Yesterday afternoon, the St. Louis County Sheriffs Office, and local emergency medical services were dispatched to a gravel pit near Highway 33 and Sunset Lake Drive in Industrial Township.

The St. Louis County Board has given initial approval for the 2023 maximum property tax levy in the amount of $163,366,729. This is a 4.39% increase in the levy compared to last year, however significant growth in the property tax base will offset this increase for many property owners.

Incident Summary: On September 10th, 2022 at approximately 1:26 P.M. Saint Louis County Sheriff's deputies along with the Saint Louis County Rescue squad responded to the Vermilion River near Crane Lake on a report of a missing 43 year old male.  The male had been in a canoe harvesting wild rice and was reported missing after his canoe was located unoccupied and overturned. 

The St. Louis County Attorney's Office has found no basis for criminal charges against a Virginia Police officer and two St. Louis County Deputy Sheriffs. This is in connection with an April incident in Chisholm that resulted in the death of Michael David Johnson.

The St. Louis County Jail has a new life-saving tool courtesy of the Steve Rummler HOPE Network. The Minnesota-based non-profit is providing Naloxone kits to the jail. The kits can be used within the jail if needed, but most are expected to be distributed to people upon their release from the jail, and to their families and friends. Anyone enrolled in the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program while at the jail will automatically be offered a kit upon discharge. Studies have shown people are at higher risk of overdose upon release from incarceration.