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

DULUTH

In fifteenth year, city bow hunt is meeting goals

The City of Duluth’s annual urban deer hunt wrapped up its fifteenth season on Dec. 31, 2019. Archers with the Arrowhead Bowhunters Alliance (ABA) harvested 54 bucks and 179...

John Ramos - March 10, 2020

DULUTH

DECC plans cooling system upgrade

The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) is planning a major upgrade of its cooling system. Officials have solicited engineering studies and preliminary estimates for the project, though the board...

John Ramos - March 3, 2020

DULUTH

The Great 990 Hunt, Part 2

On Feb. 24, 2020, I visited 11 nonprofit organizations within the City of Duluth to see how well they could comply with their federal disclosure requirements. After last week’s...

John Ramos - February 25, 2020

DULUTH

The Great 990 Hunt

On Feb. 19, 2020, I visited 12 nonprofit organizations within the City of Duluth. Nonprofits are legally obliged to provide certain documents to the public upon request, and I was curious...

John Ramos - February 20, 2020

DULUTH

Chester Bowl chalet project in “quiet phase” of fundraising

Fundraising for a $1.8 million reconstruction of the Thom Storm Chalet in Chester Park is currently in its “quiet phase,” according to Dave Schaeffer, executive director of the Chester...

John Ramos - February 14, 2020

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Publisher’s Desk

June 19, 2019 5

Hello Readers, Welcome to Duluth’s newest news publication, the Duluth Monitor. We’re living in the future now, so we’ve decided to part ways with the...

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Western Waterfront Trail segment halted indefinitely

June 19, 2019 3

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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From Duluth to the border: A vigilante’s progress

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The video, posted to Facebook on March 31, 2019, starts out in the bushes. Twigs and leaves rustle in the breeze. “Yep, I got...

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Planning Commission not impressed with Board of Trade TIF application

June 19, 2019 0

On June 11, 2019, the Duluth Planning Commission considered an item to move an application for tax increment financing (TIF) forward for the Board of Trade Building. The Board...

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Tiny houses

June 26, 2019 0

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...