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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.
Duluth’s budget debate is missing millions
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.
The bill comes due: Inside Duluth’s 2027 budget reckoning
Early-term labor agreements, sluggish revenue growth and familiar levy politics have left City Hall confronting a projected $5.5 million deficit.
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Duluth chamber president out after new DWI charge
DULUTH, Minn. — Matt Baumgartner is no longer president of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce following his second drunken-driving arrest since taking charge of the organization in 2021. The chamber’s board of directors announced Baumgartner’s departure Wednesday, two days after prosecutors charged him with second-degree driving
The Hermantown Six: Ty Hanson is UMD’s blueline engine
Hanson is a No. 1 college defenseman entering his prime, and UMD’s championship ceiling will be tied directly to how completely he controls the back end.
Howie's Top 5 prep boys basketball players to watch next season
1. Carter Brown, Duluth Denfeld Senior | Forward | 6-7 Brown gets the top spot because his production was unmatched among returning area players. He averaged 28.1 points and 13.8 rebounds, shot 57% from the field and scored 51 points against Cloquet in the Section 7AAA tournament. He can
Six decades later, DECC Arena remains Duluth’s classic stage
The Arena continues to work because it has never depended on being the newest or largest venue. Its appeal is rooted in permanence: the steep rows, the compact concert setting, the proximity to the lake and the accumulated memories of everyone who has passed through its doors.