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

The annual Lester River Rendezvous is best known for...

Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park

At 3:15 in the morning on Aug. 26, 2025,...

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

On Sept. 10, 2025, Perry Burke entered a guilty...

Say anything to get it built

Every new project that comes along in Duluth is supported by specific interest groups—for example, the Great Lakes Aquarium was vigorously supported by environmental educators and tourism officials, AMSOIL...

School Board considers opening agenda sessions

Concerns about transparency have long simmered within the Duluth school district, but several recent events have brought the issue squarely into public view. In August, citizens learned that the school district had...

Mysterious RFP revealed

“I can’t be responding to seven different people with seven different requests,” School District 709 Human Resources Director Tim Sworsky complained to the School Board on Sept. 10, 2019,...

School district stonewalls board’s request for information, again

The Duluth School District has recently come under fire for hiring an assistant superintendent with a criminal record, without informing the School Board of that fact. The new hire...
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Tony Nephew believed he was responsible for Trump’s election, murdered family to save them, reports show

On Nov. 7, 2024, 46-year-old West Duluth resident Anthony “Tony” Nephew took the lives of his wife, his ex-wife and his two sons, before...

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

The annual Lester River Rendezvous is best known for its re-creation of an 18th-century voyageur camp in Duluth’s Lester Park. Dressed in period attire,...

Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park

At 3:15 in the morning on Aug. 26, 2025, a man waved down Duluth police in Canal Park to report that his cousin (identified...

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

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

Monitor launches online video archive of Duluth parks

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,...