St. Louis County

Brian Pelander of Alden Township was fatally injured when a tree fell by him the morning of Nov. 26, 2025.

The land in St. Louis, Clearwater, Carlton and Wadena counties has limited opportunities to generate income, prompting the DNR to sell it.

Peter Buckle, 47, was last known to be at his cabin on the Canadian side of Lake Lac La Croix, but search teams found some of his belongings on an island in U.S. waters.

Secretary of State Steve Simon presented five St. Louis County election workers with Excellence in Election Awards on Nov. 20, 2025.

Plus: Secretary of State Steve Simon presented St. Louis County election workers with awards; and the Minnesota Department of Health presented two Northwest Minnesota practitioners with rural health awards.

Paul Bunyan Communications estimates that services will be available in all project areas by the end of January.

St. Louis County Public Works engineers completed design work for the reconstruction of County Highway 100 in Aurora, with a design meeting scheduled Nov. 13, 2025.

St. Louis County's Community Connect events bring together a variety of free services for those experiencing economic hardship.

The fraudsters use a caller ID spoofing technique to have their number appear to be from the sheriff’s office and even use the name and badge number of a sheriff’s office official.

Peter M. Martin was last seen in Brookston in the Mahnomen neighborhood of the Fond du Lac Reservation. His whereabouts remain unknown but this area remains of particular interest.