St. Louis County

The long-running Bridge to Health Survey aims to collect local data from northeastern Minnesota for health systems, schools and nonprofits.

Former Mesabi East and Northeast Range teacher Ryan Ross Denzer-Johnson, 44, received the maximum sentence Jan. 5, 2026, after pleading guilty to assaulting an adolescent relative.

The state funding will help create or preserve housing in Hibbing, Mahnomen, Bemidji, Warren, Grand Rapids and other communities in the region.

KAXE covered natural disasters, federal funding chaos, Eichorn's arrest and resignation, mining permits and wild rice, library budget cuts, sheriffs teaming with ICE and more.

Ryan Moller allegedly shot his father in the head in Fayal Township after an argument. He was charged with attempted murder and assault Dec. 5, 2025.

The Eveleth Police Department said it responded to a report of a shooting the afternoon of Dec. 2, 2025, in southern Fayal Township. The victim was taken to a Duluth hospital.

The man was walking back to a road near Meadowlands after getting his snowmobile stuck in a swamp and hunkering down in a remote cabin. He was wet and cold but otherwise OK.

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.