AITKIN COUNTY — The Minnesota State Patrol reported that an Ironton man died in a fatal crash along Minnesota Highway 18 on Saturday. Leon Herbert Schefers, 77, died after his Toyota Tundra went ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has confirmed emerald ash borer has spread to three new locations in Minnesota, including in Aitkin County for the first time. Emerald ash borer — or EAB ...

after a search warrant was served on a home in Aitkin County. The Aitkin Police Department, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Minnesota State Patrol and the Aitkin County Sheriff’s ...