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VIRGINIA- In a special meeting on Tuesday, the ISD 2142 school board formalized the suspension of the school resource officer program with the St. Louis County Sheriff’s office. Softening the …
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David Colburn
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9/6/23
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REGIONAL- A pair of Labor Day weekend ATV accidents sent two juveniles to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and a third home with minor bruises. On Saturday afternoon at about 4 p.m. …
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9/6/23
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REGIONAL— Justice Natalie Hudson will rise to the role of Minnesota Supreme Court chief, becoming the first chief justice of color and the first Democratic-appointed judicial branch leader in …
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Brian Bakst, MPR News
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9/6/23
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Paul H. Mesojedec Paul Herman Mesojedec, 80, of Soudan, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at ViewCrest Care Center in Duluth. In keeping with Paul’s wishes, there will be no …
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9/6/23
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TOWER- Pastor Liz Cheney is moving on to a new call. After nine years at Immanuel Lutheran in Tower, she has accepted the position of pastor to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Virginia. The …
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Jodi Summit
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8/31/23
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LAKE VERMILION- A proposed Black Bay campground to serve disabled veterans that was denied a rezoning request for the business in May has opened for business anyway, sparking a complaint to the …
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ELY- Patti Banks, CEO of the Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital told the Ely Area Ambulance Joint Powers Board on Tuesday that the hospital is funding a $70,000 study that hospital officials hope will …
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Catie Clark
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8/30/23
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EMBARRASS- A lot of things have changed in Embarrass over the last 84 years, but one thing that has remained the same is the Embarrass Region Fair. And this year, thanks to a rather energetic group …
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Jodi Summit
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8/30/23
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REGIONAL— Mark Phillips, who retired in December after serving eight years as commissioner of the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, died at home on Wednesday, Aug. 23, …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/30/23
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ELY- The Ely Economic Development Authority (EEDA) set its preliminary 2024 levy at approximately $39,000 here on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and approved its 2024 budget at the same time. Ely clerk-treasurer …
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Catie Clark
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8/30/23
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COOK- In a Cook City Council meeting with a relatively light agenda last Thursday, the most weighty item could be found in the monthly ambulance report submitted by director Roland Shoen. The …
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David Colburn
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8/30/23
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Ely man dies in Fernberg Road crash ELY- A 62-year-old Ely man died Thursday, Aug. 24, as a result of a one-vehicle crash on Fernberg Rd., near the intersection of Summer Home Road. The …
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8/30/23
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ELY- The Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital (EBCH) has received the gold award in the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s “Best in Minnesota” reader’s choice listing. The listing is …
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Catie Clark
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8/30/23
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COOK- The Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is alive and well, and the program’s director, registered nurse Lori Brett, is excited to be writing a new chapter in her 16-year career …
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David Colburn
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8/30/23
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BABBITT- In a move that caught many by surprise, Babbitt’s clerk-treasurer, Kathy Vraa, submitted a letter of resignation with 30-days notice. Vraa, who submitted her resignation on Aug. 17, …
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Catie Clark
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8/30/23
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Mark R. Phillips Mark Raymond Phillips, beloved husband, dad, grandpa, brother, uncle, cousin, brother-in-law, dog-lover, storyteller, public servant, strategic thinker, compassionate leader, …
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8/30/23
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BREITUNG TWP- Five members of an extended family from Rochester were sent to area hospitals last Thursday, Aug. 17, after their 2019 Sienna minivan collided with a moose on Hwy. 169 near the Murray …
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Jodi Summit
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8/23/23
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GREANEY- Tipped off by GPS locators attached to stolen equipment, St. Louis County deputies found more than they bargained for when they descended on the home of Martin Earl Voss northwest of Greaney …
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David Colburn
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8/23/23
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BREITUNG TWP— Kristine Jonas pulled up to the stop sign at the intersection near McKinley Park Campground last Thursday when she felt something wasn’t quite right. She looked up the steep …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/23/23
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EMBARRASS- The various competitions surrounding the annual Embarrass Region Fair got underway early again this year, with the team penning contest held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this past weekend. …
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Jodi Summit
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8/23/23
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VIRGINIA- When legislators in St. Paul crafted a new state law regarding the use of physical restraint procedures in schools last spring, they were likely unaware that the measure would bring an end …
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David Colburn
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8/23/23
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COOK- Rachel Betterley has been referred to as a past Miss Minnesota and past Mrs. Minnesota. But for the upcoming year, she can now be referred to as the current Mrs. Petite USA. Though Betterley is …
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David Colburn
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8/23/23
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REGIONAL- When Minnesota’s new recreational marijuana law took effect on Aug. 1, an average of one city per day enacted a no-public-use use law against cannabis and cannabinoids during the …
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Catie Clark
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8/23/23
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TOWER- Jan and David Munzberg came all the way from Aldinga Beach, South Australia, to speak to an event held at the Lake Vermilion Cultural Center earlier this month. But the retired educators have …
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Jodi Summit
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8/23/23
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VIRGINIA— Ground was broken earlier this month on a new fourplex here designed to help address the ongoing problem of homelessness in St. Louis County. Nearly 100 families in northern St. Louis …
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8/23/23
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