On Monday August 17th, 2026, at approximately 12:30 P.M. 911 dispatchers were notified of a 70-yr old male who had fallen off a roof top and was not breathing, in rural Forbes, MN (unorganized township 56R-17). 

Today, before the Honorable Chief Judge Rachel Sullivan, Luis Antonio Villafana, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct for Contact with a Child Under the Age of 14 and three counts of Dissemination of Child Sexual Abuse Material – Minor Under the Age of 14, announced St. Louis County Attorney Kim Maki. 

The two-year project to reconstruct a portion of 40th Avenue West in Duluth begins next Monday, Aug. 24, and with it will come a detour lasting through the end of October, when construction is expected to pause for the winter.

Landon Terrance Tuomala, age 24, was sentenced to 120 months in prison after previously being found guilty of Attempted Second Degree Murder with Intent – Not Premeditated. He was granted a durational departure due to mental impairment.

On August 10, 2026, at approximately 9:48 p.m., St. Louis County deputies, along with Fredenberg Fire, Fredenberg First Responders, and Mayo Ambulance, responded to the Fish Lake Boat Landing, located at 5664 Fish Lake Dam Road in Fredenberg Township, for a report of an arrow-type object that impaled in a person’s foot.