A second Duluth whistleblower lawsuit has been filed against the city after a former city employee alleges retaliation and discrimination after reporting concerns of officer misconduct within the Duluth Police Department, WDIO reported on Monday. In the lawsuit, the Duluth whistleblower is a former program coordinator on opioid response initiatives. She said she was ridiculed by police officers and was subjected to hostility after reporting concerns that officers were using people who had recently overdosed as informants for drug deals, KARE 11 reported.
This is the second employment lawsuit filed by Minnesota law firm Storms Dworak LLC against the city within the past six months. In the previous lawsuit, a former Duluth police lieutenant claimed he was forced out after reporting suspected misconduct within the police department, the Star Tribune reported in early March.
Staying with Duluth for a moment, the controversy in which a Cargill heir’s wife, Kathy Cargill, bought up properties on Duluth’s Park Point is headed the opposite direction, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune. Her company is selling the remaining vacant properties and her own home is listed as “coming soon,” the paper reported.
Onto the metro. In case you missed it on Friday, there’s more news about Minneapolis Public Schools finances: The school district has incurred $5.3 million in IRS penalties in the past four years, reports the Minnesota Reformer.
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