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REGIONAL- As the most contagious COVID variant yet, XBB.1.5, continues to increase around the country, findings from two research studies reported last week suggest the bivalent COVID booster …
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David Colburn
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1/18/23
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Scott A. Cheney Scott Alan Cheney, 56, of Angora, passed away peacefully with family by his side after an unexpected illness. The family would like to make a special thank you to Dr. Elleby and the …
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1/18/23
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FIELD TWP- A weekend break and a 72-33 trouncing of Silver Bay on Monday were just what the doctor ordered for a North Woods girls hoops team smarting from back-to-back tough losses to Ely and …
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David Colburn
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1/12/23
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GREENWOOD TWP- The Greenwood Fire Department is facing an apparent revolt from members unhappy about changes in the department’s leadership made by the town board late last year. Ten members of …
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TOWER— The years-long quest by city officials here to bring development to the downtown harbor is taking another turn. The Tower Economic Development Authority voted last Thursday to issue a …
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Jodi Summit
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1/11/23
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REGIONAL- It was a relatively successful day in court Dec. 28 for Justin Ebel, of Ash River, as four of five citations issued by Voyageurs National Park law enforcement rangers in a June 2022 …
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David Colburn
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1/11/23
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MORSE TWP- St. Louis County commissioners, meeting here on Tuesday, heard support for a land exchange that would protect just over 1,000 acres of bird habitat in the Sax-Zim Bog, a location in …
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Catie Clark
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1/11/23
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FIELD TWP- In the closing seconds of an intense battle against North Woods last week, the Ely girls hoops team needed a touch of Grace, and they got it, as junior guard Grace LaTourell coolly iced …
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David Colburn
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1/11/23
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ELY- In a roller coaster basketball game with North Woods last week, the Ely Timberwolves watched a 12-point lead evaporate to nothing before catching the fast downslope again to hand the Grizzles a …
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David Colburn
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1/11/23
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GIANTS RIDGE— Longtime Ely standout skier Zoe Devine is having the best season of her impressive high school career, and showed it again here last Saturday as she placed first in a massive …
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Marshall Helmberger
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1/11/23
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REGIONAL- The North Woods archery season got underway last weekend with a Jan. 7 competition at Greenway, and Grizzlies archers came home with a slew of medals.The stars of the day for North Woods …
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ELY- The Timberwolves are flawless thus far in 2023. They made it four straight wins on Monday against Cherry, as they topped the Tigers 66-42 in what Head Coach Max Gantt described as “a …
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Catie Clark
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1/11/23
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There was a critter afoot. I pointed that out to Jodi several days before Christmas. Someone had dumped the butchered remains of a deer on our property back in November and I had dragged it all to a …
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Marshall Helmberger
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1/11/23
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REGIONAL— Plentiful snow and winter recreation typically go hand-in-hand, but the region is still feeling the effects of two December snowstorms which left area ski and snowmobile trails a …
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My biannual pilgrimage back to the island has started, but it is always fraught with peril. This year is no exception, and in fact, will go in the logs as a not-too-great travel year. You know, …
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April Wamhoff
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1/11/23
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I grew up on a tree-lined street one mile from the General Motors Tech Center. The people of my neighborhood, like iron miners on the Iron Range, organized decades before I was born for better wages …
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Kathleen McQuillan
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1/11/23
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TOWER— The city council here had questions over the handling of the trailhead project near the city’s harbor and cost overruns that forced significant cutbacks in the project as well as …
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Marshall Helmberger
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1/11/23
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ELY- An improving financial outlook was the upshot of Ely school district’s annual audit, which headlined the school board meeting here on Monday. According to auditor Devin Ceglar, from …
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Catie Clark
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1/11/23
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Back in August, the Timberjay filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the National Park Service, seeking information on an incident that led to the alleged tasing of a local …
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1/11/23
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MORCOM TWP- An Albertville woman died in a snowmobile accident in Morcom Township last Saturday, on a weekend that saw two other Minnesotans lose their lives in such incidents.According to the St. …
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David Colburn
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1/11/23
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VIRGINA- ISD 2142 school board chair Pat Christensen will continue in that position after being reelected at Tuesday’s annual organizational meeting, one that featured a routine slate of …
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David Colburn
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1/11/23
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REGIONAL- Last year, Minnesotans and the rest of the country got used to the COVID Omicron variant spawning offspring after offspring, with each successive subvariant seemingly more capable of …
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David Colburn
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1/11/23
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Gladys D. Tuuri Gladys D. “Gladie” Tuuri, 97, of Cook, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at the Cook Hospital. Her whole family wants to extend their grateful thank you to the staff …
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1/11/23
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REGIONAL- The Ely school district received $2 million worth of good news coming out of the Dec. 21 Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation board’s quarterly meeting. The funding will help the …
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David Colburn
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12/28/22
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ELY- Inside the former Zup’s building, boxes of hardware inventory are stacked, waiting for their contents to be unpacked onto shelving. The quiet inside is interrupted every few minutes by the …
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Catie Clark
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12/28/22
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