Stay warm today! Double feature, edition as I didn’t get around to sending this out after both meetings! I was out for my 6th wedding anniversary, and then my wife a week later ran her first full marathon in Chicago! Council 9/26 We appointed several community members to The Heading Home St…

Hey folks, I hope you’ve squeezed and are squeezing every last bit of summer that we have in the Northland as it will soon be time for snow plowing and shoveling (sorry for the reminder). Council Meeting 8/22/2022 The City of Duluth via the League of Minnesota Cities was awarded the 2022 Sustainable…

Hey folks, Council was on break and my summer has been going by at light speed! I’ve been trying to fish weekly on the Brule, playing amateur baseball again, attending as many Twins games as possible, and working in my garden, taking in a few outdoor concerts. …

Remembering Councilor Van Nett, Council Meeting, Juneteenth, Grandma’s Is Back, Chief of Police is moving on, Rhubarb, Art Fair Remembering Councilor Renee Van Nett Heartbreaking news of a colleague and dear friend. She was a great person and mother and a great mentor and friend, I’ll deeply miss her. Council Meeting 6/13 Approved several liquor license Confirmed two…

Memorial Day, Council Meetings, Ordinance Modernization Task Force Apologies for the gap in newsletter. I coach high school baseball up in Proctor and with this weather it has postponed many of our games so for the past three weeks I have had baseball games nearly every single night! Duluth City Council Meeting May 9 Approved letters…

Council Meeting Update, Remembering the Barry Family, Workforce Center, Leo the Lion, 20 Under 40, Homegrown Council Meeting April 25th Approved the AFSCME contract for 2022–2024 Issued a couple of liquor license Updated amendments to various job duties within the City of Duluth Established the programs for the City of Duluth Affordable Housing Trust…

Meeting 3, April is Sexual Assualt Awareness Month, Support for the 148th, Habitat Restoration for St. Louis River/Hartley, Parks Planning, Coffee Requests Rolling in Council Meeting April 11th Approved contract for our law enforcement officials of Local 363 Approved $222,588 in sidewalk repairs for where water mains have disrupted the sidewalks Authorized application for…

As a country, we face a huge housing shortage. This shortage is made even worse by a national hot real estate market, leaving millions locked out of the homebuyer market. A lack of housing inventory is preventing people from achieving homeownership and the benefits it provides, one of the most…

Buckle up, this will be the most exciting thing you read today. Traffic deaths are some of the most preventable deaths that occur. In 2020 we lost 38,680 people to traffic deaths. And as illustrated in the Sept. 1 “ Our View: Traffic Deaths needlessly on the rise in Minnesota,”…