Duluth businessman Paul Laskowski, following a Roger Reinert for mayor major fundraiser earlier this week: "Listening to Roger Reinert speak about his ideas and solutions to address many of our community issues is very refreshing. His common sense/common good approach is what Duluth needs."
Incumbents might sneak by if the weather is lousy. If it’s bright and clear, expect a few surprise names on the winner’s list. Either way, don’t expect voters to rediscover patience suddenly. Because in Duluth, sunshine doesn’t just melt the snow — it melts incumbents too.
"Duluth is such a gem, there’s such an opportunity for Duluth to grow and prosper; let’s take it to the next level with a vote for Roger!" -- George Goldfarb
Duluth mayoral candidates Emily Larson and Roger Reinert on Duluth's tourism marketing efforts – Said Emily – "My team and I have door-knocked 12,000 doors across the city since January, and residents of Duluth are clear: they want our economy strong, and they want value for what we
Another Facebook post by Duluth mayoral candidate Roger Reinert – "Snow, Snow, Snow! It's a cloudy, rainy, cold fall day. The kind of day that makes us feel like winter is not that far away. And the reality is - it's not. Today, there is plowable
Whether every fear about downtown is fully borne out by hard crime numbers is, in one sense, beside the point. Perception drives behavior. Customers act on what they feel. Employees act on what they experience walking to a car. Owners act on what they hear from both.
Health care has become too expensive, too complex and too dependent on workforce pipelines and advanced technology to operate as a collection of isolated regional systems.
Nearly 37% of residents in the Arrowhead region, which includes St. Louis County, qualified for a property tax refund in 2023, the most recent year for which information is available.
Essentia Health has spent the last few years exploring its own version of the future — conversations with Marshfield Clinic that fell apart and a proposed alignment with the University of Minnesota that never found its footing.