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TOWER-SOUDAN- The seven-plus inches of rain that fell in Tower and Soudan June 18 created headaches for many area residents, as the storm water system could not keep up with the hours of intense …
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Jodi Summit
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7/4/24
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It was difficult to watch last Thursday night’s presidential debate without considering the obvious. Are these two individuals really the best that America can produce for the most powerful and …
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7/4/24
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VERMILION LAKE TWP— A two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 169 last Friday, just east of the Y Store, sent four people to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. Ninety-one-year-old former …
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Marshall Helmberger
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7/4/24
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CRANE LAKE- A 50-year-old male scuba diver from Embarrass drowned on Sunday while attempting to salvage a piece of heavy equipment in Crane Lake. In an item posted to social media on Saturday, …
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7/4/24
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Gretchen T. Green Gretchen Teal Green, 89, of Omaha, Neb., and Lake Vermilion-Tower, passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2024. A celebration of life was held on Sunday, June 9 at the Montessori …
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7/4/24
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SOUDAN- The Breitung Town Board, during their June 20 meeting, expressed support for a hiking trail connecting McKinley Park Campground to the Pine Ridges trail system, but they weren’t willing …
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Jodi Summit
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6/28/24
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ELY- The Ely School Board approved a 2024-25 budget on Monday that includes a $133,457 deficit, marking a significant improvement from earlier projections of a half million-dollar budget shortfall. …
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Catie Clark
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6/28/24
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REGIONAL- Gov. Tim Walz joined Attorney General Keith Ellison and others last week for a ceremonial signing of the Debt Fairness Act, an act that promises to bring significant relief to Minnesota …
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David Colburn
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6/28/24
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SafeTech Solutions, the consultant hired by the Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital to evaluate and make recommendations for EMS (ambulance) delivery in our region took a little longer than …
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6/28/24
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It will likely be weeks before residents and business owners in Cook have a handle on the cost to rebuild in the wake of last week’s flood. Some businesses, particularly those without flood …
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6/27/24
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COOK- Downtown Cook and surrounding neighborhoods were overwhelmed last week by a flash flood caused by torrential rains that fell on the city and the Little Fork River drainage basin last Tuesday. …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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REGIONAL- The St. Louis County Board held an emergency meeting in Virginia this past Thursday to approve a local emergency declaration in the wake of Tuesday’s torrential rain and subsequent …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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COOK— Gov. Tim Walz traveled to Cook on Friday with area legislators and other state officials to assess the damage from the flash flood that inundated the town on Wednesday after torrential …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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ELY- A 32-year-old Ely man remained in custody in the St. Louis County Jail this week after he allegedly bit an Ely police officer who was trying to buckle him into a squad car. Travis William …
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Catie Clark
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6/27/24
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COOK- From her spot in the boutique and coffee shop of the Comet Theater, Shelly Hlavinka had a front row seat to the rising flood crawling toward her last Wednesday. “It started getting higher …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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America is in danger of becoming a Fascist nation. If it can happen in Italy, Germany, and Spain within my lifetime it can happen here. Donald Trump, supported by his army of the wealthy who …
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6/27/24
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Just over a month ago, the Greenwood Town Board adopted the gold standard of transparency in government, the MN Data Practices Act, and did so by a unanimous vote. The act gives citizens the right to …
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6/27/24
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The Greenwood town board held a special meeting on June 20, to discuss the Minnesota Data Practices Act. The meeting was not covered by a newspaper reporter and it was not videotaped, since the board …
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6/27/24
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Trump has been a participant in over four thousand legal actions filed by him or against him and his organizations encompassing a variety of issues: • Political campaigns • Taxes • …
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6/27/24
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In 2021, Biden said, “If you wanted or if you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons.” In 2022, American Military News …
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6/27/24
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Inspired by the book by Al Gore published in 2006.
On June 18, while washing dishes, I glanced out the kitchen window and lamented another cloudy day. Seemed like ages since we’d had a …
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Kathleen McQuillan
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6/27/24
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REGIONAL— While last week’s storm poured immense amounts of rain all across the Arrowhead, some areas received much more than others. Tucked within a broad swath of generally two-to-four …
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Marshall Helmberger
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6/27/24
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COOK- Last Wednesday, Juneteenth, the Cook Public Library was closed for the holiday, so while library director Crystal Whitney came by about 9 a.m., she didn’t stay and wasn’t there to …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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REGIONAL— County roads weren’t the only travel corridors to take a pounding from last week’s torrential rain. ATV trails across the area were hit just as hard, with widespread …
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Marshall Helmberger
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6/27/24
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SOUDAN—The Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park has indefinitely suspended underground tours of the Soudan mine due to flooding from the torrential rains that hit the area June 18. …
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Seth Roeser
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6/27/24
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