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Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert will commemorate the inaugural season of the Duluth Harbor Monsters by hosting the team at City Hall and presenting a proclamation in the Mayor's Reception Room today at 1 p.m.
Subsequently, at 2 p.m., Reinert will join the leadership of the Chester Bowl Improvement Club for a major announcement at the Chester Bowl Chalet.
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.
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.
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.
0:00 /2:02 1× Good evening. I’m Howie Hanson, and this is The Howie Report for Monday, August 31. The Duluth Heritage Sports Center began with a Saturday morning telephone call—and Pat Francisco’s immediate willingness to act. Peterson Arena had been destroyed by fire in 2004,
Hermantown’s varsity teams enter the first week of September with early season tests against familiar opponents. The busiest schedule belongs to the boys soccer team, which opened with victories over Holy Family, 3-1, and Mesabi East, 4-1. The Hawks host Duluth Marshall at 6:30 p.m.
The Steve Anderson Legacy Scramble, Imagine Downtown, Hermantown girls soccer and Duluth weather in two minutes.
