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ELY— The Wolves softball squad combined for 16 hits here on Tuesday as Ely routed the Warriors 15-1. “We jumped out to an early big lead scoring nine in the first,” said Ely Head …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/26/24
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FIELD TWP- North Woods senior Evelyn Brodeen answered the call of the South last week, signing a letter of intent at the school to run cross-country and track next year for Truett-McConnell …
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David Colburn
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4/26/24
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REGIONAL- The sale of legalized cannabis in Minnesota is lurching toward next year’s opening of dispensaries with a number of changes being considered by legislators to improve and speed the …
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David Colburn
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4/25/24
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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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(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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