On Oct. 27, 2025, the Monitor continued its investigation into our local governments’ use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) by filing a public records request with the City of Superior....
A number of media outlets reported on the events of the St. Louis County Board meeting of Oct. 14, 2025, but none exposed how the board cynically manipulated the...
The City of Hermantown’s proposed data center project has received a lot of public scrutiny in recent weeks, primarily because the project has been shrouded in secrecy for over...
On Oct. 9, 2025, in the Southern District of New York, United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane dismissed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case which had been filed by...
On Oct. 13, 2025, the Monitor and other media outlets reported that three St. Louis County Commissioners had signed nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) with Mortenson Development Inc.: Annie Harala, Keith...
On Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, to pave the way for a 1.8-million-square-foot data center, the Hermantown City Council considered Ordinance 2025-17, which would rezone 220 acres in the Adolph...
In Carlton County District Court, the first of three trials for Andrew Deyette—a former community youth leader from Finland, Minnesota—commenced on June 30, 2026....
Dedicated to preserving the memory of environmentalist Sigurd Olson, an Ely nonprofit group has commissioned a local artist to create a mural of Olson,...
In the summer of 2025, while navigating through the City of Duluth’s Parks & Recreation webpage, I encountered the administration’s startling claim that Duluth...