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A red-headed woodpecker takes a sunflower seed from a local feeder recently. These uncommon woodpekcers have been showing up in the area in recent weeks.
A recent avian visitor brought back memories
A flashback from my youth appeared at our bird feeder the other day. It was a red-headed woodpecker and it took me a second to register what I was seeing, since this is a bird I’d only glimpsed … more
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Three-year deer study set in region
REGIONAL—The Department of Natural Resources is beginning a new three-year research project in northeastern Minnesota to gather additional data on deer populations. The DNR will place cameras … more
Catie Clark
The life of a professional meeting watcher...
An alternative job title for a journalist is professional meeting watcher. We go to all those city council, school board, township, and zoning meetings and write them up. Those of you who prefer … more
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Timber Days Grand Marshal Pete Johnson
Cook fire chief is chief dignitary for Timber Days
COOK- If there’s one thing the organizing committee for Cook’s Annual Timber Days celebration prides itself on more than anything else, it would likely be the care and consideration they … more
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Bob and Jen McDonough (left and middle) with Tim from Los Angeles, who was their first Airbnb customer recently. Tim came to experience the Boundary Waters and said he found the area to be amazing.
Tower Café now offering Airbnb rooms for rent
TOWER- The McDonough family recently reached another milestone in their ongoing adventure to bring the former small “hotel,” that once operated on the second floor of the Tower … more
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VCS Class of 2024.
Moving on and up to the world of adults
TOWER- It was a full house at Vermilion Country School as 13 graduates received their diplomas in front of family and friends. There was a bit of last minute scrambling as school staff rounded up … more
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Center closing accentuates child care gap
COOK- Last week’s closure of Little Beginnings Preschool in Cook leaves a big hole in the community when it comes to child care options for families with children, at a time when the childcare … more
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Ore car to be added at Pioneer Mine
ELY- The Pioneer Mine at the Ely Arts and Heritage Center is getting an ore car. Canadian Pacific is donating an ore jennie to the city-owned museum, which museum volunteer Seraphine Rolando promises … more
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Obituaries: June 7, 2024
Pat M. Tammen Pat Montana Tammen, 87, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2024, after years of coping with congestive heart failure. No public service is planned. Please send any memorials to your … more
Neil and Liz Cheney applaud their daughter River after she signed a letter of intent to play softball for Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
Cheney signs with Augsburg for softball
FIELD TWP- While North Woods senior River Cheney has been a standout three-sport athlete for the Grizzlies, there was never any question that softball was the sport she wanted to keep playing, and … more
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Ely bows out in 11-2 loss to Silver Bay
CLOQUET— Ely’s high school softball season came to an end Tuesday afternoon in the quarter-final round of the Section 7A double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Silver Bay outpaced the … more
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North Woods’ Levi Chaulklin takes a big turn rounding third base against Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin.
Grizzlies end regular season with losses
AURORA- The North Woods baseball team closed out its regular season schedule last week with a pair of Thursday losses in games relocated to synthetic turf fields due to weather-related field … more
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Sen. Grant Hauschild and Gov. Tim Walz take a moment to applaud the advocacy efforts of area EMS personnel in getting a $30 million EMS aid package passed.
Walz inks EMS support bill on the Iron Range
HOYT LAKES- Regional emergency medical services personnel came to Hoyt Lakes last Thursday, May 23, to join Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. Grant Hauschild and other legislators as Walz signed the bill that will … more
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Lislegard won’t seek re-election
REGIONAL—Rep. Dave Lislegard, DFL-Aurora, announced this week that he won’t seek re-election to the Legislature this fall to devote more attention to his family. Lislegard had represented … more
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The color guard at the Memorial Day Program at the Ely Cemetery.
Remembering those who died in service
TOWER- The Herbert R. Lamppa Civic Center was standing-room only for this year’s Memorial Day tribute, sponsored by the Tower-Soudan Civic Club. The Tower-Soudan Area Singers, under the able … more
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A St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office Rescue Squad member inspecting a “drill hole” in the turbulent Curtain Falls, which forms part of the American-Canadian border in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Search continues at Curtain Falls
REGIONAL- The search for two canoeists who have been missing since their canoe plunged over Curtain Falls on May 18 is now getting additional resources from the Minnesota National Guard. At the … more
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Nancy Reing standS in a hallway of memories of children she’s cared for at Little Beginnings.
Cook’s Little Beginnings closes after 34 years
COOK- When the last parent picked up the last child at Little Beginnings Preschool in Cook on Friday, it was the last time Nancy Reing would say goodbye as a caregiver and educator of other … more
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The victorious NER-Ely golf team poses with their Section 7A tournament championship plaque on Wednesday.
NER-Ely heads to state tourney after sectional victory
MCGREGOR- The Northeast Range-Ely girls golf team, driven by the strength of three tournament medalists, won the two-day 7A sectional tournament at the Minnesota National Golf Club in McGregor on … more
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Olson nabs fifth trip to state
MCGREGOR- North Woods golfer Tori Olson nailed down her fifth trip to the state Class A championship tournmanet on Wednesday by finishing second in the two-day 7A sectional tournament at the … more
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Ely wins two to advance in tournament
SILVER BAY— Ely returned from its trip to the North Shore on Tuesday with two key post-season wins under its belt and the prospect of home field advantage in the next contest in the Section 7A … more
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Ely’s Molly Brophy looks focused as she takes the handoff from Lydia Schultz in the 4x400 relay event.
Sub-sections wrap-up
AURORA- A host of Ely Timberwolves athletes were set to participate in the 7A sectional meet at UMD on Thursday by turning in qualifying performances at the 7A north subsectional in Aurora last week. … more
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North Woods’ Alex Burckhardt leads the way in the 3200 meters, with fellow Grizzlies runner Kahlil Lightfeather-Spears, right, close behind.
Grizzlies runners, jumper move on to sectionals
AURORA- A number of North Woods track athletes cleared the first hurdle for getting to the state track and field meet last Thursday at the 7A subsectional meet in Aurora by turning in qualifying … more
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A singing black-throated green warbler.
Merlin: it’s like magic
When it comes to technology, I’m definitely the late adopter in the family. So, it was just last week that my wife Jodi showed me the latest and greatest version of the Merlin bird ID app, … more
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Water was well outside the banks of the West Two River following recent rains.
From drought to deluge
REGIONAL— Several area rivers remained in flood stage this week even as water levels were gradually receding from heavy rains that fell last week. The heavy rains, as much as four inches in … more
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A buck after its spring molt.
Deer now molting to their reddish summer coat
REGIONAL—Throughout the year, the fur coats on white-tailed deer change to match the seasonal weather and temperature. Every spring deer shed their thicker winter coat and replace it with a … more
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