Howie: Duluth's billion-dollar hospitals — and the neighborhoods left behind
Duluth’s health care transformation didn’t come free. It was paid for with public subsidies, neighborhood sacrifice, and long-term tax invisibility. The systems at the center of it all proudly proclaim their commitment to the community — even as the community quietly disappears around them.
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Howie: The Monsters have unfinished business
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All seven city employee labor agreements were approved after Mayor Roger Reinert took office in January 2024.
Cloquet football brings experienced core into 2026 after late-season improvement
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Man arrested on fentanyl, methamphetamine sale allegations
A 54-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after investigators said they observed him selling drugs in the 200 block of No. 2 Alley in Downtown Duluth. Michael Clark was booked into the St. Louis County Jail pending charges of second-degree sale of fentanyl and second-degree sale of
Hazardous air quality cancels Park Point 5-Miler
The 55th annual Park Point 5-Miler and 2-Mile Walk scheduled for tonight has been canceled because of hazardous air quality in Duluth and surrounding areas. The sold-out event was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. near the Park Point Beach House and had reached its