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City to issue Notice of Breach as Lincoln Park housing project once again fails to pay contractors

John Ramos - December 18, 2025

Lakewood Township

Lakewood Township to put zoning change question to voters

December 17, 2025

Douglas County

Shiprock Management charged Superior tenant $60/month to cover city’s $10.75/month garbage and recycling fee

December 15, 2025

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Incline Village project managers enter federal lawsuit with $1.1 million claim

John Ramos - December 11, 2025

The development of the Incline Village project ceased almost...

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Grievance hearing exposes dysfunction on American Indian Parent Advisory Committee

John Ramos - December 1, 2025

A Nov. 19, 2025 post on the Facebook page...

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Community Action Duluth closes farmers markets without explanation, owing vendors thousands

John Ramos - November 15, 2025

Both the Lincoln Park Farmers Market (which operates out...

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DULUTH

2 city officials signed NDAs when Duluth was being considered for data center project

John Ramos - October 30, 2025

The City of Hermantown’s proposed data center project has...

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Endi bankruptcy dismissed; affidavit shows Luzy Ostreicher used rent proceeds for Incline Village project, other unauthorized expenses

John Ramos - October 29, 2025

On Oct. 9, 2025, in the Southern District of...

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DULUTH

Delayed DECC heating system replacement project completed

John Ramos - October 5, 2025

At the regular board meeting of the Duluth Entertainment...

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Grievance hearing exposes dysfunction on American Indian Parent Advisory...

John Ramos - December 1, 2025

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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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Superior

Shiprock Management charged Superior tenant $60/month to cover city’s $10.75/month garbage and recycling fee

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Gotta Be Superior website misleads visitors with stock images

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Manion Truss president says he did not deceive workers about plant closure

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Manion Truss to close Dec. 19, eliminating 43 jobs

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Mayor Paine halted zoning application and subsequent land sale, lawsuit alleges

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Mayor of Superior proactively bans NDAs minutes after fulfilling Monitor’s data request for NDAs

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Superior Police Investigator Lerette resigns, as federal lawsuit against City of Superior proceeds

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Wisconsin Public Defenders Office releases thousands of Social Security numbers to Superior resident in data breach

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City of Superior receives $250,000 Bunge Dock grant

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City of Superior shares no information about internal investigation with Police & Fire Commission

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Two Superior police officers under internal investigation; file to be reviewed by “special acting chief”

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City of Superior releases Princess Theater feasibility study

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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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Douglas County

A hundred walks

On Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, my boys and I completed our 100th walk in the Try To Walk Every Day Except Sunday (TTWEDES, or “Tweeds”) Challenge. Since Oct. 19, 2020,...

John Ramos - February 18, 2021

DULUTH

Observation Hill NIMBYs oppose vacation rental

On Jan. 25, 2021, the Duluth City Council will consider Resolution 28, which grants Benjamin Klismith a permit to operate a vacation dwelling unit (VDU) at 621 West Fifth...

John Ramos - January 24, 2021

DULUTH

City cuts tourism tax support for most, gives Spirit Mountain raise

On Dec. 8, 2020, Duluth Mayor Emily Larson held a virtual press conference to deliver some sobering news: Tourism tax collections were projected to drop by 25 percent in...

John Ramos - December 11, 2020

DULUTH

City leaders fast-track Visit Duluth-DECC merger

Tourism taxes in Duluth are applied to hotel stays, restaurant bills, and bar tabs, with the proceeds used for a variety of tourism-related purposes. By law, the Duluth Entertainment...

John Ramos - November 19, 2020

Anagrams

The Horse: An anagram of The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem “The Raven” consists of 4,891 letters, including the title and author. In 2015, I rearranged those 4,891 letters into a new poem, titled “The...

John Ramos - October 10, 2020

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Publisher’s Desk

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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

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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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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

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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

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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...