School bus driver arrested for DWI

A 44-year-old bus driver was arrested Wednesday after a concerned citizen reported just after midnight the same day that a St. Louis County School District driver consuming alcohol while off duty.

“There were concerns he was highly intoxicated and would not be sober by morning when he would likely begin his route,” a St. Louis County news release said.

The driver, Anthony Israelson, was processed for DWI after patrol deputies intercepted the bus on its route outside Grand Lake, about 14 miles north of Cloquet.

Deputies first made contact with the driver at his home early Wednesday, and Israels...