ELY – Ely school board members approved a safe learning plan this week that establishes benchmarks or metrics in which the protective face mask requirements for school buildings could be dialed … more

Timberjay photographer Jodi Summit was on hand to capture these festive, jolly carolers and their special guest. more

TOWER— The Tower Area Ambulance Service is continuing to face financial challenges even as the service has responded to a record number of 911 emergency calls in 2021. At the city council … more

REGIONAL- Tuesday’s COVID case report from the Minnesota Department of Health brought a little better news for a state still in the throes of the second-worst wave of the pandemic so far.On … more

ELY – Superintendent Erik Erie submitted his resignation to the Ely school board this week. Erie, who started his part-time tenure at ISD 696 in the fall of 2019, will leave his post at the end … more

GREENWOOD TWP- Widespread coverage of high arsenic levels in the town hall’s water supply, while generating some unwanted publicity for the township, has led to information on some potential … more

REGIONAL- Every ten years, after the U.S. Census Bureau finishes collecting data for its decennial census, politicians throughout the country await the announcement of new population counts that … more

COOK- Trevor Nicholas, a Cook native who teaches vocal music at Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago, was named Tuesday as one of ten finalists for the 2022 GRAMMY Music Educator Award.The ten … more

REGIONAL – Two men were injured last Wednesday morning when the Dodge Ram trucks they were in collided at the intersection of Highway 169 and County Road 21 northeast of Virginia.According to … more

TOWER- The Tower-Soudan Historical Society (TSHS) was just awarded a $285,618 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant for the Tower Historic Fire Hall Exterior Rehabilitation. The grant, … more