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TOWER- Vermilion Country School was all set to welcome their students on Sept. 5, with new staff and a newly renovated school building. Gone are the high ceilings and open nature of the former …
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Jodi Summit
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9/6/23
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Timberjay staff members had cameras ready on Tuesday to capture a few images of children returning to school in Ely, at Tower-Soudan Elementary, and North Woods School.
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Timberjay staff
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9/6/23
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ELY- Larry Ricker draws much of his inspiration from the boreal forest landscape, which makes his recent move from Rochester to Ely especially convenient. Ricker, who lived in the southern Minnesota …
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LAKE VERMILION- A proposed Black Bay campground to serve disabled veterans that was denied a rezoning request for the business in May has opened for business anyway, sparking a complaint to the …
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ELY- Patti Banks, CEO of the Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital told the Ely Area Ambulance Joint Powers Board on Tuesday that the hospital is funding a $70,000 study that hospital officials hope will …
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Catie Clark
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8/30/23
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EMBARRASS- A lot of things have changed in Embarrass over the last 84 years, but one thing that has remained the same is the Embarrass Region Fair. And this year, thanks to a rather energetic group …
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Jodi Summit
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8/30/23
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REGIONAL— Mark Phillips, who retired in December after serving eight years as commissioner of the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, died at home on Wednesday, Aug. 23, …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/30/23
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ELY- The Ely Economic Development Authority (EEDA) set its preliminary 2024 levy at approximately $39,000 here on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and approved its 2024 budget at the same time. Ely clerk-treasurer …
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Catie Clark
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8/30/23
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BREITUNG TWP- Five members of an extended family from Rochester were sent to area hospitals last Thursday, Aug. 17, after their 2019 Sienna minivan collided with a moose on Hwy. 169 near the Murray …
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Jodi Summit
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8/23/23
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GREANEY- Tipped off by GPS locators attached to stolen equipment, St. Louis County deputies found more than they bargained for when they descended on the home of Martin Earl Voss northwest of Greaney …
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David Colburn
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8/23/23
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BREITUNG TWP— Kristine Jonas pulled up to the stop sign at the intersection near McKinley Park Campground last Thursday when she felt something wasn’t quite right. She looked up the steep …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/23/23
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EMBARRASS- The various competitions surrounding the annual Embarrass Region Fair got underway early again this year, with the team penning contest held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this past weekend. …
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Jodi Summit
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8/23/23
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VIRGINIA- When legislators in St. Paul crafted a new state law regarding the use of physical restraint procedures in schools last spring, they were likely unaware that the measure would bring an end …
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David Colburn
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8/23/23
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ELY- U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who led the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, spoke here this week and made the case that a common myth centered around the Second Amendment is …
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REGIONAL— U.S. Steel has rejected a $7.3 billion buyout offer from rival Cleveland-Cliffs that would have made Cliffs the predominant company in the U.S. steel sector. But U.S. Steel, which …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/16/23
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TOWER— The city council here gave final approval late last week to a new ordinance allowing the keeping of up to five hens within the city limits. Acting Mayor Joe Morin presided over the early …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/16/23
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TOWER- It was a full house here last week when Dick Peyla offered a look into the history of his family in the area as part of a presentation sponsored by the Tower-Soudan Historical Society. …
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Jodi Summit
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8/16/23
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TOWER—The Hoodoo Point Campground dominated discussion at the city council meeting here on Monday, as the council discussed a rate increase for seasonal campers, a new playground, and limits on …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/16/23
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It was 50 years ago this Sunday that Minnesota received a journalistic “atta-boy” of epic proportions, with a Time magazine cover story that heralded “The Good Life in …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/9/23
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ELY- The Ely Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) approved the new housing feasibility study for the city at its Aug. 8 meeting, and gave executive director Joe Hiller the go-ahead to seek …
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Catie Clark
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8/9/23
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GREENWOOD TWP- America’s fastest-growing sport is causing a ruckus in Greenwood Township. How to fairly split up reserved court time on the single tennis court in Greenwood between tennis …
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Jodi Summit
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8/9/23
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TOWER— Beginning late last year, Sen. Amy Klobuchar offered critical help from a distance as Lamppa Manufacturing faced a financial crisis stemming from bureaucratic incompetence and …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/9/23
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REGIONAL— The Environmental Protection Agency, which shut down sales of Lamppa Manufacturing’s clean-burning wood furnaces nearly a year ago, now wants to buy one and possibly two of the …
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VERMILION RESERVATION- When recreational marijuana became legal on Tuesday, hoards of eager buyers descended upon the state’s only marijuana dispensary, Red Lake Nation’s NativeCare …
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REGIONAL— The proposed NorthMet copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes has suffered another body blow, this time delivered by the state’s Supreme Court, which has reversed the proposed …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/2/23
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