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TOWER- Black smoke billowed here late last Thursday afternoon when a UPS truck caught fire while driving through Tower on its return from a day of deliveries. Both the Tower and Breitung fire …
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Jodi Summit
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5/15/25
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REGIONAL- What began as a small wildfire in Ault Township north of Brimson exploded into a major disaster this week, becoming the largest fire in Minnesota so far this year and the central focus of a …
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David Colburn
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5/15/25
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TOWER— The city council here has a new member after John VanDeVoort took the oath of office at the council meeting on Monday. The council accepted VanDeVoort’s application for the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/15/25
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Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment in our series on the St. Louis County jails.
REGIONAL- As the St. Louis County Jail has increasingly become the county’s …
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David Colburn
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5/15/25
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LAKE VERMILION- Unorganized Township 63-17 won’t be nameless much longer as residents voted to organize this week. In a special election held Tuesday, voters chose to incorporate as St. Louis …
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David Colburn
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5/15/25
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REGIONAL— The effect of deep cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, would ripple noticeably across the airwaves of northeastern Minnesota. Radio stations in places like Grand …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/15/25
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COOK— Nearly a year after floodwaters silenced the projectors and shuttered the doors of the historic Comet Theater, signs of life are returning to the heart of downtown Cook. On Friday, May 2, …
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David Colburn
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5/9/25
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BABBITT- A Virginia man employed at Timber Bay Lodge is facing new felony charges for what may have been an earlier theft from his employers. As the Timberjay recently reported, Ronald Eugene Childs …
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Catie Clark
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5/9/25
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REGIONAL— The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee advanced its portion of the congressional budget reconciliation effort this week, complete with major changes designed to benefit …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/8/25
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BABBITT- Residents here packed the city council chambers last Thursday morning for a two-hour planning commission public hearing on a proposal to create an organic cannabis cultivation and …
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Catie Clark
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5/8/25
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REGIONAL- Minnesota is taking its next big step toward launching a legal cannabis industry, with license lotteries set for June 5 for key business roles in the emerging market. The state’s …
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David Colburn
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5/8/25
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ELY- The third annual “Dancing with the Ely Stars” once again sold out last Thursday for an evening of great dancing and buckets of humor. Abby Sirek was the MC for the event. Sirek …
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Catie Clark
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5/8/25
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TOWER-SOUDAN- Volunteers from the Tower-Soudan Historical Society are almost finished with their research on the 143 men who died in or near the Soudan Underground Mine from 1884 to 1957. Andy …
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5/8/25
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Marie L. Zavodnik Marie Louise Zavodnik, 79, longtime resident of Soudan, died on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Boundary Waters Care Center in Ely. A private graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. …
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5/8/25
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VOYAGEURS N.P.- Officials here have scrapped a controversial plan that would have restricted winter vehicle access on the park’s frozen lakes, ending a two-year process that drew sharp …
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David Colburn
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5/8/25
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ELY- The Louis J. Gornick Trust made a $550,000 donation to the Ely Fire Department on Tuesday at the Ely City Council meeting. Bernie Palcher, trustee, gave a short presentation on Gornick, who …
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Catie Clark
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5/8/25
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REGIONAL-Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children ages one to four. And for two area emergency service providers and their families, this is more than a statistic. …
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Jodi Summit
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5/8/25
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REGIONAL— Officials with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are facing skepticism over a proposal to make it easier to issue companies variances for sulfate discharges, which are known to …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/8/25
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Editor’s Note: This is a second part in a series on the St. Louis County jails.
REGIONAL- The officer approached the cell door with a lunch tray in hand. “John, time to eat.” …
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David Colburn
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5/8/25
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COOK- A long-anticipated plan to add pickleball courts at the Cook Community Center took a leap forward at last Thursday’s Cook City Council meeting, as members of Friends of the Parks …
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David Colburn
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5/3/25
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SOUDAN- At the April 15 town board meeting here, Supervisor Matt Tuchel stepped into the role of board chairman and made his mark from the outset by establishing a new tradition for the board. …
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Stephanie Ukkola
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5/3/25
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ELY—St. Louis County has awarded a $4.214 million contract for the Harvey Street reconstruction to Casper Construction of Grand Rapids. The bid was 11.37 percent lower than the county …
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Catie Clark
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5/3/25
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ELY- A state-of-the-art professional development model for teachers got high marks at the Ely School Board meeting on Monday, as Superintendent Anne Oelke reviewed the first two years of the program …
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Catie Clark
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5/3/25
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ELY- Navigating Ely’s local government isn’t anyone’s idea of a sexy topic, but Clerk-Treasurer Harold Langowski packed the city council chambers here last month when he spoke on …
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5/3/25
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REGIONAL- More than 600 laid-off Steelworkers from the Hibtac and Minorca mines could soon receive 26 weeks of extended unemployment benefits, following an amendment added Tuesday to the Senate Jobs …
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David Colburn
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5/1/25
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