ELY - Northern Lakes Arts Association’s first radio play, “It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play,” is now playing at Vermilion Community College and streaming online.Three of … more

REGIONAL- The omicron COVID-19 variant has been discovered in Minnesota, state health officials confirmed Thursday morning. An omicron variant case has been identified as an adult male from … more

GREANEY – Beryl Novak lives a relatively solitary life in his one-room shacked tucked away in the forest northwest of Greaney, and evidently, it’s a lifestyle many find intriguing, as a … more

ELY - The Christmas season is here and local organizations are planning festive events to celebrate the holidays.Todd Crego of Ely Area Television is producing a Celebrate the Season holiday and … more

ELY- As COVID-19 continues to surge through this community, Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital is halting elective surgical procedures, and the medical facility’s umbrella organization shifted … more

TOWER— City officials are rethinking their plan to replace the city’s 70-year-old water main in a bid to build redundancy into the system and potentially tap additional sources of … more

TOWER- Thanksgiving is a family affair, and for the students at Vermilion Country School, that meant cooking for their in-school family, which totaled more than 50.“We asked the students if … more

ELY - School board members here are in the midst of a discussion to “sunset” the current Ely Safe Learning Plan Advisory Council (ELSPAC) and to replace it with a newly formed, more … more

TOWER— A development project mired in delay for the past several years has new life and a new development agreement, this time with the Tower Economic Development Authority. The Tower Harbor … more

REGIONAL- While international attention on the COVID pandemic has focused in recent days on the possible threat posed by the newly identified omicron variant, the current Delta-driven surge in … more