On Aug. 2, the Monitor reported on McDavitt Township Fire Chief Nick Kallio, who did not inform the McDavitt Township Board that he had been convicted on April 18,...

John Ramos - August 8, 2023

McDavitt Township

McDavitt Township fire chief pled guilty to child sex abuse in April, did not tell township supervisors

On Jan. 26, 2022, in 6th District Court in Virginia, Minnesota, 32-year-old Nicholas Allan Kallio was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual misconduct. The complaint stated that...

John Ramos - August 2, 2023

Carlton County

St. Louis County farmers oppose elk introduction

At the St. Louis County Board meeting on Oct. 22, 2019, held in McDavitt Town Hall in rural McDavitt Township (population 459), the biggest issue to arise was not on the...

John Ramos - October 24, 2019

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On Sept. 10, 2025, Perry Burke entered a guilty plea to interfering with the privacy of a victim under the age of 18. The...

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Monitor launches online video archive of Duluth parks

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On the City of Duluth’s website, the Parks and Recreation Department states that the city has 162 parks. When the Monitor encountered this claim,...

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Tony Nephew believed he was responsible for Trump’s election, murdered family to save them, reports show

Lester River Rendezvous cancels portion of Sept. 27 festival due to logistical conflicts

Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park

Window-peeping DECC security guard pleads guilty to recording adolescent in gym

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Tony Nephew believed he was responsible for Trump’s election, murdered family to save them, reports show

Lester River Rendezvous cancels portion of Sept. 27 festival due to logistical conflicts

Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park

Window-peeping DECC security guard pleads guilty to recording adolescent in gym

Monitor launches online video archive of Duluth parks

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