FIELD TWP — The North Woods girls basketball team bounced back in a big way from a season-opening loss against Chisholm last week by steamrolling Bigfork 77-41 on Monday at home. The Grizzlies …

SILVER BAY — The Timberwolves dropped to 1-1 on the young season here on Tuesday as they fell to the Storm in a 1-0 shutout. Freshman goalie Henry Fetterer was nearly perfect throughout, …

ELY — The Ely girls basketball team ran into two things they couldn’t overcome in Tuesday’s home game against Mesabi East – the Giants’ 6’3” center, Marta …

TOWER- Donations have started to come in for this year’s Operation Santa toy drive, but we still have a long way to go to reach our goal. The Tower Food Shelf is seeing increased need this …

ELY- The Ely Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to unveil its festive lineup of events for the 2025 holiday season, encouraging both residents and visitors to celebrate and support local businesses in …

FIELD TWP — Heritage Week at North Woods School wrapped up last Thursday with a lively community powwow that brought students, singers, and dancers together in celebration of Indigenous …

TOWER — They lost count of how many people were coming through the doors at the Lamppa Civic Center on Saturday, as the community turned out to support Dena Suihkonen, longtime EMT and …

EMBARRASS — The Nelimark Homestead and Farmstead Artisans invites everyone to Yuletide Treasures on Dec. 11, 12, and 13 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. If you missed the Nelimark in November, this is …

REGIONAL — The winners of the Great Turkey Give-Away were recently announced. Congratulations to this year’s winners! Orr Lumber Orr Hardware: Ethan Olson Pelican Bay Foods: Doug …

GREENWOOD TWP — Greenwood Fire Chief Brian Trancheff took to the lectern at Greenwood’s Nov. 12 meeting to describe the incident in Angora on Oct. 25 that damaged the department’s …

ELY — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison brought his listening tour to the end of the road last Friday, and he came ready with numbers to justify his office’s legal battles against …

ELY — Two local tourism business owners challenged the city council Tuesday evening over their representative’s failure to follow council direction on lodging tax funding, adding a new …

COOK- Anyone living with chronic pain knows the routine. You wake up already bracing yourself. You ration your chores. You weigh every bend, twist, or reach because the price for doing the simplest …

TOWER- Donations have started to come in for this year’s Operation Santa toy drive, but we still have a long way to go to reach our goal. The Tower Food Shelf is seeing increased need this …

ST. PAUL — The North Woods Grizzlies returned to the state Class A volleyball tournament for the first time in 13 years last week, capping a remarkable turnaround from just four years ago when …

REGIONAL — The Northeast Range/Ely Nighthawks wrapped up their season at the Section 7A swim meet held last Thursday and Saturday at Lincoln Park Middle School in Duluth. The meet, hosted by …

REGIONAL — A federal proposal that is part of the deal to end the government shutdown is raising alarms across Minnesota’s hemp industry, which says the measure would effectively wipe out …

VIRGINIA — The wait is over. After 13 years and a thrilling 3-1 victory over Floodwood in the Section 7A tournament championship on Saturday, the North Woods Grizzlies are finally headed back …

REGIONAL — Ely junior runner Molly Brophy capped her fifth straight trip to the Class A state cross country meet Saturday with a 71st-place finish in 20:35.2 on the University of …

FIELD TWP — It was a milestone moment at North Woods School last Thursday as senior volleyball standout Izzy Pascuzzi signed her national letter of intent to play at the College of St. …

FIELD TWP — The ecstatic scrum of players on the North Woods side of the floor after scoring the final point in last Wednesday’s sectional quarterfinal volleyball match said it all …

COLERAINE — Ely’s Molly Brophy is getting to be a familiar name at the Class A state cross country meet, as she qualified for the event for a fifth time at last week’s 7A sectional …

REGIONAL — The Northeast Range/Ely Nighthawks closed out their regular season last Thursday at the Iron Range Conference swim championships in Two Harbors, finishing fourth in the five-team …

GRAND MARAIS — The North Woods Grizzlies saw their brief sectional playoff run come to a crashing halt on Saturday at Grand Marais, where the undefeated and top-seeded Cook County Vikings …

FIELD TWP — North Woods fed Bigfork a steady diet of TaySean Boshey-Wilkerson runs on a cold, rainy Tuesday night, and it was more than the Huskies could handle as the Grizzlies nabbed a 30-8 …