“I can’t be responding to seven different people with seven different requests,” School District 709 Human Resources Director Tim Sworsky complained to the School Board on Sept. 10, 2019,...
Erik Simonson was hired as director of the Lake Superior Zoo
in September of 2017. Seventeen days after he started his new position, Simonson
announced that the zoo was broke and...
The Duluth School District has recently come under fire for hiring an assistant superintendent with a criminal record, without informing the School Board of that fact. The new hire...
Within the next week, the city will be inviting the public to a flag-raising ceremony for Duluth’s new flag. Though the flags have not yet been ordered in bulk,...
Duluth’s first tourism tax was established on March 17, 1969, by a vote of the City Council. The new tax attached a three percent surcharge to hotel and motel...
Two months ago, when the Monitor alerted the public that Mayor Emily Larson and the state Legislature had earmarked $10 million in street and utility money for the new...
On Sept. 2, 2025, the Superior Common Council accepted a $250,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The federal funds are intended to...
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For two years, mayors, city councilors, and community boosters have been promoting the renovation of the Ordean Building (and 30-plus new apartments)...
At their regular monthly meeting, on Aug. 19, 2025, the Fayal Township Board of Supervisors passed a resolution calling for the resignation of Board...