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This report reflects public felony cases filed at the Pittsburg County Courthouse between the dates listed. The reader should keep in mind that these are charges, and not evidence of

East Loon Bay is part of Loon Lake, located along Ontario/Minnesota border. A man has drowned in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Monday near noon at East Loon Bay of Loon Lake, which borders the Ontario-Minnesota border. Authorities say a passing storm capsized a canoe with two men from Colorado inside. A 75-year-old was able to swim to shore with their gear while the other stayed with the canoe. When he returned, the oth...

Colorado man drowns after canoe capsizes during storm in Boundary Waters By FOX 9 Staff ELY, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Colorado man died in an apparent drowning after his canoe capsized during a storm in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Monday morning.  According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, two men from Colorado were canoeing in East Loon Bay on Loon Lake when they ran into heavy rain and winds from a severe storm. Their canoe capsized from a wave and both men were thrown into...

July 20, 2021 - 7:21 PM VIRUS OUTBREAK-MINNESOTA Hennepin County doubles down on vaccine incentive program MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s most populous county is boosting its incentive program for COVID-19 vaccine shots. The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved an additional $250,000 to promote vaccine shots, on top of the original $100,000 that was allocated earlier from federal recovery funds. Commissioner Chris LaTondresse says the pro...

ELY — Canoe Country Outfitters made the 911 call. A canoe overturned on the East Loon Bay Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. One man swam to shore. The other was missing. It was around 11:41 a.m. on Monday when the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office received the call and joined its Rescue Squad, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service, Crane Lake Fire and First Responders and the Orr Ambulance in responding to Handberg’s Marine on Crane L...

By Kayne Pyatt, Uinta County Herald EVANSTON — At 105 years of age, little Switch Engine 4420, along with her tender, which held the coal and water, has returned to her home at the Evanston Railyards and Roundhouse.  In 1915, during WWI and the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, 4420 was brought by the Union Pacific Railroad to Evanston — a small, 47-year-old community of 3,000 residents. Over the next 43 years the engine was worked at the railyards, bringing loaded cars to the Roundhouse to be...