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.
In the early morning hours of August 9, 2026, St. Louis County deputies were dispatched to the area of Pequaywan Lake Road and Fox Farm Road in North Star Township following a report of a person with a firearm who had shot toward another individual.
At 1:10 AM on August 8, 2026, St. Louis County Correctional Officers in the Duluth jail were alerted to an inmate having a medical emergency. Although extensive lifesaving measures were performed, the inmate did not regain consciousness and was pronounced deceased.