Virginia
St. Louis County
Metsa pleads guilty to furnishing alcohol to minor
On Oct. 7, 2024, in Sixth District Court in Virginia, former State Representative Jason Metsa entered a plea of Guilty to the charge of...
St. Louis County
Former State Representative Jason Metsa charged with furnishing alcohol to minor
On July 6, 2024, former three-term (2013-2019) State Representative Jason Metsa was arrested and lodged in the St. Louis County Jail on probable case...
St. Louis County
Virginia man charged with stabbing two in puppy deal gone bad
On Aug. 14, 2024, at 1:16 AM, law enforcement officers from the City of Virginia, the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, and the Minnesota...
St. Louis County
James Edwards to serve probation for role in 2021 homicide
On Feb. 7, 2024, at the St. Louis County Courthouse in Virginia, Judge Michelle Anderson sentenced James Edwards to 2 years of probation for...
St. Louis County
James Edwards charged with two misdemeanors in Moats homicide case
On June 26, 2021, an altercation occurred between James Edwards and Ryan Moats in Virginia, Minnesota. When it was over, Moats was dead. Although...
Rock Ridge School District
Raucous Ridge, Part III: School board denied 61 percent of public speaking requests in 2021-22
The Rock Ridge School District was created in 2019, when the Virginia and Eveleth/Gilbert school districts merged. As the Monitor recently reported, for as...
Rock Ridge School District
Raucous Ridge, Part II: Stacey calls for backup
On July 1, 2020, when the Rock Ridge School Board held its first meeting, they had no official policies in place. Over the following...
Rock Ridge School District
Raucous Ridge: Minnesota’s newest school board silences citizens, crushes dissent, throws meetings into chaos
“Fiercely United.”
Official Motto of the Rock Ridge School District
Part I: The Censuring of Sorcan
On Nov. 14, 2022, at the school board meeting of the...
St. Louis County
Manslaughter charges not justified in Moats case, former prosecutor opines
In August, the Monitor wrote about the case of Ryan Moats, who died in Virginia in June of 2021, after a fight with a...
St. Louis County
Family of Ryan Moats, Virginia police chief seek independent review of 2021 homicide
By John Ramos
On June 26, 2021, outside a townhome in Virginia, Minnesota, James Edwards, age 31, and Ryan Moats, age 41, were involved in...
