REGIONAL— Frontier Communications is seeking to terminate its copper infrastructure in much of its northern Minnesota service territory, including in Koochiching, Lake, and northern St. Louis …

REGIONAL- The Trump administration has deferred another $199 million in federal Medicaid payments to Minnesota, marking the third time this year that federal officials have withheld reimbursements …

REGIONAL— Last week, as fires raged, smoke billowed, and people rushed to get out of harm’s way, there was little time to think about the economic fallout for the many businesses affected by the …

ELY- The fires north of Ely couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Ely Chamber of Commerce as they got down to the last-minute planning for this year’s Blueberry Art Festival, previously set …

REGIONAL— The St. Louis County School Board discussed the district’s increasingly precarious financial future at a study session at the Virginia office on Tuesday— and heard loud and clear that …

GREENWOOD TWP- Close to 25 years ago, a group of residents living in an unorganized township covering a portion of the western half of Lake Vermilion voted to become part of Greenwood Township, …

REGIONAL— There’s a new face in the Timberjay’s newsroom. Ben Austin, a recent graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., hit the ground running this past week on a wide-ranging beat …

ELY- The Ely School Board approved a change order allocating an additional $95,193.91 for ongoing construction during its Monday meeting. The change order includes $52,693.62 to repair the exterior …

GREENWOOD TWP- Issues keep cropping up with the township’s large fire boat, and Fire Chief Brian Trancheff asked the board for permission to pursue some quotes for major repairs and retrofitting to …

BREITUNG TWP- A small group of interested residents and township officials met with grant writer Nancy Larson to begin planning for a grant application to increase the handicap accessibility of …

REGIONAL- A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a lower court order that would have required the National Park Service to restore exhibits and interpretive signs removed under the Trump …

REGIONAL- Minnesotans won’t be seeing new mental health warning labels when they log into social media accounts just yet, despite a state law that took effect July 1 requiring the notices. Attorney …

Kim Edward Erickson, 71, of North Oaks, originally of Ely, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 3, 2026, at St. Therese Hospice at St. Odilia’s after a long and courageous journey with …

Betty Kunstel, 92, of Ely, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at Carefree Living in Ely. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church …

Lois Luella Martell, 91, of Virginia, originally of Ely, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at Essentia Health in Virginia. The family would like to thank the many caregivers through NHS over the …

Larry Lester “Boone” Swanson, 76, of Babbitt, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 11, 2026, with his family by his side at St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth. A funeral service will be …

SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST— The U.S. Forest Service announced the temporary closure of the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this week, as forest officials try to focus on an outbreak of …

SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST— A rash of small fires, most likely sparked by lightning strikes associated with a storm front that passed through the area on July 6, has prompted the U.S. Forest Service …

FALL LAKE TWP— The creators of the proposed Silver Rapids redevelopment project here appear to have learned some key lessons from their aborted first proposal. And one of those lessons was …

TOWER- The possibility of a joint taxing district for the Tower Area Ambulance Service remains a subject of investigation but the ambulance commission here took no action on the idea at their …

ELY—Trina Swanson was met with applause at a Tuesday Group meeting this week when she promised to take Pete Stauber’s seat in the upcoming election for Minnesota’s Eighth Congressional …

COOK – Every man who arrived at Whispering Winds Resort for Hometown Hero Outdoors’ annual MuskieMadness event last week had to walk past it, Jeremy Johnson’s boat. It was the boat Johnson was …

ELY—Bradley Peterson, a lobbyist for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC), updated Ely’s city council on Tuesday about threats to local government funding as well as the $1.24 billion …

VIRGINIA- Former Rock Ridge High School Dean of Students Christopher Chad now faces three felony criminal sexual conduct charges in St. Louis County involving a former student. The charges come more …

REGIONAL- An 81-year-old Brainerd man faces a criminal citation after authorities say he shot at a black bear without a justifiable reason. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources cited Dwight …