ELY - Local educators and long-time community service members, Blaine “Butch” Diesslin and Lucille “Lucy” Barnes Diesslin recently made a significant gift of stock to endow a … more

ELY – The city council here is moving forward with a potential private-public partnership to develop a housing project on Miners Lake. Council members liked what they heard last week from a … more

REGIONAL- As weekly COVID-19 vaccination totals statewide tumbled for a second consecutive week, Gov. Tim Walz refused to buy into a suggestion that the decline could be tied to hesitancy among some … more

TOWER- If you haven’t yet dined at Neighbor’s BBQ, the new restaurant that took over the former haunts of the Black Bear Café along Hwy. 169, south of Tower, a word of … more

TOWER— The city council here, on Monday, adopted a change in the method of staffing its ambulance service to help ensure that no emergency calls go without a response. The move, which is … more

Robert J. NevalaRobert John “Bob” Nevala, 89, lifelong resident of Embarrass, died on Monday, April 19, 2021, at Edgewood Vista from brain cancer. Memorial and internment to be held at a … more

REGIONAL— Both sides were claiming victory on Wednesday after the Minnesota Supreme Court delivered a mixed verdict on key permits for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine near Hoyt … more

GREANEY- It could be said that Beryl Novak lives in a small house in the forest near Greaney, but that would be a half-truth.While the forest obscures any view of his house from Sethers Rd., a trip … more

ELY – Area artists are working at Miner’s Dry this spring to complete an extensive stained glass art project for the Public Library here.As much as $12,000 in funding for the project … more

COOK- Although Cook’s Country Connection isn’t a typical farm, Lois Pajari knows all too well the old adage “a farmer’s work is never done.”Sounds of work were evident … more