Itasca County is renovating and expanding this jail and court building in Grand Rapids. A proposal to use a local sales tax to pay for the $75 million project is on the Nov. 8 ballot in the county.

The state Corrections Department ordered the former Itasca County jail replaced because of deterioration. Instead of a 10% increase to property taxes, county residents approved a 1% sales tax in 2022.

DULUTH — The Ten Commandments display painted inside the Itasca County jail is no more, painted over with two coats earlier this month. The list of religious principles stood two stories high ...

GRAND RAPIDS — The new $75 million Itasca County Jail has been controversial since its proposal in 2019. Now, public tours of the new facility — days before inmates are expected to move in ...

DULUTH — The new Itasca County jail includes a two-story display of the Ten Commandments, ... It includes 184 beds for inmates, up from 75 at the current jail.

The Itasca County Board spent nearly two years studying the needs of the county's jail — convening a task force, soliciting expert assessments and receiving public input at 28 town hall meetings.