On January 6, 2026 at approximately 1204 hours, the Biwabik Fire Department and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the report of a structure fire at a residence in 4800 block of Chestnut Drive located in Biwabik Township. 

St. Louis County commissioners have chosen Commissioner Mike Jugovich to serve as County Board Chair for 2026, and Commissioner Keith Musolf as Vice Chair.

Today in St. Louis County District Court in Virginia, the Honorable Judge Robert Friday sentenced Ryan Ross Denzer-Johnson, 44, to 216 months in prison for two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree involving a minor child under the age of 14, St. Louis County Attorney Kim Maki said.

On 12/28/25 at approximately 6:22 PM the St. Louis County Sheriff's office received a report of snowmobiles through the ice on Lake Vermillion near the Tavern on the Bay Tower, MN.

At approximately 5AM on 12/18/2025 a county plow truck slid off the slippery road into the ditch on Hwy 44 in Northstar Township.