Every new project that comes along in Duluth is supported by specific interest groups—for example, the Great Lakes Aquarium was vigorously supported by environmental educators and tourism officials, AMSOIL...
On Jan. 8, 2020, Senior Parks Planner Lisa Luokkala informed
the Parks Commission that the city had been successful in securing a $400,000
Conservation Partners Legacy grant from the state. Conservation...
In December, the Duluth Parking Commission approved a proposal to eliminate 46 parking spaces on Second Street between 9th Avenue East and 12th Avenue East, in conjunction with a...
The port of Duluth is scheduled to receive two cruise ship visits during the upcoming summer. The Hanseatic Inspiration will be in port on June 12 and again on...
When Spirit Mountain approached the Duluth City Council on Dec.
12, 2019, asking for a $235,000 bailout, their primary reason given was that a
blizzard had cut short their annual SnoCross...
In 2015, when the idea of building a new network of Nordic skiing trails at Spirit Mountain first appeared, the preliminary estimated cost of the project was $1.5 million....
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...
On June 2, 2026, Duluth’s Homegrown Music Festival (HGMF) Co-directors Cory Jezierski and Dereck Murphy-Williams resigned their positions, leaving behind “years of unreported income”...