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FIELD TWP- The North Woods softball team apparently has Ely’s number this season, as the Grizzlies racked up another lopsided win against the Timberwolves last Thursday, 12-2. The Wolves drew …
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David Colburn
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5/17/23
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AURORA – Ely eighth-grader Kaylin Visser stunned observers at the Iron Range Conference varsity championship meet here on Tuesday, as she captured first place in the discus with a throw that …
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Rachel Brophy
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5/17/23
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ELY— The Wolves split a doubleheader with Mt. Iron-Buhl on Tuesday, thanks to a late-inning Ely rally that salvaged the nightcap. The Rangers took an early lead in the evening contest, racking …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/17/23
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BLACKDUCK— Dog-tired Timberwolves pitching struggled for one of the first times this season here last Saturday as Ely dropped both games in a mixed doubleheader. It was a let-down for the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/17/23
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FIELD TWP- Home field was no advantage last Thursday for the North Woods baseball team, which came out on the short end against the Cherry Tigers 7-0. Cherry pitching was a puzzle North Woods …
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David Colburn
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5/17/23
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FIELD TWP- Four North Woods archers qualified for the National Archery in the Schools Program Western Nationals through their performance at the state tournament, but only one, fifth-grader Clark …
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David Colburn
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5/11/23
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ELY- Everything was clicking for the North Woods softball team last week as the Grizzlies rolled over the Ely Timberwolves 16-1 on Thursday in Ely. North Woods never trailed in the game, grabbing a …
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David Colburn
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5/10/23
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FIELD TWP- The North Woods baseball team hosted a double-header on Tuesday against Littlefork-Big Falls and came away with a pair of close wins, 6-5 and 3-1. Levi Chauklin drew a bases-loaded walk in …
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David Colburn
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5/10/23
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ELY—In doubleheader action here last Friday, the Wolves struggled with Cherry’s pitching in a 1 p.m. contest, managing just four hits in a 13-2 drubbing. The Wolves held the lead briefly …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/10/23
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ELY— After solid back-to-back wins over Cook County on Monday, errors proved Ely’s undoing in an 8-4 loss to Mesabi East here on Tuesday. The game was tight through four innings as the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/10/23
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BABBITT- It’s been a long time coming, but the North Woods girls golf team finally has a couple of tournaments under their belt, hitting the Babbitt meet on Tuesday and a Virginia meet on …
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David Colburn
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5/10/23
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ELY— Ten unearned runs for South Ridge proved a bridge too far for the Ely softball team here on Tuesday as the Timberwolves fell 16-6 to the Panthers to slip to 2-2 in a season shortened by …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/3/23
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ELY— A solid South Ridge baseball team handed Ely its first loss of the season here on Tuesday, 8-5. Both teams took their time getting on the board. Ely threatened in the first and second …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/3/23
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EVELETH- Perhaps a young North Woods baseball team got a glimpse of their own future on Tuesday, as an older, more experienced and bigger Rock Ridge squad hammered the Grizzlies 17-0 in Eveleth.Louie …
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David Colburn
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5/3/23
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REGIONAL- Two legal actions are in play currently in a lawsuit that seeks to curtail the use of towboats in the Boundary Waters. The first, a lawsuit filed by Wilderness Watch in February, ruffled …
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Catie Clark
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5/3/23
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MT. IRON- Close but no kewpie doll was the refrain for last week’s North Woods softball outings as the team dropped a pair of road contests at Mt. Iron-Buhl on Thursday and Silver Bay on …
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5/3/23
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TOWER- Restoring wooden boats is not a “copy and paste” job. Every boat has a history, and every boat tells its own story.Jeff Larson and Dana Hein, who operate Sunrise River Boatworks in …
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Jodi Summit
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4/26/23
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TOWER- Desirae Larson knows that her 13-year-old daughter Eva is a talented young artist. But when she posted some artwork that Eva had done for her online school’s art competition, it started …
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Jodi Summit
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4/26/23
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ELY-—The Timberjay recently sat down with movie producer Erin Mae Miller to talk about the business of making movies and how her film landed in Ely. The working title of the film is …
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Catie Clark
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4/26/23
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REGIONAL—If you’ve been missing reports on spring sports action around the area in the Timberjay lately, you can blame Mother Nature. Local high school athletes are used to postponements …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/26/23
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REGIONAL- Mother Nature crammed three seasons into the space of a few days this past week, with the resulting snowmelt from summerlike temperatures, springlike rain, and another wintery blast of snow …
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David Colburn
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4/19/23
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ELY– The 1960 mural painted on the walls of the Ely Community Center has been re-created through the efforts of photographer Curt Laine and original artist Carl Gawboy. Gawboy originally …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/19/23
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North Woods senior basketball standout Hannah Kinsey signed a national letter of intent Monday to play hoops next year for NCAA Div. III College of St. Scholastica. Kinsey had a breakout senior …
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4/19/23
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AURORA- The North Woods softball team didn’t pack shoulder pads for their first outing of the season last Thursday, but their game against Mesabi East was played on a makeshift diamond on the …
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David Colburn
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4/19/23
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AURORA- The North Woods baseball team has a new skipper at the helm this season, but he’s certainly no stranger to Grizzlies’ hardball.R.J. Kruse served as an assistant for six years …
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David Colburn
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4/19/23
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