On June 26, 2021, an altercation occurred between James Edwards and Ryan Moats in Virginia, Minnesota. When it was over, Moats was dead. Although the investigating detective believed that...
The Rock Ridge School District was created in 2019, when the Virginia and Eveleth/Gilbert school districts merged. As the Monitor recently reported, for as long as the Rock Ridge...
On July 1, 2020, when the Rock Ridge School Board held its first meeting, they had no official policies in place. Over the following months, they first adopted policies...
“Fiercely United.”
Official Motto of the Rock Ridge School District
Part I: The Censuring of Sorcan
On Nov. 14, 2022, at the school board meeting of the Rock Ridge School District, 16-year-old...
By John Ramos
On June 26, 2021, outside a townhome in Virginia, Minnesota, James Edwards, age 31, and Ryan Moats, age 41, were involved in an altercation. When it was...
On July 31, 2025, the Monitor received a tip that two Superior police officers were under investigation, for unknown reasons. We immediately emailed Superior...
In 2022, the City of Superior purchased two vacant buildings on Tower Avenue, both of which were in disrepair—one that formerly housed Frankie’s Tavern...
Crying Wolf
Good day, readers,
On the morning of July 15, 2025, Normanna Township resident Adam Wolf went on a terrifying rampage, burning his home down,...