Questions about quality of life in St. Louis County, customer service interactions with the County, preferences for communication and information services and what people think of the job the County is doing at providing a wide set of critical services – St. Louis County is seeking public input on these issues and others in a survey that will be mailed out within the next few days.

On the morning of 1/16/19 the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, Duluth Police Department, Duluth Fire Department, and Gold Cross Ambulance responded to the YMCA at 302 W. 1st St. in Duluth for a male that was found unresponsive in a hot tub in the pool area.

Tornadoes, flooding, wildfires, blizzards, straight-line winds, ice storms, and droughts are the kinds of natural disasters most likely to cause widespread economic loss and personal hardship in St. Louis County. Taking steps to minimize the damage from a natural disaster is key to the County's multi-hazard mitigation plan (MHMP); and as the County works to update the plan, it wants to hear from the public.

The man had been leading a group of snowmobilers. When he turned to look back and check on them, his sled left the trail adn struck some trees. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries that are considered non life threatening.

On November 27, 2O18, Virginia Police Officer Nicholas Grivna was placed in a situation which necessitated the use of deadly force in the course of his work. His action taken in
self-defense of another resulted in the death of Scot Alan Widmark who died as a result from a single gunshot wound to his head.