ELY - Boltz, a popular ambassador wolf at the International Wolf Center here, was euthanized last week. In recent months, a neurological issue with his hind legs was discovered by wolf care staff, … more

ELY – City Council members received a near-final draft of an ordinance providing for the licensing of short-term rentals. A public hearing is scheduled for next month to allow the public to … more

ELY— The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Ely-based Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness have reached a stipulation agreement under which the state agency will consider possible … more

REGIONAL— The majority of the members of an advisory panel to the state’s Pollution Control Agency has announced their resignation in protest of the agency’s recent approval of … more

REGIONAL- With Thanksgiving just around the corner and falling in the midst of the steepest increase of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, state officials have expressed increased … more

ELY – The northern St. Louis County coronavirus dashboard data report blew past the 50 per 10,000 cases milestone last week. Dramatic jumps in regional and statewide COVID-19 case numbers … more

ELY – Middle-school science students at ISD 696 gathered on the baseball field Tuesday morning for a weather balloon launch. The event was part of a coordinated learning project this fall with … more

TOWER— The city has work to do to bring the operations of its water and sewer into compliance with its own ordinances. That was the message from Clerk-Treasurer Victoria Ranua during a special … more

ELY – Ely residents will have a new mayor in 2021, but it will not be the candidate who received the most votes earlier this month. Mayoral election winner Eric Urbas officially informed the … more

REGIONAL- Restaurants and bars are going back to take-out only service and Minnesotans have been told to shun indoor and outdoor social gatherings with anyone outside their immediate households as … more