On December 27, 2011 at 8 a.m., Daniel Sidney Schlienz, 42, died at Essentia/St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, according to St, Louis County Undersheriff D.W. Phillips.

Schlienz had been in custody at the St. Louis County Jail since December 16 and had been arraigned for criminal charges in conjunction with a shooting at the Cook County Courthouse on December 15, 2011.

While in jail on December 26, Schlienz showed signs of medical distress. Jail staff called 911 at 7:49 p.m. and Gold Cross Ambulance transported him to Essentia - St. Mary's Hospital for medical care. Schlienz died while in the hospital at approximately 8 a.m. on December 27 with family members present.

This incident is under investigation by the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office will be conducting an autopsy today, December 27.

Preliminary investigation does not indicate any foul play involved in Schlienz' death.

On Dec. 27, at 8 a.m., inmate Daniel Sidney Schlienz died at Essentia/St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth.

Schlienz had been in custody at the St. Louis County Jail since December 16 and had been arraigned for criminal charges in conjunction with a shooting at the Cook County Courthouse on Dec. 15.

While in jail on Dec. 26, Schlienz showed signs of medical distress. Jail staff called 911 at 7:49 p.m. and Gold Cross Ambulance transported him to Essentia/St. Mary's Hospital for medical care. Schlienz died while in the hospital at approximately 8 a.m. with family members present.

The incident is under investigation by the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office and the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office will be conducting an autopsy today (Dec. 27).

Preliminary investigation does not indicate any foul play involved in Schlienz' death.

No press conference is scheduled at this time. There will be an update once the preliminary cause of death is determined by the medical examiner's office.
 

 The ski race scheduled for New Year’s Eve Day has been postponed due to lack of snow. Race sponsors, the North Superior Ski and Run Club, have decided to postpone the Sawtooth International Cross Country Ski Races due poor prospects for additional snow by December 31, the originally scheduled date.  The new date will be Saturday, February 18, 2012, on the Pincushion Mountain trails.  All times and other aspects of the event will remain the same. 

Full details will be posted on the club’s website at www.pincushiontrails.org

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The North Superior Ski and Run Club officials have decided to postpone the Sawtooth International Cross Country Ski Races due to low snow conditions and poor prospects for additional snow by the race date of Saturday, December 31.

The new Sawtooth Race date will be Saturday, February 18, 2012, on the Pincushion Mountain trails. All times and other aspects of the event will remain the same.

Full details will be posted on the club’s website at www.pincushiontrails.org.

For more info, contact Dick Swanson at rwswanson@boreal.org or 218-370-1119.

Daniel Schlienz, the suspected gunman in the Cook County Courthouse shooting, has passed away. He had been in custody in St. Louis County in the jail in Duluth.

According to WDIO News, St. Louis County Undersheriff Dave Phillips said that Schlienz had been ill. The staff at the St. Louis County jail had been doing constant checks, and called 911 early Tuesday morning. Schlienz had been in an intensive supervision unit, according to Phillips.

Schlienz was transported to Essentia Health St. Mary's, where he died around 3am. An autopsy will be done.
Schlienz allegedly shot the Cook County Attorney, Tim Scannell and Greg Thompson back on December 15th. Both men survived multiple shots, and are recovering now at home.

Schlienz had been convicted that day of a sex crime. He had been prosecuted by Scannell, and Thompson had been a witness in the trial.

St. Louis County jail officials report this morning that Cook County Courthouse shooting suspect Daniel Schlienz has died.

Schlienz, 42, was being held in the St. Louis County Jail after the Dec. 15 shooting in Grand Marais, in which Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell and another man were shot.

A news conference is planned for later today.