Itasca County, MN

ITASCA CO., MN-- Itasca County leaders are urging people to be careful amid a spike in COVID cases and hospitalizations just within the last few weeks. On Wednesday, health officials believe the latest uptick is from the Omicron BA.2 variant. Between April 25 and May 9, 104 new cases of...

ST. CLOUD — The Mesabi Range College baseball team saw their season come to an end late Friday night, as they fell to Itasca 11-1 in a Region XIII Tournament elimination game. Gage Kracht drove in Max Grundhofer for the lone Norsemen run in the second inning to give Mesabi Range the 1-0 lead. Itasca responded with four in the third and finished with 11 unanswered runs to cruise in...

In the upcoming election, Lawrence Lake Township Chair, Casey Venema, has announced that he will be running for Itasca County District Five Commissioner. Venema will be running for the seat currently held by Ben DeNucci, who is not running for re-election. He sees this vacancy as an opportunity to represent District 5 and to give back to the community. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An Itasca County woman is among the hundreds of fallen law enforcement officers being honored in our nation’s Capitol this week. Sarah Grell, 39, was a Minnesota DNR conservation officer. The mother of three was killed in the line of duty in May 2021, when a...