The 2023 Minnesota legislative session has come to a close. While details in various large bills passed during the session's final weekend are still being calculated and analyzed, St. Louis County leaders are thanking lawmakers for the support they have shown for county legislative priorities.

Spring load restrictions will be removed on most St. Louis County roads beginning Wednesday, May 24, at 12:01 a.m. Some limited county roads - most of them with gravel surfaces - will continue to be posted with weight restrictions due to their individual condition.

Deputies are investigating a reported home invasion that involved shots fired near Babbitt. No one was injured and the suspects remain at large.

A man is accused of firing a shotgun into the door of a friend's garage and then leading law enforcement in a vehicle pursuit along Highway 61. He eventually crashed his vehicle and was taken into custody.

A 60-year-old woman from Rosemount was airlifted to a Duluth hospital for treatment after the truck she was driving left the road and hit a tree.