Turning 90 is an accomplishment most people fail to achieve but doing it with a little pizzazz is even better! My friend, Mary Batinich of Soudan, just celebrated her 90th birthday…but why settle …

The provocateur James O’Keefe set out to prove Minnesota’s elections are wide open to fraud. He may instead have produced the most convincing evidence yet that they aren’t. It’s a worthwhile …

I’m writing this letter after months of false information and accusations made against my wife, Andrea Zupancich, and finally standing up for her and my family. As a husband, I’ve had the …

When Washington cuts health care, communities like Ely, Tower, and Cook feel it. The Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts threaten to put even more pressure on rural hospitals and clinics already …

Timberjay reporter Ben Austin’s recent interviews with MN Senate District 3 incumbent Grant Hauschild and his Republican opponent, Andrea Zupancich, were revealing. I’m always impressed …

As Nov. 3 approaches, I want to help our community better understand Ely Public Schools’ operating referendum, why the district is pursuing it, and what it could mean for our schools and local …

Yes, there is a communist threat to America, but I believe that threat comes from President Trump himself, and here’s why in numerous memes and media posts Trump has made in true Putinesque style. …

I have attached three essays below all written by the same author, John Pavlovitz. He is a deeply ethical man who imagines a different reality than the one we experience today. I first read these …

I’m writing in disgust to the people in our area who utilized our Second Amendment right against the very person fighting to protect it. Two Andrea Zupancich Senate signs were shot down this fall, …

Last week’s curiously detailed letter concerning the implementation of the North Woods book ban submitted by Pastor Bangs of the Cook Baptist Church caught my eye.  Perhaps that’s because I …

There used to be a thing called common sense.  People looked each other in the eye, heard what they had to say, talked it over with people they trusted, determined for themselves what made sense …

Running to represent Minnesota House District 3A is an honor. Over the years, our neighbors have had many opportunities to get to know me—through community work, local service, and the everyday …

TRUTH reveals itself in experiencing reality with senses wide open to sight, sound, scent, taste, and touch. Consciously, capture those connections consonant with our true sense of being. In awe, we …

Have you considered the consequences if Donald Trump were to keep control of either house of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections? He has already made significant progress towards turning the US …

Another election cycle is about to end. Tuesday Nov. 3 is the final chance we’ll have to cast our ballots. Polling results are pouring in from all across the country. It looks like Democrats have a …

America is in trouble. Around the world, and here at home, it is widely recognized that the America that led the western world for the past 80 years is no longer up to the challenge. In our …

Are you better off now than two years ago? Are you one of the 320,000 people in Minnesota losing your Medicare Advantage plan? That’s half of all Minnesotans on Medicare. You can thank Pete Stauber …

It’s October once again—time to celebrate Halloween and mark less than one month until the midterm elections. And, of course, we are hearing non-stop election fraud allegations from Trump as many …

I’ve never been a card-carrying Democrat, and neither were my parents. I grew up in Two Harbors in a family of railroaders. We stayed out of politics, but we had front-row seats to working-class …

Remember ghostbusters?  Well, we’re gonna call the trust busters now.   We need to call back the people from the mid 20th century like trust-busting Harry Truman who broke up monopolies …

I generally don’t believe in recycling part of an old letter to the Timberjay but I hope that the editor will reprint the definition of fascism from the American Heritage Dictionary. Fascism:  …

I am a parent of two North Woods students, as well as a substitute school bus driver, a coach, and a volunteer in various capacities for our community and schools. The recent Star Tribune article …

I am writing to urge Minnesotans in the Eighth District to vote for Trina Swanson for Congress. I am a 77-year-old retired process control engineer. I’ve lived on the Iron Range for almost 50 …

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking comments on its U.S. Steel - Minntac - tailings basin wastewater permit.  See …

Our former neighbor sent us the article from the Minnesota Star Tribune regarding a significant book ban imposed by the school administration, as well as the firing of a librarian.  I find this …