the Essentia Health medical campus, the City of Duluth is extending 6th Avenue East down to First Street. The...
Report concludes it’s neither illegal nor improper for mayor’s girlfriend to manage city business
In October, when the Monitor learned that the City of Duluth was paying a consultant up to $10,000 to determine whether Mayor Roger Reinert had done anything wrong by...
Community Action Duluth loses qualified builder, jeopardizes construction training program
Community Action Duluth (CAD) is a local nonprofit agency which administers a variety of programs aimed at assisting the community. Their most popular program is the annual Tax Site,...
National Bank of Commerce account holder loses $4,000 to text scam
On Nov. 15, 2024, a Superior resident (who wishes to remain anonymous) visited the website of the National Bank of Commerce (NBC), his financial institution, in order to obtain...
