Northland Township

Four charged in illegal spruce top cutting operation

John Ramos - April 21, 2025

Douglas County

Superior Public Safety Committee recommends spending 50K to resolve “urgent” police department issues

April 19, 2025

DULUTH

Spirit Mountain ordered to pay $908,651 to alpine coaster manufacturer

April 16, 2025

Duluth

DULUTH

Lakeview Tower first TIF project in Duluth to subsidize vacation rentals

Mark A. Baker and John Ramos - April 13, 2025

On March 26, 2025, the Duluth Economic Development Authority...

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DULUTH

New Spirit Mountain attraction delivers grins, glitches

Duluth Monitor - April 1, 2025

On Saturday, the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area unveiled their...

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DULUTH

Outdoor living program plans to operate from Vineyard Church parking lot

John Ramos - March 31, 2025

Safe Bay is a program which provides people without...

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DULUTH

Letters show denial of Massie’s crime within Old Apostolic Lutheran Church

John Ramos - March 29, 2025

At Clint Massie’s sentencing hearing for his four child...

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DULUTH

Clint Massie sentenced to 91 months for child sexual assaults

John Ramos - March 28, 2025

On March 27, 2025, in St. Louis County District...

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DULUTH

Accused DECC window-peeper seeks suppression of evidence based on unlawful search

John Ramos - March 26, 2025

On March 20, 2025, counsel for alleged DECC window-peeper...

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Eveleth

Rock Ridge student charged with three felonies for making...

Duluth Monitor - April 16, 2024

At 9:40 in the morning on April 3, 2024,...

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Rock Ridge School District

Raucous Ridge, Part III: School board denied 61 percent...

John Ramos - April 21, 2023

The Rock Ridge School District was created in 2019,...

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Rock Ridge School District

Raucous Ridge, Part II: Stacey calls for backup

John Ramos - February 9, 2023

On July 1, 2020, when the Rock Ridge School...

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Rock Ridge School District

Raucous Ridge: Minnesota’s newest school board silences citizens, crushes...

John Ramos - January 20, 2023

“Fiercely United.” Official Motto of the Rock Ridge School District Part...

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DULUTH

Say anything to get it built

John Ramos - January 12, 2020

Every new project that comes along in Duluth is...

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DULUTH

School Board considers opening agenda sessions

John Ramos - November 18, 2019

Concerns about transparency have long simmered within the Duluth school...

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Duluth School District

Mysterious RFP revealed

John Ramos - September 17, 2019

“I can’t be responding to seven different people with...

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DULUTH

School district stonewalls board’s request for information, again

John Ramos - September 12, 2019

The Duluth School District has recently come under fire...

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Superior

Superior Public Safety Committee recommends spending 50K to resolve “urgent” police department issues

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Former Superior Teachers Union president charged with drunk driving, resisting arrest

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Superior public defender offers baffling interpretation of statute

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National Bank of Commerce account holder loses $4,000 to text scam

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After six crashes in 2024, Superior Public Safety Committee recommends four-way stop at 18th Street and Cumming

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As public records requests proliferate, Superior invests in data compliance software

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Construction phase of Allouez Bay marsh restoration nears completion

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Superior acquires Princess Theatre artifacts at auction

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Lindsay Izzard flipped car at Family Fun Days

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Spouse of Douglas County sheriff pleads no contest to OWI

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Tyler Edwards sentenced to 60 days jail time in Superior

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Mayor Paine ties Superior Municipal Forest preservation to family land deal

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Outside Region

DULUTH

Mr. O’s defamation lawsuit dismissed

Duluth Monitor - June 10, 2024

On March 28, 2024, the Monitor reported that the...

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Lake County

Unmasking Mr. O

John Ramos - February 20, 2022

It’s not easy being a big thinker. Christopher Swanson,...

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DULUTH

Benvie goes to jail

John Ramos - August 30, 2020

From March to June of 2019, a man named...

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Madeline Island, WI

No charges filed in Bruzzo case

John Ramos - July 3, 2019

One year ago, in July of 2018, Des Moines...

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Archive

Lake County

While under contract with Ruth’s Vegetarian Gourmet, Mayor Swanson advocated for their expansion project with city

In late January of 2020, Jennifer Sterbenz, the newly-hired Director of Community Development for the City of Two Harbors, received an email from a citizen with concerns about “the...

John Ramos - July 15, 2022

DULUTH

Publisher’s Desk

Hello, readers. Man, oh man. Life is crazy sometimes. One story. Three months ago, we planned to publish one story about Mayor Chris Swanson and Two Harbors, Minnesota—“Unmasking Mr. O.” Today,...

John Ramos - May 27, 2022

Lake County

Boss Swanson, Part II: Shining light of hope

Two Harbors Mayor Chris Swanson loves entrepreneurs, and takes pride in what he has done to promote entrepreneurialism in Two Harbors. One might even say that entrepreneurialism is Swanson’s...

John Ramos - May 23, 2022

Lake County

Woot woot! Mayor Swanson promoted Swanson businesses 50 times on Facebook

On March 9, 2022, I published an article entitled “Mayor Swanson promoted own businesses 97 times on city Twitter account.” The mayor, who did not appreciate my findings, filed...

John Ramos - May 2, 2022

Lake County

Short-term rental boom creates housing shortage in Two Harbors

“There’s one house for sale in Two Harbors,” realtor Sue Bott told the Two Harbors Planning Commission, incredulously, on March 1, 2022. “Well, there was a couple hours ago....

John Ramos - April 15, 2022

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Western Waterfront Trail segment halted indefinitely

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The Western Waterfront Trail (WWFT), a graveled, wheelchair-accessible path along the St. Louis River, currently runs from 63rd Avenue West to Riverside, a distance of about 3...

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Planning Commission not impressed with Board of Trade TIF application

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Tiny houses

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On June 11, 2019, Deputy Planning Director Adam Fulton updated the Duluth Planning Commission on the city’s efforts to develop standards for tiny houses. According to The Tiny...