Seeing is believing and admitting you have a problem is the first step. Since the city refuses to acknowledge the extent of the homeless, drug, and crime problem growing in Duluth, especially in the downtown and western Duluth communities – it’s time we show them. When police are called, concerned citizens are told there is…
Open Letter to Emily Larson from a Fellow Boy Mom
Hi Emily,As a woman, I feel you. You have a high-profile job making important decisions for 80,000+ people and you face probably more than your fair share of criticism. And honestly, I want to like you, that’s why I started following you on Twitter. But girl… you make it so hard. I was made aware…
Mayoral Hypocrisy
In response to President Donald Trump coming to Duluth for a campaign rally, the supposed non-partisan Mayor of Duluth, Emily Larson, made some statements calling the President a white supremacist among other things. Real Stories North has debunked the claims of racism against the President but instead of apologizing, it just showed how much of…
President-Ist: Where’s the Apology?
Chauvinist, racist, white supremacist… perhaps the only common “ist” our President hasn’t been called is “feminist”. A couple of weeks ago we published an article that asked “What are you doing to divide?” The division in our country is coming from all of us – and that was clearly on display Wednesday when before President…
Local Candidates, Radical Views
You can’t turn on the television, radio, your computer, even open a music app on your phone without hearing messages from local and national candidates. Most of the messages are pointless party-line talking points creating adding to the noise of an already divisive election. When Biden mentioned his campaign platform in yesterday’s debate as: coming…
Part 1: Downtrodden Duluth
In most communities, “downtown” is the bustling heart of the city where business people speed walk the streets with lattes and laptops by day, and couples stroll arm in arm from restaurant to entertainment venue by night. Downtown should be “the place to be”, but in Duluth, downtown is downtrodden. In the past three months,…
DPD: Reining in the Riots
On Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 there was a BLM protest in Duluth. While the scene itself has received its fair share of news coverage, there is one thing that hasn’t received any news coverage – the Duluth Police Department. Overall, I am impressed with how the Duluth Police Department handled the entire event and Duluthians…
What Are You Doing to Divide?
Protests, riots, shootings, vandalism, cop-killing, and along with them – feelings of fear, hate, anger, and frustration. You can’t pick up a paper or scroll through a social media feed without seeing these words or experiencing these feelings. What has happened to the United States of America? Who did this? A decade ago you could…
DFL holds Chili Cook-off in place of cancelled Labor Day event in Cloquet
The Cloquet community has a long history of having family-friendly events around major holidays in their community. Labor Day is no exception where the city has a large parade and family-friendly events at Veterans Park. Except this is 2020 and like all things 2020 this year would be different. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic,…
Veterans Honor First Responders, ask for Unity at 9/11 Event
A local Duluth veterans group, Veterans United for Freedom, hosted a 9/11 event honoring first responders at the American Legion on Grand Avenue on September 11th. Neill Atkins, Head of Ceremony, lead the event which featured speakers, food, and a musical performance by popular Duluth musician, Sydney Hanson. The event brought together Duluthians looking to…