ELY – School Board members here received an update Monday night on the progress being made by district administrators on a plan for securing funding for the school building renovation plan, now … more

VIRGINIA - District 2142 board members had plenty to say about a proposal to allow the district to advertise for three new social worker positions that was debated at Tuesday’s regular … more

  REGIONAL— The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal that could ultimately require U.S. Steel to clean up pollution the company currently discharges into groundwater … more

VIRGINIA— As of March 27, Judge Michelle Anderson will consider competing motions on probable cause from attorneys on both sides of the case against former Tower Clerk-Treasurer Linda Keith. … more

REGIONAL— A wide-ranging Star Tribune/Minnesota Public Radio political survey has found that fewer than one-in-four Minnesotans supports new mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area … more

GREENWOOD TWP- The town board here agreed last week to forward a long list of comments and suggestions regarding the Tower Area Ambulance Service subsidy contract to the city of Tower. The town board … more

ELY – Big piles of snow removed from the streets of Ely and the open spaces of a nearby frozen lake provided the backdrop for a re-enactment of Robert Peary’s dogsled expedition to the … more

ELY – Despite predictions that the weekend’s warm temperatures could cause a slow track this year, the 12th annual WolfTrack Classic sled dog race, held here last Sunday, was one of the … more

TOWER— The three ambulances maintained by the Tower Area Ambulance Service spend much more time on the road than they used to, and that’s raised questions with area townships who help pay … more

REGIONAL— Minnesotans will have their say on the U.S. presidential nominating contests in both the Democratic and Republican parties on Tuesday, when Minnesota holds its first presidential … more