On October 29, 2023 at approximately 0855 hours, area first responders were dispatched the report of a vehicle flipped over in a water-filled ditch on Highway 7 south of Highway 133 in Meadowlands Township. After arriving on scene first responders located a male, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, deceased inside the vehicle. The male was later identified as 25-year-old, Zachary Nicholas Johnson from Culver, Minnesota.

On October 24th, 2023 at approximately 10:53 P.M. Saint Louis County Sheriff's deputies responded to a vehicle vs electric bicycle (E-Bike) crash that occurred in the 4100 block of Hwy 100 in White Township approximately 5 miles South of Aurora, Mn. Both the vehicle and the e-bike were traveling northbound on Hwy 100 when the vehicle collided with the e-bike.The E-Bike rider Frank VANDEHEY was transported by the Hoyt Lakes Ambulance to the Essentia Health-Northern Pines Hospital in Aurora with serious injuries.