COOK — For decades, the name Virgie Hegg has carried a quiet kind of comfort in the North Country. Families facing the hardest moments of life have long known the nonprofit as Virgie Hegg …

ELY — Northwoods Partners just celebrated their tree lighting celebration at Grand Ely Lodge in Ely. This opens the 23rd year of the Festival of Trees, which is a fundraising event running …

ORR — The town will be wrapped in ribbon and twinkling lights on Dec. 6 as two Orr holiday celebrations roll out on the same day. Snow City Christmas and Orr Center Christmas will turn the …

COOK — For decades, the name Virgie Hegg has carried a quiet kind of comfort in the North Country. Families facing the hardest moments of life have long known the nonprofit as Virgie Hegg …

ELY —Students at Washington Elementary School spent last week assembling care packages for residents at Carefree Living centers in Ely and Babbitt, learning valuable lessons about compassion …

REGIONAL — The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and Rescue Squad spent Friday and Saturday assisting Canadian authorities in the search for a missing Lac La Croix man on the remote …

TOWER — The challenges facing small rural hospitals in the current medical environment are myriad: staffing, finances, regulations, and more. And while the financial piece of this picture is …

SOUDAN — Holidays can be stressful, and members of the Tower-Soudan Civic Club got a quick lesson about how personality types can create additional conflict during the holidays. Jen McDonough …

REGIONAL — You don’t have to be a suspect for your information to end up in a police file. If your phone connects to a nearby tower, if you search the wrong term online, or if your car …

REGIONAL— The North Country is back in drought after several weeks with well-below-average precipitation. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, virtually all of the Arrowhead is now in …

TOWER— After considerable discussion, the Tower City Council voted unanimously to offer the city clerk-treasurer position to Breitung Township resident Tammy Mortaloni. It came down to …

CHERRY — With the district continuing to wrestle with a significant budget shortfall, ISD 2142 board members received a detailed walkthrough Tuesday night on why keeping both Northeast Range …

VERMILION LAKE TWP— Emergency responders transported three individuals to hospital here on Wednesday after the second T-bone car crash at the Y Store intersection in the past month. The …

TOWER— Mandy Northrup, 42, of Tower, is being held in the St. Louis County Jail on two felony charges relating to the discharge of a firearm in her apartment, on the second floor of the …

REGIONAL — The surprise announcement on Monday that UCare will shut down next year sent a wave of confusion through Minnesota this week as more than 300,000 members learned their plans will be …

REGIONAL — Rural Minnesota is aging more rapidly than the rest of the state, and northern St. Louis County is part of that trend. Older adults already make up a growing share of the population, …

David L. Bramley  David Lloyd Bramley, 62, of Babbitt, passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, with his son Josh by his side and the voices of his …

BABBITT— Franconia Minerals, now a subsidiary of Twin Metals, has submitted a plan for exploratory drilling on existing leases near Birch Lake.

COOK- City Administrator Theresa Martinson offered her resignation during a Nov. 3 performance review with the Cook City Council, and her final day on the job came last Friday. Mayor Dan Manick told …

ELY — Riley Smith is a self-described data nerd who loves the Boundary Waters. And that combination has led him down some deep rabbit holes. At a recent Friends of the Boundary Waters event …

ELY — After the surprise announcement that Pebble Spa was shutting its doors as of Nov. 25, it appears another Ely tradition is in trouble. “We are deeply saddened to share that, due to …

LAKE VERMILION— The heavily used Moccasin Point public access here will remain open to users through the winter even as work on a major reconstruction of the site gets underway next month. In …

ELY — The school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to rename the football stadium press box in honor of the late Coach Bill Braun, a beloved teacher and coach who left a lasting impact on …

TOWER — A spaghetti feed and silent auction fundraiser for Dena Suihkonen will be held on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 2-6 p.m. at the Lamppa Civic Center in Tower. Dena was paralyzed on July 6 when …

COOK — While hopes for reviving the long-shuttered LP Building Solutions plant near Cook have dimmed over the years, the site remains on the company’s short list of potential locations …