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Duluth columnist violates journalistic ethics

Local journalist Howie Hanson is the proprietor of HowieHanson.com,...

DECC seeks naming rights agreement to keep ice in DECC Arena

Although the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) has been...

Tallas Bay to be dredged again

Located below Spirit Mountain on the St. Louis River,...

Broken Burke Apartments elevator makes life difficult for disabled tenants

Managed by Accessible Space Inc. out of St. Paul,...

Superior woman paints 90 rocks in memory of father

On Aug. 17, 2026, Superior resident Gemma Davies and...

State shuts down Northland Driving School

On Aug. 13, 2026, the Minnesota Department of Public...
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Former Dean of Students charged for engaging in criminal...

In St. Louis County District Court, on July 6,...

Hayward varsity boys basketball coach who filed whistleblower complaint...

The Hayward basketball coach who filed a whistleblower complaint...

Hayward school district covers up basketball coach’s complaints

For three years, Matthew Lobitz was involved with the...

Chair of Title VI Committee accuses Monitor of “hound[ing]...

The American Indian Parent Advisory Committee (AIPAC) is one...

City of Proctor failed to disclose $850,000 discount on...

In the summer of 2024, project developer NGP LLC...

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

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

Bills moving through Minnesota Legislature would deliver hefty tax...

Two bills currently moving through the Minnesota House of...

Family of Maxton Gudowski relieved to see charges filed...

On April 23, 2025, in St. Louis County District...

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Mr. O’s defamation lawsuit dismissed

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

Return of the underwater hotel

Some stories never go away. To recap, in 2022, Two...

Mr. O sues News Tribune for defamation

On Feb. 22, 2024, in United States District Court...

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DECC board approves “compromise” to keep ice in DECC Arena for 3 years

As the Monitor recently reported, the DECC Arena ice plant was retired in May, when a consultant discovered significant corrosion within the 57-year-old unit. DECC Arena is used by...

James Edwards charged with two misdemeanors in Moats homicide case

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...

Monitor wins state award for Swanson coverage

The year 2022 will undoubtedly be remembered by residents of Two Harbors, Minnesota, as an unusual time. That was the year their self-proclaimed “visionary” mayor, Chris Swanson, announced that...

As Spirit Mountain rehab costs grow, city revises project scope, seeks additional funding sources

On July 24, 2023, the Duluth City Council passed Resolution 570, authorizing the administration to apply to the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission (GMRPTC) for a $3.3...

Cloquet police investigated alleged sexual predator in 2019, declined to press charges

On March 7, 2023, Cloquet police arrested 41-year-old Cloquet resident James Bistis on a warrant out of the State of Virginia, for interacting online with Virginia investigators posing as...

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Publisher’s Desk

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...

Western Waterfront Trail segment halted indefinitely

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...

From Duluth to the border: A vigilante’s progress

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

Planning Commission not impressed with Board of Trade TIF application

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...

Tiny houses

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...