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KUGLER TWP- A new $8 million facility here is expected to combine operations from the St. Louis County Public Works garages in Tower and Embarrass into one centralized location. The new public works …
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Marshall Helmberger
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7/14/21
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People turned out in droves this past weekend for community celebrations of Independence Day on both Saturday and Sunday. Timberjay photographers Jodi Summit, Keith Vandervort, and David Colburn …
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7/8/21
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REGIONAL- Minnesota’s junior U.S. Sen. Tina Smith has filed a formal request for including approximately $26 million in next year’s federal budget to support multiple initiatives to …
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TOWER- The Tower-Soudan Historical Society has received grant funding to replace the roof on the Tower Historic Fire Hall on Main Street. This was the first fire hall built on the Iron Range, in …
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7/7/21
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ELY - Highway 169 about two miles west of Ely was shut down last Saturday afternoon for more than six hours because of a fire involving a semi truck that was pulling a tanker of gasoline. According …
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Keith Vandervort
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7/7/21
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ELY – U.S. Forest Service crews used the Ely Airport for a helicopter training session last Friday as the trainees learned and refreshed their skills in working with rotary aircraft while …
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Keith Vandervort
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7/7/21
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ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Clean Car Rules may have survived a threatened budget freeze from Senate Republicans, but GOP leaders made it clear that the …
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David Colburn
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7/7/21
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REGIONAL- Summer is here, COVID-19 restriction mandates are gone, and so, too, it appears, is the vigor that only three months ago prompted a record-high 413,000 doses of COVID vaccines administered …
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David Colburn
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7/7/21
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ELY - A sparse agenda for the city council here this week found council members in the middle of a dispute between neighbors over lawn mowing. One neighbor wants to mow the lawn on portions of city …
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Keith Vandervort
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7/7/21
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TOWER— After two years of waiting and hoping, city officials here received some good news from the state Legislature last week. A funding plan approved by lawmakers includes an extension for …
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