The St. Louis County Board approved its 2026 budget at $564,403,199. The budget ensures stability in the delivery of the county's broad range of services, including public safety, roads and bridges, public health and human services and general government while also factoring in inflation and the impacts of state and federal cost shifts. The final vote was 6-1, with Commissioner Ashley Grimm voting no.

On December 15, 2025 at approximately 5:36 PM area first responders and law enforcement were dispatched to the report of a two-vehicle personal injury accident at the Intersection of Iron Junction Road and Tamminen Road located in Cherry Township.