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CHISHOLM — After more than a year of just about everything being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a new event for music and dancing starting next week in

A Native American woman accused a police officer of harassing her and pulling her over without cause while she drove in town. A Black man claimed multiple violent run-ins with the police. A second Black man originally from Chicago accused law enforcement of singling him out while he was fishing next to several white people on a lake. “That’s a classic case of profiling,” said the third man identified as Jay. “Being up here I want to be part of the change. I don’t want to be part of the problem. But how can I be part of the change when I’m already deemed a crimina...

Based in the Sixth Judicial District, the Iron Range Equal Justice Committee, in partnership with Voices for Ethnic and Multicultural Awareness, is hosting an upcoming listening session meant to cultivate relationships by talking about racial issues. The event, named “Conversation with the Courts,” is scheduled to run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6. Seraphia Gravelle, a co-founder of VEMA, said over the phone Thursday that she was invited to join the committee “to bring people of color from the community to the tables to tell their stories in regards to their experiences ...

The state’s top law enforcement agency has completed its investigation into the fatal shooting of Estavon Dominick Elioff in December in Mountain Iron by two sheriff’s deputies and started handing over findings to the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office for review. The turning over of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s findings was confirmed Wednesday morning. The investigation remains open during the review and the details are not made public per state law, said BCA spokeswoman Jill Oliveira. Elioff, 19, a Hispanic and white man from Virginia, was fatally shot...

Family wants answers in Mountain Iron police shooting that killed 19-year-old Estavon Elioff St. Louis County Sheriff Ross Litman said he appreciates the call for answers and accountability by the family and public. 9:35 am, Dec. 30, 2020 × Estavon Elioff Family and friends of a 19-year-old Virginia man fatally shot by St. Louis County authorities Dec. 5 are speaking out in search of answers. The family of Estavon Elioff took part in a rally Monday in Mountain Iron, where roughly two dozen people challenged the prevailing silence since the shooting by two St. Louis C...