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St. Louis County is large—some 6,860 square miles (17,800 km 2)—and Duluth, the county seat, is at the southern end of the county, far removed from the communities of the Iron Range. Local advocacy succeeded in having a second county court district established in 1904, with cases heard in a small frame building.
St. Louis County is a county located in the Arrowhead Region of the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 200,231. [3] Its county seat is Duluth.It is the largest county in Minnesota by land area, and the largest in the United States by total area east of the Mississippi River.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Minnesota. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 448 law enforcement agencies employing 9,667 sworn police officers, about 185 for each 100,000 residents.
Law enforcement in Minnesota is a collaborative effort between local police departments, county sheriff's offices, and state agencies like the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). The state also collaborates with federal agencies, such as the FBI and DEA, for more complex investigations.
The St. Louis County Police Department was established on July 1, 1955. The department was created with 95 officers and 18 civilian employees. [6] The department is divided into four divisions: Patrol, Operational Support, Special Operations, and Criminal Investigation.
Ripsaw (sometimes called Rip-Saw, RipSaw or The Duluth Rip-Saw) was a Duluth, Minnesota newspaper published from 1917 to 1926 and relaunched from 1999 to 2005. The paper was a scandal sheet during the first years of publication, with a reputation for muckraking, sensationalism and criminal libel.
Ely (/ ˈ iː l i / EE-lee) [4] is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.The population was 3,268 at the 2020 census. [5]Located on the Vermilion iron range, Ely once had several iron ore mines.
Eveleth is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,493 at the 2020 census. [3] Eveleth is part of the Quad Cities, with Virginia, Gilbert, and Mountain Iron. U.S. Highway 53 and State Highway 37 (MN 37) are two of the main routes that run through the city.