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Following their dreams
A new generation of role models for area youth
VERMILION RESERVATION- Quannah Chasinghorse is an up-and-coming Native American model, actress, and environmental activist. And while she said New York City’s Met Gala was one of the most …
FCC shoots down LTD broadband application
$1.3 billion rejection may open up alternatives for North Country
REGIONAL- The Federal Communications Commission last week rejected troubled LTD Communication’s $1.3 billion application to build high-speed broadband internet networks in Minnesota and across …
Mesabi Trust windfall likely led to Northshore idling
Record high steel prices in 2021 nearly tripled the trust’s royalty payments
REGIONAL— Increased production and higher prices for Northshore Mining’s taconite pellets in 2021 sparked a financial windfall for a little-known royalty trust and likely contributed to …
Driver charged in fatal collision in Embarrass
Alcohol content leads to vehicular homicide charge
EMBARRASS— A Virginia man has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide after killing an Eveleth woman in a collision in Embarrass Township on Aug. 12 while driving with a blood alcohol …
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Training for the worst
EAGLES NEST- Last Saturday’s simulated fire and evacuation exercises at Eagles Nest Lake 4, involving both Eagles Nest and Morse Fall Lake Fire Departments, turned out to be more than mere …
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Math in Motion
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Embarrass Fair starts on Friday, Aug. 26
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Ely pays homage to its veterans
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Opera from a pickup
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Latest News
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Tomassoni dies after battle with ALS (updated 8/17)
REGIONAL- Longtime Iron Range legislator David Tomassoni, who championed a bill this spring to bring new hope to people affected by the degenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), died …
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Working six days a week to get Ely school ready for students
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Conflicting COVID data reflects changes in reporting
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Walsh asks for partial recount in sheriff’s race
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Cook man dies in rollover accident
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North Country
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Big hopes for Big Rice
BIG RICE LAKE— For much of this summer, the roar of an airboat engine has regularly broken the sounds of nature that normally dominate the shores of this remarkable lake, tucked away in the …
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A short history of water on The Rock
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New federal law will invest in public and private forests
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Different perspectives on Vermilion’s musky outlook
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