Potential Human Bones Discovered in Grand Rapids

According to a report from the Itasca County Sheriff's Office, potential human bones were found at a construction site on Northwest 7^th street at the old forest lake school on Thursday October 16th, 2025.

A construction crew was digging footings for a new house, and found some bones in the dirt pile from the holes dug for the footings. Upon discovering this the construction crew stopped work in this area, and law enforcement was then called.  An officer took photographs of these bones and they were shown to the emergency room doctor on duty at Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital, who felt they could be tibia and fibia bones from a human, but could not say with 100% certainty without having the actual bones and see grooves in them that would be present in humans.  

The entire dig site was taped off with police caution tape.  The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been notified and will assist in the investigation.