Howie: This isn’t a scam. It’s just a smart utility deal.
This isn’t a hostile takeover or a backdoor privatization scheme. This is a well-structured financial agreement that delivers capital, safeguards ratepayers, and pushes the utility deeper into the renewable energy era without turning it into a monopoly Frankenstein.
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Something significant is being examined, something consequential has gone wrong inside the process, and the people most familiar with that process decided they could not continue as if nothing had changed. In federal law enforcement, that is as close to an alarm bell as it gets.
Howie: Duluth isn’t in a recession yet, but our people are
Retirees are feeling it in an even more unforgiving way. Social Security doesn’t rise with property taxes. Pensions don’t adjust for water and sewer increases. Utility bills, groceries and insurance all climb while fixed incomes stay fixed. So seniors tighten up.
Howie: When civic habits wear thin
People didn’t wake up wanting authoritarianism. They woke up tired. Tired of chaos. Tired of humiliation. Tired of politics that felt like permanent trench warfare. They stopped believing the system deserved their patience. That part should feel familiar.
Howie: How the City of Duluth learned to live on borrowed time
The City of Duluth now spends roughly $1 of every $7 in the general fund on debt service. That’s money that can’t pave streets, fund libraries, or expand housing programs. And yet the answer to each new challenge is the same: another bond.
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Duluth Marshall advances to Class 2A state girls basketball semis
The Hilltoppers will face the winner of the New London-Spicer vs. Minnehaha Academy quarterfinal on Friday night.
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Last October, I experienced something new: my first round of golf with my son.
Attorney Melissa Maloney rejoins Fryberger law firm
Attorney Melissa Maloney has returned to the Duluth-based law firm Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A., the firm announced. Maloney earned her juris doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2001. She is certified as a Real Property Law Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association, a
Howie: Duluth could use a humble mayor like Arik Forsman
If Duluth decides it prefers less marketing and more governing, voters may discover that the model for that kind of leadership has been sitting in plain view at City Hall for several years. His name is Arik Forsman.