EVELETH â The Rock Ridge School Board on Monday voted 6-3 against a last-minute purchase offer for the old Eveleth Junior High School and Manual Arts buildings, according to district officials.
The demolition process for the buildings is expected to immediately proceed as planned, said Superintendent Dr. Noel Schmidt in a news release.
âA demolition bid for the old Eveleth Junior High was accepted by the school board on May 24, 2021, and demolition on that building should start next week. At some point in the near future, the school board will consider accepting a bid for the demolition of the Manual Arts building,ââ Schmidt added.
A Marble man has admitted that he was high when he crashed his SUV into another vehicle on Highway 5 in November 2020, a head-on collision that killed 39-year-old Franklin D. Rice of Hibbing.
Thomas Michael Gilley, 27, pleaded guilty Monday in St. Louis County District Court to one felony count of criminal vehicular homicide. Minnesota statutes show that he faces a maxim of 10 years in prison if convicted.
Gilley had initially been charged with two of the felony counts, but he entered a plea deal which dropped one and called on prosecutors to seek a sentence that aligns with the state guidelines, as first reported by the Star Tribune.
Hibbing murder trial postponed as defendant seeks different judge
Jerome Spann, jailed since December 2018, will wait at least several more months before standing trial for the killing of Jeryel McBeth. 6:41 pm, Apr. 26, 2021 ×
Jerome Dionte Spann
A Hibbing murder trial has been postponed as a defense attorney argued the judge should recuse herself from hearing the case.
Jerome Dionte Spann, 31, was scheduled to appear for a bench trial starting Wednesday before Judge Rachel Sullivan in State District Court in Hibbing. He faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of premeditated first-degree murder in the Christmas Day 2018 shooting death of 34-year-old Jeryel McBeth.
Increased bail was approved for an Iron Range man accused of vehicular homicide after prosecutors alleged that he was driving impaired during a separate accident on March 18.
New charges have yet to be filed against Thomas Michael Gilley, 27, for the single-vehicle crash last month that damaged a power pole on Townline in Hibbing. He is already accused of killing one person in a December 2020 crash while under the influence of a controlled substance.
As of Friday, blood tests from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are still pending from the March crash, but Sixth Judicial District Judge Mark M. Starr approved the higher bail amount requested by Assistant St. Louis County Attorney Stacey Sundquist.