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Douglas County, WI: The Wild West of Wisconsin Politics
Welcome to Douglas County—where the trees outnumber the people, and local politics make reality TV look boring. Nestled in the rugged beauty of northern Wisconsin, Douglas County is where Lake Superior crashes against the shore, deer outnumber residents, and everyone’s got an opinion on how to fix the roads (spoiler: they never get fixed).
Home to the city of Superior—aka Duluth’s scrappier sibling—Douglas County is a patchwork of small towns, sprawling forests, and enough community boards to make your head spin. Whether it’s figuring out who actually runs what, our political scene is a mix of passionate arguments and good old-fashioned Midwestern stubbornness.

City, County, and Schools Spent $1B Since 2018 — You Got Street Cracks, Empty Promises, and a Tax Bill That Whispers ‘Bend Over‘

Soupnutz Crashes Into a Billion-Dollar Budget Party — No Confetti, Just Receipts You know it’s bad when a snarky blog stumbles into a billion dollars in public spending and the reaction from City Hall is…

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Krampus Jim Strikes Again: Superior’s Naughty List Is Getting Longer

Welcome to Christmas in the Paine, where the lights are bright, the debt is brighter, and City Hall keeps singing carols while quietly setting fire to the balance sheet. This year’s holiday hit isn’t from…

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How the Superior School Board Stole Christmas (and Your Equity)

🎄 A Very Taxing Christmas: How the Superior School District Gifted You a Lump of Coal and Another Property Tax Hike ❄️ “Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the halls,Not a brain cell…

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BREAKING : Superior’s Dynamic Duds, Mayor Jim and Jason Serck, Face Civil Rights Jury Trial — City Budget Braces for Impact. (Court Dates Inside)

BREAKING: 2700 Winter Lawsuit Moves Toward Trial, Superior Still Pretending It’s All Normal Well, grab your calendars and mark your dysfunction bingo cards, folks — the case of 2700 Winter, LLC v. Jim “What Zoning?”…

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Fourth Civil Rights Suit Filed Against Superior—This One Comes with Breast Pumps and GPS Trackers (Read the Lawsuit)

Boobs, Bugs, and Badges: Allegations Rock Superior, Wisconsin PD Lede You Didn’t See Coming In a federal lawsuit filed in March 2025, a Superior, Wisconsin police officer alleges she was forced to express breast milk in a…

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Superior’s City Council Votes Are Missing Like Where’s Waldo—and Maybe So Is Any Legal Immunity For Members of the Council?

Where’s Waldo? Superior’s Missing Council Votes—and the 4 Civil Rights Lawsuits That Aren’t Hiding Nearly as Well Soupnutz.net – The Home of Municipal Roast Sessions Superior’s Democracy: Now With 4 Civil Rights Lawsuits and Zero…

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