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Imagine Downtown shifts from planning to action, targets 1,500 new homes
Thursday’s update revealed a broad community vision and made clear that its success will now depend on whether the participating organizations can establish the development corporation, finance housing and service expansions and turn conceptual public improvements into completed projects.
Howie: Duluth Schools’ credit downgrade is serious
Duluth does not have one governmentwide financial crisis. It has a school district in a precarious position and a city government that is beginning to encounter some of the same cost-versus-revenue pressures.
Howie: Reinert must answer Duluth’s $4.5 million budget question
The City of Duluth administration cannot warn taxpayers about a projected $5.5 million deficit while refusing to explain a recurring $4.5 million funding stream redirected from general operations. The account now has nearly $9 million.
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TDS Transportation opens Elite League season unbeaten
NEW HOPE, Minn. — TDS Transportation wasted little time establishing itself as one of the Upper Midwest High School Elite League’s most explosive offensive teams. TDS, with a roster stocked heavily with northeastern Minnesota high school players, opened its fall season with a 14-3 victory and back-to-back
Bulldogs picked third in NCHC preseason media poll
Minnesota Duluth will enter the 2026-27 season carrying some of the highest expectations in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Bulldogs were picked to finish third in the NCHC preseason media poll released Wednesday, receiving seven first-place votes and 273 points from a 33-member voting panel. Defending
The state sent Duluth schools $24 million more. So what caused the financial crisis?
The national Consumer Price Index increased approximately 19% between the 2021 and 2025 annual averages. Duluth's total state-source governmental revenue increased approximately 26.4%.
Three Bulldogs named to preseason All-NCHC team
Minnesota Duluth placed three juniors on the National Collegiate Hockey Conference preseason all-conference team announced Tuesday, giving the Bulldogs half of the six-player lineup selected by media members. Forwards Max Plante and Zam Plante and defenseman Ty Hanson were selected less than three weeks before UMD opens the