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REGIONAL — A Hoyt Lakes native leading a regional hydrogen fuel partnership says the emerging fuel source could someday help make Minnesota’s Iron Range a leader in the production of …
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Larissa Donovan, KAXE News
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12/27/23
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GREENWAY— The Raiders outshot the Timberwolves 43 to 27 as they broke the Timberwolves winning streak with a 4-1 victory on home ice here on last Thursday. The loss drops Ely’s record to …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/27/23
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REGIONAL- While last spring’s $19 billion state budget surplus provided room for some additional aid for education, it wasn’t enough to relieve many school districts of financial …
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David Colburn
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12/27/23
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ELY— The Timberwolves dominated the ice here last Friday as they improved to 7-2 on the season with an 8-2 victory over the Burnett, Wis. Blizzard. Ely senior forward Deegan Richards notched a …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/21/23
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CARLTON- The North Woods boys knocked the Carlton-Wrenshall Raptors from the ranks of the unbeatens on Monday with a second-half haymaker and an 81-66 road win. The Raptors led most of the first …
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David Colburn
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12/20/23
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MOOSE LAKE- The North Woods girls scored a big overtime win on the road against 7AA Moose Lake/Willow River last Thursday, making the winning push with two of their senior leaders out of the game. …
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David Colburn
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12/20/23
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ELY— Solid defense and a big second half by senior Grace LaTourell made the difference for the Timberwolves here on Monday as they easily handled the Bluestreaks 64-36. “We played really …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/20/23
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COOK COUNTY—The long bus ride to Grand Marais didn’t discourage the Timberwolves Tuesday night as they edged the Vikings 56-53 in a hard-fought game that came down to the wire. “I …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/20/23
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GRAND RAPIDS— Skiing a short track on manmade snow, the Ely Nordic ski team notched some competitive times in their first two meets of the season even as Duluth East appears set to run away …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/20/23
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SILVER BAY- Tuesday’s game against the Mariners proved the team’s second blowout of the week, this time by an even bigger margin than last Thursday’s drubbing of International …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/13/23
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FIELD TWP- Coming off a Friday loss at Red Lake, the North Woods boys basketball team took out any lingering frustrations on a hapless Nashwauk-Keewatin five at home on Tuesday, winning 75-33 in a …
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David Colburn
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12/13/23
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ELY— The Timberwolves hockey team is off to its hottest start in years as they took three of four games over the past week to improve to 6-2 on the season. Playing at home on Tuesday, …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/13/23
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INTERNATIONAL FALLS—The Timberwolves hung on through a late-game scoring drought here to improve their record to 3-0 with a 62-57 win over the Broncos last Thursday. “We were up by 18 …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/13/23
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FIELD TWP- The North Woods girls basketball team was hoping to carry momentum from last week’s big wins over Carlton-Wrenshall and Two Harbors into Tuesday’s home tilt against Floodwood, …
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David Colburn
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12/13/23
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ELY— Absolute blowout. Those are the only words to describe Ely’s home opener here on Monday as the Timberwolves destroyed Floodwood 87-13, having led 65-0 at one point in the contest. …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/6/23
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SOUTH RIDGE- The North Woods boys opened the 2023-24 basketball season with a pair of road wins this week, taking down South Ridge on Monday and Bigfork on Tuesday. The Grizzlies had decided height …
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David Colburn
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12/6/23
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ELY— The Timberwolves, who struggled mightily on the ice last season, are off to their best start in memory this year, notching a 3-1 record through their first four games of the season. After …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/6/23
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AURORA—Turnovers and lackluster shooting proved Ely’s undoing here on Monday as the Timberwolves girls basketball squad dropped their first game of the young season to Mesabi East. …
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Marshall Helmberger
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12/6/23
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FIELD TWP- The North Woods girls fended off a pesky Bigfork Huskies squad at home on Monday for their first win of the young basketball season, 65-54. The Huskies took an early lead and held it until …
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David Colburn
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12/6/23
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REGIONAL— Preliminary deer registrations continue to run below last year across all of northeastern Minnesota. The regular firearms deer season ended in the region back on Nov. 19, so the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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11/29/23
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HALLOCK— Times may be changing for the long hapless Timberwolves hockey team. The Wolves came away from a season-opening weekend road trip here with back-to-back wins over Kittson County …
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Marshall Helmberger
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11/29/23
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HIDDEN VALLEY— The opening of the new singletrack mountain biking trail system earlier this year has prompted an almost immediate boom in off-season traffic here. While Hidden Valley has long …
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Marshall Helmberger
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11/29/23
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CHISHOLM- The North Woods Grizzlies girls basketball team hit the road to Chisholm for their season opener on Tuesday and squandered a promising early lead to fall to the Bluestreaks 86-56. The …
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David Colburn
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11/29/23
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TOWER- The portable sauna sitting in the parking lot of Lamppa Manufacturing was a toasty 190 degrees this past week and the small bundle of firewood fueling the stove had burned down to a pile of …
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Jodi Summit
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11/20/23
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ELY- What is there now gives no hint of the so-called Bowery District Ely once had. This Bowery occupied the first two blocks of Central Avenue just north of Ely’s train depot. In the earliest …
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David Kess
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11/20/23
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