The City of Duluth’s Parks Maintenance Division will place clean, discarded wood chips for public use and pick up in bulk at the U-shaped driveway by Tony Emanuel Field at Woodland Park beginning Saturday.
The wood chips, which are an urban forestry byproduct and are untreated, are available on a first-come, first-served basis to anyone wishing to use them. If the pile depletes, parks maintenance staff will continue to refill them until the spring.
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.
Early-term labor agreements, sluggish revenue growth and familiar levy politics have left City Hall confronting a projected $5.5 million deficit.
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.
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
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.
Monsters finish 9-5 after winning seven of their final nine games.
