Find the latest wildfire details - including links to the Ready, Set, Go evacuation map, and air quality information on our July 2026 Wildfire emergency page.

Emergencies
 
 

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July 2026 Lightning Wildfires

Numerous wildfires continue to burn in northern St. Louis County. The Sheriff's Office and Emergency Management division are assisting the U.S. Forest Service, MN Department of Natural Resources, and numerous local fire departments in responding to these fires. The Ready, Set, Go Evacuation map is activated and anyone in affected areas should be aware and ready to follow instructions as needed.

Air quality is a concern throughout the region due to the wildfire smoke. St. Louis County Public Health is coordinating with area partners to provide safe places for people needing to evacuate and/or find indoor public locations with good air quality.

St. Louis County Evacuation Zone Map

Air Quality Info & Relief Sites

Evacuation Instructions

 

Headlines

Jury Convicts Carbo Read more

Jury Convicts Carbo

On January 31, 2025, a jury found Michael Allan Carbo, Jr., 56, guilty of two counts of Murder in the First Degree While Committing First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. Both charges carry a mandatory life sentence with the possibility of parole after 17 years.  Mr. Carbo was indicted by Grand Jury on April 13, 2022, for the 1986 murder of Nancy Daugherty in her Chisholm home.

New deputies and correctional officers sworn in; other new employees and recent promotions recognized Read more

New deputies and correctional officers sworn in; other new employees and recent promotions recognized

Six new deputies and 14 correctional officers have joined the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. During a ceremonial pinning of badges held Wednesday at the Public Safety Building, Sheriff Gordon Ramsay welcomed new deputies Michael Rocklin, Kyle Voltzke, Joseph Mattson, Matthew Nevanen, Joseph Lorenzi, and Jared Warneke. The new deputies joined the Sheriff's Office at various points over the last 13 months.
Northwoods School Bus Accident Read more

Northwoods School Bus Accident

On 1/29/25 at approximately 0812 hours the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, EMS and Fire Departments, received a report of a single school bus accident on Olsen Rd E. near the Northwoods School in the City of Cook.
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Emergency Management 

The role of emergency management is to protect lives, property, and environment from natural and/or human-made disasters through preparation, mitigation, response and recovery and to maximize the protection and promotion of public safety, health and welfare during large-scale emergencies. Emergency Management is a division of St. Louis County run out of the Sheriff office.
 

Public Health Emergency Preparedness 

Emergency Preparedness is a unit based out of the department of Public Health responsible for mass care during emergencies in the county. In a public health emergency, we partner with staff from St. Louis County Emergency Management. Together, we work on coordinating temporary shelter locations, organizing and conducting the mass dispensing of vaccines or medicines to the community, sharing information, and providing other public health resources.

Contacts

In emergency or to file a report, call or text 911.

Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Division 218-625-3960

Scott Lesnau, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Email

Grace Elmudesi, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Planner Email