DULUTH

Lakeview Tower first TIF project in Duluth to subsidize vacation rentals

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

Douglas County

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

April 11, 2025

Douglas County

Lakeside town clerk unable to obtain town documents from previous clerk

April 9, 2025

Duluth

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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DULUTH

Endi Plaza bankruptcy dismissed, foreclosure case proceeds

John Ramos - March 24, 2025

On March 10, 2025, United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean...

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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

Spouse of Douglas County sheriff pleads no contest to OWI

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On Aug. 17, 2024, Wisconsin State Trooper Zachary Lind...

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Tyler Edwards sentenced to 60 days jail time in Superior

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On Sept. 1, 2024, after arresting Tyler Edwards for...

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Mayor Paine ties Superior Municipal Forest preservation to family land deal

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On July 18, 2024, at the regular quarterly meeting...

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Nemadji golf simulators lost 20-50K per month last winter

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At the Superior Golf Course Committee meeting on Aug....

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Bong Center seeks to acquire pieces of Marge

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Housing a robust collection of artifacts from all branches...

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Superior’s “third largest” municipal forest actually nation’s 13th largest

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The City of Superior is understandably proud of its...

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City of Superior has no idea if they approved $1.3 million Swim Creative contract

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At their regular meeting on June 25, 2024, the...

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Superior officials refuse to discuss cancelled Charlie Berens contract

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On March 6, 2024, the City of Superior’s Tourism...

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Superior to pay $1,750 per month for “organic social media management”

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“Organic social media” generally refers to the online marketing...

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Butler Avenue residents frustrated by Superior agenda blunders

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On June 20, 2024, at the regular monthly meeting...

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Douglas County Historical Society, Superior Public Museums discuss merger

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The City of Superior owns three museum properties—Fairlawn Mansion,...

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Duluth vs. Superior: Who is more transparent?

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The Duluth Monitor began reporting on Superior, Wisconsin, in...

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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

Clint Massie pleads guilty to four counts of child sexual abuse

On the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, a panel of jurors was standing by in the St. Louis County District Courthouse in Duluth, waiting for Judge Dale Harris to...

John Ramos - December 5, 2024

Douglas County

Construction phase of Allouez Bay marsh restoration nears completion

A marsh restoration project is currently underway at the southern end of Allouez Bay. The purpose of the project is twofold: (1) to remove invasive cattails from Allouez Bay;...

John Ramos - December 2, 2024

Rice Lake

Esko man charged for threatening Rice Lake couple with school bus

On Oct. 29, 2024, St. Louis County deputies were alerted by Chisholm police that an Esko man named Andrew VanHauer had threatened to drive a bus through the home...

Duluth Monitor - November 27, 2024

Lake County

Spillover from failed Silver Bay perimeter ditch worsens

On June 19, 2024, a major storm system dropped 7 inches of rain on the town of Silver Bay. On the northern end of town, several Adams Boulevard residents...

John Ramos - November 23, 2024

Grand Rapids

Itasca County DFL chair charged with hit-and-run homicide of Nashwauk teen

On Nov. 19, 2024, in Itasca County District Court, 64-year-old Grand Rapids resident Cynthia “Cyndi” Martin was charged with Criminal Vehicular Homicide for her role in an incident that...

John Ramos - November 20, 2024

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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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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...