Front Row Seat: 'Stone Creek Killer' is Iron Range noir

DULUTH — That open-pit ore mine leaves no doubt where "Stone Creek Killer" is set, but the city isn't named Chisholm.

Stone Creek looks a lot like Chisholm, though its apparent scale makes that city of 4,700 look like a metropolis. Everybody in Stone Creek drinks at the same bar, even the people who absolutely hate each other. Where the Chisholm Police Department has over a dozen officers, the Stone Creek PD has only a few — and has been threatened with elimination.

"County coming through here once a day is more than enough," declares Donald (Robert Enriquez), a Stone Creek resident whose feelings about the city cops are colored by the fact that the chief, Karl (Clayne Crawford), helped Donald's wife escape their abusive relationship.

The fact that Karl subsequently "smashed" Donald's w