DULUTH

Lester River Rendezvous cancels portion of Sept. 27 festival due to logistical conflicts

John Ramos - September 12, 2025

DULUTH

Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park

September 11, 2025

DULUTH

Window-peeping DECC security guard pleads guilty to recording adolescent in gym

September 10, 2025

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Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park

John Ramos - September 11, 2025

At 3:15 in the morning on Aug. 26, 2025,...

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DULUTH

Window-peeping DECC security guard pleads guilty to recording adolescent in gym

John Ramos - September 10, 2025

On Sept. 10, 2025, Perry Burke entered a guilty...

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DULUTH

City looks to bolster Community Investment Trust fund with ordinance change

John Ramos - September 7, 2025

On Sept. 4, 2025, during a budget presentation to...

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DULUTH

Promised housing fail: Former Ordean Building now boutique hotel

Mark A. Baker - August 28, 2025

On Sept. 19, 2023, the City of Duluth announced the...

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DULUTH

Alleged Menards rebate bandits charged

John Ramos - August 19, 2025

On July 19, 2025, when the owner of Webber...

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DULUTH

Incline Village developer, Stearns Bank file competing federal lawsuits

John Ramos - August 8, 2025

Although the Incline Village site is silent and deserted...

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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

City of Superior receives $250,000 Bunge Dock grant

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City of Superior shares no information about internal investigation with Police & Fire Commission

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Two Superior police officers under internal investigation; file to be reviewed by “special acting chief”

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City of Superior releases Princess Theater feasibility study

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As Swim Creative fails to meet social media management goals, City of Superior considers doubling their compensation

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City of Superior ignored complaints about houses cracking on Ohio Avenue, neighbors say

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Superior Public Safety Committee recommends spending 50K to resolve “urgent” police department issues

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

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Superior public defender offers baffling interpretation of statute

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National Bank of Commerce account holder loses $4,000 to text scam

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After six crashes in 2024, Superior Public Safety Committee recommends four-way stop at 18th Street and Cumming

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As public records requests proliferate, Superior invests in data compliance software

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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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DULUTH

Lester River Rendezvous cancels portion of Sept. 27 festival due to logistical conflicts

The annual Lester River Rendezvous is best known for its re-creation of an 18th-century voyageur camp in Duluth’s Lester Park. Dressed in period attire, re-enactors demonstrate skills from the...

John Ramos - September 12, 2025

DULUTH

Juvenile charged for vicious assault of homeless man in Canal Park

At 3:15 in the morning on Aug. 26, 2025, a man waved down Duluth police in Canal Park to report that his cousin (identified as MRM in the criminal...

John Ramos - September 11, 2025

DULUTH

Window-peeping DECC security guard pleads guilty to recording adolescent in gym

On Sept. 10, 2025, Perry Burke entered a guilty plea to interfering with the privacy of a victim under the age of 18. The charge stems from a Dec....

John Ramos - September 10, 2025

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Monitor launches online video archive of Duluth parks

On the City of Duluth’s website, the Parks and Recreation Department states that the city has 162 parks. When the Monitor encountered this claim, we were unable to think...

John Ramos - September 10, 2025

DULUTH

City looks to bolster Community Investment Trust fund with ordinance change

On Sept. 4, 2025, during a budget presentation to the Duluth City Council, Mayor Roger Reinert introduced a new Community Investment Trust fund (CIT) management strategy the city would...

John Ramos - September 7, 2025

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Publisher’s Desk

June 19, 2019 5

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

June 19, 2019 3

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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From Duluth to the border: A vigilante’s progress

June 19, 2019 0

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

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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...