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.
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.
Duluth residents should not accept a budget narrative built only around the bad news. Transparency requires more than explaining the size of the shortfall. It requires identifying every option, every revenue decision and every pool of existing or reasonably anticipated financial capacity.
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a 10-part series examining the Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey program entering the 2026-27 season.
The most important result of the Indoor Football League’s championship weekend was settled before the Arizona Rattlers and Green Bay Blizzard took the field Sunday night in Tucson. Arizona defeated Green Bay 62-51 to win its second IFL championship in three seasons, and Max Meylor completed a remarkable
Hibbing/Chisholm defenseman named 2026-27 Howie Prep Hockey Preseason Player of the Year
