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COOK- The annual Cook’s Timber Days festival last weekend was a winner all around, with favorable weather, attractions new and old, and good-sized crowds across all three days of the event. The …
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David Colburn
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6/14/23
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REGIONAL— Secretary of State Steve Simon had a busy agenda during a trip to both ends of the Iron Range this week and he had a lot to talk about with local political and business leaders. While …
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Marshall Helmberger
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6/14/23
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COOK – There are certain constants about Danny Brinker, this year’s Grand Marshal for the Cook Timber Days parade. One is his volunteerism in the community, the primary reason he’s …
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David Colburn
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6/7/23
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Area high schools held graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2023 last week. Here are a few images captured by Timberjay photographers.
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Timberjay staff
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6/7/23
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LAKE VERMILION- As one of the oldest, continuously operating businesses on Lake Vermilion, Aronson Boat Works is getting a major facelift in an effort to better serve its growing customer base. The …
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Jodi Summit
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6/7/23
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Timberjay photographer David Colburn captured images of the color and pagentry of Native regalia at the annual Sah-Gii-Bah-Gah powwow this past weekend at Nett Lake. Unseasonably warm temperatures …
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6/7/23
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REGIONAL— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has dealt a major blow to the prospects for the NorthMet copper-nickel venture proposed by NewRange Copper, formerly known as PolyMet Mining. On …
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ELY- With red flag fire weather warnings posted across northern Minnesota, Ely had its first brush with a wildfire on the afternoon of Saturday, May 27. The fire was reported before 5 p.m. …
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Catie Clark
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5/31/23
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SOUDAN- H. Arthur (Art) Dale has served as a Lutheran pastor in our area for decades, and now in his retirement, and at 93 years of age, he is continuing to pass on his vision through his second …
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Jodi Summit
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5/31/23
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As area communities honored the nation's fallen military personnel on Monday, Memorial Day, Timberjay staff members were out capturing images of remembrance.
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Timberjay staff
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5/31/23
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ELY— In the wake of the recently completed legislative session, area lawmakers met here with officials from the Boundary Waters Care Center to talk about how the session helped address the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/31/23
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ELY- After the drought of funding for skilled nursing homes following the 2022 legislative session, the announcement that Ely’s Boundary Waters Care Center (BWCC) would receive $750,000 for …
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Catie Clark
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5/24/23
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REGIONAL- Gov. Tim Walz has signed landmark gun control legislation expanding background checks for firearms and enacting a “red flag” provision enabling authorities to intervene when …
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ST. PAUL— A late session deal that added $1.5 billion in state bonding to a capital projects improvement bill is expected to inject $2.6 billion into the state’s economy over the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/24/23
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ELY- A new book published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press will give area families a new tradition to celebrate with their children. The book is now available at area bookstores and online. …
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Jodi Summit
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5/24/23
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TOWER— For the first time since the city of Tower began work to re-create the community’s historic harbor more than two decades ago, a developer is proposing to implement the original …
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NETT LAKE- Twenty-one months after announcing to band members that they were in discussions with the city of Eveleth to open a new convenience store and gas station there, the Bois Faorte Tribal …
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Familiar arguments filled a House committee room here last Thursday as the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee heard testimony and more than a bit of grandstanding on a …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/17/23
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PIKE BAY- More than a few opening day anglers likely did a doubletake here on Saturday when they saw a hot dog cart and a woman wearing a hot dog costume floating by on the water. It was the launch, …
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Jodi Summit
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5/17/23
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SOUDAN- The mine siren, a long-time tradition in this area’s first and oldest mining town, has resumed its twice-daily sounding. The siren stopped working several years ago, and then needed to …
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Jodi Summit
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5/17/23
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REGIONAL— Warm weather that arrived earlier this week has melted the final vestiges of ice on Lake Vermilion, with an official ice-out date of May 10, just in time for Saturday’s fishing …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/11/23
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ELY- The Ely School Board voted 4-1-0 to hire Anne Oelke, Washington Elementary School principal, as the new superintendent for ISD 696. School board member Tom Omerza voted in opposition and board …
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Catie Clark
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5/10/23
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GREENWOOD TWP- “We are asking you to join an organization, to come to the table, and be part of the solution,” Tower city council member Kevin Norby told the Greenwood Town Board on …
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Jodi Summit
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5/10/23
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COOK – It’s been a fishing opener tradition for over three decades for some anglers who’ve counted on the Northwoods Bait and Tackle in Cook to fill their bait buckets on their way …
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David Colburn
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5/10/23
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BREITUNG TWP— The recent rapid deterioration of a bridge along a former rail grade here is raising concerns about a possible threat to the drinking water source for both Tower and Soudan. The …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/10/23
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