On 06/22/22 at about 1826 Hours, St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, along with Fire Department and medical personnel, were called to a structure fire in the 3900 block of W. Tischer Rd. in the City of Rice Lake. Upon arrival, Deputies learned that three individuals lived on the property. Two of those individuals were in the detached garage when they noticed black smoke coming from the main residence. When they checked on the residence, they found the third individual, a 33-year-old adult male, lying on the rear deck. He appeared to have severe burns throughout his body. They moved the victim to the backyard as the fire continued to grow and engulf much of the home. The Rice Lake Fire Department arrived on scene and extinguished the fire. The adult male burn victim was initially transported to Essentia Health by Mayo Clinic Ambulance and ultimately airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center for advanced care.

Incident Summary: A 911 service outage has been reported in the Cook area that could affect both landlines and cell phones.  Service  technicians are enroute to repair the outage, however at this time it is unknown how long the outage will last.  If you need to report an emergency and your landline or cell phone does not work in this area you can respond to the Cook Fire/Ambulance Hall located at 111 2nd Street Southeast in Cook to report your emergency. 

The CN Railroad will be conducting maintenance work at the railroad crossing on Midway Road in Adolph, located 0.2 miles south of US Highway 2. As a result, Midway Road will be closed at this crossing from June 27 through July 1, while work is being completed.

The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Veterans Affairs have determined that the St. Louis County Continuum of Care (CoC) has effectively ended homelessness among Veterans.

A section of Haines Road just south of Maple Grove Road will be closed for several days next week due to private utility work being done. The road closure will begin Wednesday, June 22, and the road is expected to re-open to traffic by Saturday, June 25.