The North Star Stampede, the country's longest-running family-operated rodeo held continuously in the same arena, held its 66th annual edition this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Effie. Here are … more

ELY – Renee Lassi was more than a baseball mom. Some say she lived at Veterans Memorial Field here for many summers while she managed the concession stand.The Ely baseball community meant so … more

COOK- Soon-to-be North Woods School senior Jake Panichi, of Cook, isn’t known for taking any of his sporting exploits lightly. When it comes to baseball, a favorite sport, Panichi bears down … more

ELY – With a perfect 4-0 record, Roseau won the 20th annual American Legion Sir G’s Midsummer Classic baseball tournament here last weekend. They beat Virginia 3-2 for the title in … more

ELY – The American Legion Sir G’s Midsummer Classic baseball tournament kicks off Friday at Veterans Memorial Field. This is the 20th year for one of the premier small-town baseball … more

FIELD TWP- In what North Woods Head Golf Coach Will Kleppe termed “the cherry on the top” of a better-than-expected season, the Grizzlies claimed fourth place in the team standings of the … more

REGIONAL- More than four decades after he ran his very first Grandma’s Marathon, Mike Korpi, of Soudan, has joined an elite group as one of the newest members of the event’s 1,000-Miler … more

AURORA- No doubt the North Woods Grizzlies would have liked a better showing last week in the Section 7A baseball tournament finale than the frustrating 14-0 loss the South Ridge Panthers dealt to … more

AURORA- When the North Woods baseball team took the field for a June 3 Section 7A tournament game against Carlton at Mesabi East, the Grizzlies knew that any loss from that point on would end their … more

AURORA- North Woods distance runner Alex Burckhardt proved that youth is no obstacle to success last week, as the Grizzlies’ eighth-grader, running with the South Ridge Panthers, nailed down a … more