After a handful of special teams gaffes in the first half, Grand Rapids drove almost 70 yards to kick a game-winning field goal, stunning the Bemidji High School football team in the Highway 2 rivalry ... Read More

As election season approaches, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is reminding candidates, campaign volunteers and residents that state law prohibits placing political campaign signs and other ... Read More

Cynthia Martin was sentenced Monday, more than two years after she hit pedestrian Carter Haithcock and left the scene. Read More

(KNOX) - Two women have died from a head-on crash in Northern Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol says two vehicles collided on Highway 169 just south of Grand Rapids on Sunday at around 12:30 p.m. Read More

Nashwauk, MN (June 9, 2026) - A two-vehicle collision occurred on Tuesday afternoon near the junction of Hwy 169 and Hwy 65 in Itasca County. A 2024 GMC Sierra was traveling along Hwy 169 when it ... Read More

Cyndy Martin, 66, of Grand Rapids, pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in the death of 19-year-old Carter Haithcock. Haithcock was walking along Highway 169 after leaving a street dance on ... Read More

Cynthia Martin is expected to spend a year in jail, among other conditions of probation, for the death of 19-year-old Carter Haithcock. Read More

A 62-year-old Hopkins man died in an ATV crash near Grand Rapids on Sunday. The Itasca County Sheriff's Office reports that Rory John Strachota was operating an ATV just before 8 p.m. in Arbo Township ... Read More

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will be starting work on Highway 2 from Gunn Road in LaPrairie to the western intersection with Highway 169 in Grand Rapids on July 21. Read More

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the crash happened on Wednesday in the area of U.S. Highway 169 and Morrison Avenue in Coleraine. Read More

I drove on highway 2 between highway 200 and Duluth ... infrastructure that he implemented it was bipartisan in Congress, Minnesota received $6.802 billion that came into the state. Read More

Hunters who accidentally shoot a collared or ear-tagged bear should contact the Minnesota DNR Wildlife Research Office in Grand Rapids at 218-328-8879 or 218-328-8874 ... Grant Dossetto 9h ago Update: ... Read More

County Attorney Jake Fauchald provided an update from his office on two separate and recent deaths of walking-pedestrians struck by vehicles on Highway 169. Fauchald says the investigations into ... Read More

2 teen girls walking on highway in northern Minnesota struck by motorist, 1 dies ... MDH: Grand Rapids municipal water supply source of Legionnaires' disease outbreak ... Read More

A 20-year-old Hibbing man died Saturday morning from injuries suffered in a head-on accident with a semi-truck on Highway 169 in Calumet in Itasca County ... Read More

The man killed in the collision was identified as 20-year-old Levi Greenwood of Hibbing. The State Patrol says the truck driver, 51-year-old Christopher Jensen of Grand Rapids, was taken to a hospital ... Read More

Wet roads were a factor in the accident that occurred between an Oldsmobile and a semi truck, the Minnesota State Patrol reported. Read More

The pursuit ended on U.S. Highway 169 about 10 miles south of Grand Rapids, with the assistance of the Minnesota State Patrol. A Grand Rapids police officer and an Itasca County deputy received ... Read More

Motorists may encounter delays on both directions of Highway 169 as the following lane closures begin April 27, according to a news release from MnDOT: * The left lane of northbound Highway 169 ... Read More

They wanted to organize others interested in getting state and federal money for projects along Highway 169, which had been the focus of a 2002 study led by the Minnesota Department of ... Read More