
Snowmobiler Dies After Crash on Arrowhead Trail
A North Branch man died after a snowmobile crash on a remote trail in northern Saint Louis County late Thursday night. The crash was reported shortly after 10 p.
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A North Branch man died after a snowmobile crash on a remote trail in northern Saint Louis County late Thursday night. The crash was reported shortly after 10 p.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 6800 block of Carlson Road around 3:10 p.m. on March 3 in Grand Lake Township after getting a report of a man pinned beneath the machine.

During the arrest, authorities say the officer was accidentally stabbed by a knife protruding from the man’s pocket during a struggle.

Authorities say an officer located the man one block north of where the original call was reported. As the officer attempted to detain him, the man actively resisted and stabbed the officer.

The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man who died during the Feb. 10 use-of-force incident as 30-year-old Donald Felver III, of Duluth.

Authorities say the suspect fled the homicide scene and was later killed during an exchange of gunfire with deputies after a pursuit on Grand Avenue around 9:40 p.m.

The shooting happened around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the 400 block of Piedmont Avenue, where officers found a man dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

The incident happened around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, after a Saint Louis County deputy attempted to stop a driver for reckless driving near Grand Avenue & 59th Avenue West.

St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office deputies say a snowmobile crashed while negotiating a sharp corner, leaving the passenger seriously injured. Authorities said the driver didn’t require medical care.

The incident was reported early Jan. 27 when a correctional officer conducting wellness checks located 35-year-old Darrin Tiessen unresponsive in a single-occupant cell around 1:05 a.m.

The blast displaced eight residents from their homes and prompted a large emergency response from multiple agencies.

Investigators say the Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force first identified people connected to the operation in May 2023 while looking into local drug activity and firearm-related violence.