TOWER—The newly-seated city council here left several contentious topics on the table Monday night, but managed to make it through a shortened agenda in a meeting that alternated between temperate … more

REGIONAL— The ongoing political battle over how to protect wild rice in Minnesota is heading back to the Capitol as legislators are being asked to create a new stewardship council designed to seek … more

REGIONAL— The U.S. Steel Corporation is seeking to intervene in a pair of lawsuits that challenge the company’s new permit for water discharge from the Minntac tailings basin north of Virginia. … more

MT. IRON— U.S. Steel has filed two lawsuits against the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over the state regulator’s recent decision to issue a new water discharge permit for the company’s … more

ELY – The Ely School District unanimously agreed this week to hire a lobbyist to work on behalf of the newly-formed Iron Range School Collaboration (IRSC) for state and regional funding for the … more

Thomas M. Rukavina Thomas “Tom” Martin Rukavina, 68, of Pike Township, died on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis after a battle with leukemia. … more

ELY – The city of Ely’s property taxpayers stand to save thousands of dollars this year on the cost of required legal publishing with the city council’s decision Tuesday night to name the Ely … more

REGIONAL— Fourth District Congresswoman Betty McCollum said she’s requesting that the federal Environmental Protection Agency release prepared comments from the agency’s professional staff that … more

COOK - There might be more to that ‘bump in the night’ you heard in the woods last summer. You may have had a chance encounter with Big Foot, or even the legendary Wendigo of the Great Lakes, or … more

ELY – As the ambassador bears at the North American Bear Center are enjoying their long winter naps, staff members are putting the finishing touches on new exhibits and making plans for the 2019 … more