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Names Released Of 2 Missing Canoers, After Canoes Go Over Curtain Falls In BWCAW
UPDATE (May 20, 10:45 a.m.) — The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of those involved in the search for two missing canoers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. 41-year-old Jesse Melvin Haugen from Cambridge, Minnesota and 40-year-old Reis Melvin Grams of Lino Lakes,...
Search continues for 2 missing canoeists in northeastern Minnesota, parts of Boundary Waters closed
DULUTH, Minn. — Parts of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota have been temporarily closed as a search for two missing canoeists continues. On Sunday, officials with the Superior National Forest announced an emergency closure order due to search and rescue efforts on Iron Lake. The closed areas include land and water in St. Louis County, including Iron Lake, the LaCroix-Bottle portage and LaCroix-Iron portage, and Crooked Lake west of Sunday Bay. Restrictions went into effect Monday and will remain in effect until Wednesday. 2 canoeists missing after going over a waterfall Officials with the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office say they received...
Trial begins for woman accused of 1985 murder
POLK COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The trial has begun for the woman charged in a cold case murder in Polk County. Mary Josephine Bailey, who is now 81 years old, is charged with one count of first-degree murder. She is accused of killing Yvonne Menke in St. Croix Falls in...
Arizona woman appears in court for 1985 unsolved murder case
BALSAM LAKE, Wisc. (KYMA, KECY/NBC) - An Arizona woman is appearing in a Wisconsin court Monday after being arrested back in November of 2023 for an unsolved murder case back in 1985. According to NBC News, Mary Josephine Bailey, 80, is now charged in the 1985 murder of Yvonne Menke...
Search continues for 2 people missing after canoes went over waterfall in Boundary Waters
Search efforts continued Monday amid poor weather and difficult water conditions for two people who went missing over the weekend after their canoes went over a waterfall in northern Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office identified the two missing people as 41-year-old Jesse...
MN officials identify missing canoeists in BWCA as search continues
IRON LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Despite tough conditions, authorities in St. Louis County say search efforts are continuing on Monday for two missing canoeists in northern Minnesota. The missing men, identified as Reis Grams, 40, of Lino Lakes and Jesse Haugen, 41, of Cambridge, were swept away after two...
Search continues for 2 canoeists missing after going over falls in BWCA
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. — A massive search effort is underway in northeastern Minnesota for two paddlers missing after a pair of canoes went over well-known falls in the BWCA. Planes have been grounded for the remainder of Monday and all day Tuesday because of the bad weather forecasted....
St. Croix Falls 1985 cold case trial underway
BALSAM LAKE, Wis. — In 1985, Yvonne Menke gave her boyfriend Jack Owen an ultimatum: Cut off ties with Mary Jo Bailey, his on-again/off-again alternate love interest — whom he also helped train horses — or Menke would leave him. That's the scenario Polk County, Wisconsin's District...
North Branch robotics teams advance to state
North Branch had not one, not two, but three FIRST Tech Challenge teams compete in the state tournament in March. FIRST Tech Challenge in Minnesota (MN FTC) is part of an international robotics program that includes more than 6,400 teams globally. High Tech Kids, in partnership with FIRST, has been bringing this competition to Minnesota since 2013. Teams of up to 15 students collaborate to build and program a robot...
Search for missing canoeists now a recovery
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and Rescue Squad continued search efforts Monday for two missing canoeists in the Curtain Falls area of Iron Lake in the BWCA. However, the Sheriff’s Office confirmed in the late afternoon, the water emergency was no longer a rescue, according to northernnewsnow.com. The missing canoeists were also identified by the Sheriff’s Office as Jesse Melvin Haugen, 41, of Cambridge, Minn., and Reis Melvin Grams,...
Track and field programs mark conference championships
Richfield, Kennedy, Jefferson and Holy Angels each bring home conference championship event titles Championship season is in full swing for Sun Current track and field teams. Holy Angels girls wrapped up a busy week at the Class AA True Team State Championships at Stillwater High School on Saturday after winning the Tri-Metro Conference crown on May 16. ...
Sex offender to be released, live in Almena
BARRON COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The Barron County Sheriff’s Department is informing the public of a sex offender that is set to be released. According to a press release from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, 41-year-old Jay Hoppe is set to be released on May 21, 2024. The...
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