On January 9th, 2025, at approximately 12:43 P.M. The Morse Township Fire Department was dispatched to the report of a fuel oil leak on private property, in the 400 Blk of Sheridan St. W on the edge of the city limits of Ely. 

St. Louis County commissioners have chosen Commissioner Annie Harala to serve as County Board Chair for 2025, and Commissioner Mike Jugovich as Vice Chair.

On January 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM, law enforcement, fire and rescue personnel were called to the Bong Bridge in Duluth on a report of a male who jumped from the bridge. St. Louis County Sheriff's Deputies located the deceased party on the ice, on the Minnesota side of the St. Louis River. Duluth Fire personnel recovered the adult male's body and brought him back to shore. According to multiple callers, the male was seen removing pieces of his clothing before darting across traffic and jumping from the Lake Side of the bridge, near the center span. At this time the death is being investigated as a suicide. Efforts are underway to notify next of kin.