Emergency: Flood Resources and map of closed roads
St. Louis County office buildings will be closed Thursday, July 4, and will re-open Friday.
On 06-17-23 at approximately 1112 PM, area first responders and law enforcement were dispatched to the report of a structure fire in the 8900 block of Highway 73 located southwest of Cook, MN.
It was reported that a lawnmower had caught fire inside the garage. The homeowner was transported to the Cook Hospital and later Duluth for treatment of what are believed to be non-life-threatening burns to their arms.
Construction of a new bridge crossing the Whiteface River near Meadowlands is complete and County State Aid Highway 133 is now open again. The previous bridge was nearly 60 years old and had a poor rating. Replacing it now prevented the need for load restrictions on this highly traveled road.