Commissioners voted to amend the County's liquor sales ordinance to allow liquor stores licensed by the County to be open on Sunday's beginning July 2, in keeping with new state legislation.

No one was living in the camper at the time of the fire, and the cause remains under investigation.

The annual United States Police Canine Association Region 18 annual certification trials begin Sunday, June 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hermantown High School football field with a K-9 demonstration that is free and open to the public. The Hermantown Police Dept and St. Louis County Sheriff's Office are co-hosting the event.

A man camping in the Boundary Waters accidentally shot himself while trying to remove a loaded handgun from a holster. He was able to walk to a point where other hikers found him. He was taken to the hospital in Ely for treatment of his injury.

An overnight search ended with the safe rescue of an Illinois man who'd been reported missing after failing to return to a lodge on Lake Vermilion. Members of the volunteer Rescue Squad found the man on Hoyt Island and transported him for a medical evaluation.