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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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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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COOK—The Cook Lions Club has announced that are providing ways for people to make monetary donations for flood relief in the wake of this week’s devastating flood in Cook.
The club …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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COOK- Like so many others, Missy Bakker Roach just wanted to help when she came to Cook last Friday. Little did she know that she would wind up helping others to help. Roach said she mentioned to …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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GREENWOOD TWP- In a short and contentious special meeting last Thursday, the Greenwood Town Board on a split vote rescinded their adoption of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA) that …
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David Colburn
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6/27/24
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REGIONAL- Harry Welty, a former member of the Duluth School Board, a longtime Republican who calls himself a “Lincoln Democrat” has announced he will challenge Pete Stauber in the Aug. 13 …
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Marshall Helmberger
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6/27/24
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BABBITT- St. Louis County District Judge Michelle Anderson sentenced Josiah David Delvecchio, of Duluth, to 204 months in state prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to murder the owner of a …
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Catie Clark
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6/27/24
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Barbara J. Matts Barbara Jean “Barb” Matts, 87, of Cook, died peacefully on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at home, surrounded by her family. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. on …
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6/27/24
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 21, 2024
Crystal Whitney, City of Cook
crystal.whitney@alslib.info
FLOODING UPDATE IN COOK, MINNESOTA
On Thursday, June 20, city officials, staff …
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6/21/24
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COOK- Some good news from the Duluth National Weather Service office on Friday -- they reported the flood in Cook has peaked and will very slowly recede, with the possibility for flood waters to …
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David Colburn
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6/20/24
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REGIONAL- The St. Louis County Board of Commissioners held an emergency meeting in Virginia on Thursday morning to approve a local emergency declaration in the wake of Tuesday’s devastating …
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6/20/24
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REGIONAL- St. Louis County released a list of county roads closed due to Tuesday's storm as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 19. Roads may be added or deleted to this list as assessments continue and …
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6/19/24
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REGIONAL- Torrential rains on Tuesday, the likes of which haven’t been seen in the North Country in decades, created widespread flash flooding, extensive property damage, and wreaked havoc on …
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David Colburn
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6/19/24
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ELY- The Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital once owned the local ambulance service here but gave it up over financial concerns. Yet a recently completed study suggests that the most cost-effective …
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Catie Clark
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6/19/24
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BREITUNG TWP- A “catastrophic failure” of the pump shaft that operates Tower-Soudan’s primary drinking water well over the weekend has the system running off the backup well, …
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Jodi Summit
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6/19/24
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KABETOGAMA- From the very first question Voyageurs National Park Superintendent Bob DeGross was asked at last Thursday’s town hall meeting in Kabetogama to review the park’s revised …
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David Colburn
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6/19/24
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EMBARRASS - The first of three competitions in the St. Louis County Summer Series was held at the Timber Hall Event Center horse arena on Saturday, as a total of 31 riders, 17 years-old and younger …
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Seth Roeser
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6/19/24
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Officials with the Superior National Forest are still assessing the impacts from torrential rains that hit the area on Tuesday. Several inches of rain fell in a matter of hours, sending area rivers …
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Seth Roeser
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6/19/24
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ELY- Will a roundabout replace the traffic light at the intersection of Third Ave. and Sheridan St. in Ely sometime soon? Not if city officials have anything to say about it. Council members reacted …
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Catie Clark
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6/19/24
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BABBITT- The YMCA Camp Northern Lights lost its kitchen and bunkhouse building Sunday to fire. The 2,000 square foot Orion building caught fire sometime before dawn. According to a Babbitt Police …
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Catie Clark
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6/19/24
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