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TOWER – At a time when individuals and households throughout Minnesota are experiencing hardships in numbers never seen before, the Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless Foundation is …
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4/25/24
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TOWER— A initial market assessment prepared by Maxfield Research and Consulting, finds considerable potential demand for new housing in Tower, with an emphasis on new housing opportunities for …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/25/24
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ELY- Axel, an ambassador wolf at the International Wolf Center, was euthanized on Sunday due to advanced kidney failure. Axel was a nearly eight-year-old arctic wolf with a bright white coat and an …
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Catie Clark
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4/24/24
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ELY- The Ely School Board pruned $225,089 from its proposed 2024-25 budget and added $37,200 in new revenue sources at a special meeting on Monday. The financial belt tightening is part of a two-year …
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Catie Clark
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4/24/24
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SOUDAN MINE— Local firefighters responded here on Tuesday to a fire in the engine house at the Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park that sent one park employee to the hospital with …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/24/24
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REGIONAL- An Orr man charged in an assault in Ely last year, was arrested Friday in Duluth on a new felony charge of domestic assault by strangulation. Tate Jordan Cly, 20, whose address is listed in …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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FIELD TWP- Riding the arm of starter Owen Marolt, the Timberwolves notched a 5-1 come-from-behind victory over the Grizzlies on Tuesday at North Woods. Both Marolt and Grizzlies’ starter Louie …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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DEER RIVER- The Ely Timberwolves track team turned in strong performances at the five-team Deer River War Eagle Varsity Invitational on Monday, winning both the boys and girls divisions. For the …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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CHISHOLM- The North Woods softball team made the most of a road trip to Chisholm on Tuesday, downing the Bluestreaks 10-3. Nevada Gauthier got the Grizzlies off to a fast start by drawing a walk in …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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VIRGINA- The Northeast Range-Ely girls golf team scored a second-place finish among six teams competing in the Rock Ridge meet at Virginia Golf Course on Tuesday. Leading the way was senior Abby …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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EVELETH – The Northeast Range-Ely boys golf team took to the links in Eveleth on Monday for the Rock Ridge boys meet at Eveleth Municipal Golf Course, placing fifth in the seven-team event. …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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LAKE VERMILION— How things have changed on Lake Vermilion’s west end. Not that many years ago, resort owners on the lake’s western half were bemoaning low numbers of walleye, …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/24/24
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REGIONAL— If you see or smell smoke in the North Country this spring, don’t be surprised. Fire crews on the Superior National Forest fire have begun their spring prescribed fire season …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/24/24
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REGIONAL— A monumental and authoritative new book is likely to be a must-have for every serious birder in the Upper Midwest. “Breeding Birds of Minnesota,” published by the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/24/24
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If there’s one thing I’ve loved about the digital age, it’s the ready window into history provided by searchable online newspaper archives. It’s become a regular practice of …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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SOUDAN- Breitung Township received some good news this past week on a couple different fronts. First, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Breitung Police Officer Jim Battin that had been …
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Jodi Summit
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4/24/24
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“Where is the outrage?” That was the question rightly asked by fellow publisher Reed Anfinson, of Benson, Minn., in an op-ed that appeared last week in this newspaper and many others …
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4/24/24
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ELY- Should Minnesota repeal its moratorium on building new nuclear power plants? That was the topic taken up by retired physicist and professor Barbara Jones, who offered a deeply-researched slide …
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Catie Clark
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4/24/24
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VIRGINIA- The St. Louis County School Board ratified labor contracts for teachers and health assistants at Tuesday’s regular meeting, agreements that include wage increases as the district …
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David Colburn
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4/24/24
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ELY- Ely took the plunge on Tuesday and gave the greenlight to a $4.56 million grant proposal it is seeking from the Minnesota Housing and Finance Agency (MHFA) for its proposed workforce housing …
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Catie Clark
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4/24/24
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ELY- Braving the balmy 30-degree Minnesota spring weather, seventeen mulch-eteers from five different organizations came together early Saturday morning to mulch the 300-plus trees that the …
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Catie Clark
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4/24/24
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Mary Lou Carlson Mary Lou (Sundell) Carlson, age 88 of Duluth, passed away on April 13, 2024, at BeeHive Assisted Living in Duluth. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Memorial Service at …
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4/24/24
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4/24/24
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(Editor’s note: This story has been updated from the print edition to correct a reporting error. The information about Gov. Tim Walz and controversy over the bill’s development was …
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David Colburn
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4/19/24
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GREENWOOD TWP- The April 9 town board meeting had an unexpected visitor— a St. Louis County deputy sheriff who attended while in uniform. The deputy said it was part of an outreach effort by …
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Jodi Summit
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4/18/24
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