Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Itasca County, Minnesota, has about 45,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Itasca County Sheriff's Office and five city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Itasca County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Itasca County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Itasca County
The Itasca County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Itasca County. It reported 387 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Grand Rapids, 11,244 residents: 71 arrests reported for 2024.
- Coleraine, 1,995 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2025.
- Keewatin, 968 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2025.
- Nashwauk, 961 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2025.
- Deer River, 930 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Itasca County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Itasca County Sheriff's Office: 387 for 2025, 282 for 2024, 188 for 2023, 218 for 2022, 255 for 2021 and 229 for 2020.
- Coleraine: 10 for 2025 and 3 for 2023; 2024 is missing months.
- Keewatin: 10 for 2025, 6 for 2023, 13 for 2022 and 15 for 2020; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
- Deer River: 9 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 17 for 2023, 22 for 2022, 46 for 2021 and 53 for 2020.
- Nashwauk: 2 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 6 for 2023, 10 for 2022, 19 for 2021 and 22 for 2020.
- Grand Rapids: 71 for 2024, 79 for 2023, 159 for 2022, 126 for 2021, 241 for 2020 and 252 for 2019.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 418 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 398 in 2025 against 302 in 2024, up 32 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 206 arrests, against 250 in the same months of 2025.
Grand Rapids reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Itasca County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Itasca County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 61 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 107 beds, and it ran at 57 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Itasca County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.itascacountymn.gov/inmateSearch (page title: Inmate Search | Itasca County Sheriff's Office (MN)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Itasca County
An arrest in Itasca County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Itasca County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at itascacountymn.gov/166/Attorneys-Office, phone 218-327-2867).
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Itasca County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
- An arrest by the Itasca County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Grand Rapids, Coleraine, Keewatin, Nashwauk or Deer River: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 218-327-2867, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Itasca County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 16 cities in Itasca County: Grand Rapids, Coleraine, Keewatin, Nashwauk and Deer River. Cohasset, Bovey, La Prairie, Taconite, Marble, Bigfork, Calumet, Warba, Effie, Squaw Lake and Zemple have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Itasca County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Itasca County each year?
The Itasca County Sheriff's Office reported 387 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 418 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Itasca County?
Look on the custody page of the Itasca County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.itascacountymn.gov/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Itasca County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Itasca County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Itasca County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Itasca County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Itasca County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Itasca County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.