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REGIONAL- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Mayo Clinic had mixed COVID messages for St. Louis County last week, and the changes in the way that COVID cases are reported may well be the …
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David Colburn
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8/17/22
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REGIONAL- St. Louis County election officials were scheduled to do a partial ballot recount on Thursday morning of votes cast in St. Louis County Sherriff’s race in several Duluth precincts at …
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David Colburn
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8/17/22
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ANGORA TWP- A Cook man has died from injuries sustained in a rollover accident Sunday on Hwy. 53 about six miles south of Cook.Glen Ellsworth Economy, 59, was traveling northbound in a 2011 Chevrolet …
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8/17/22
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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 …
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Jodi Summit
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8/17/22
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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 …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/17/22
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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 …
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David Colburn
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8/17/22
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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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David Colburn
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8/17/22
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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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David Colburn
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8/17/22
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ELY - Cartwheels and handstands, jetes and pirouettes, shuffles and flaps, and some dance moves so innovative they don’t have names, demonstrated the artistry and energy of this …
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8/17/22
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EMBARRASS- It’s time to get ready for the Embarrass Region Fair. This event has been held almost every year for over 80 years. It’s a chance to remember the area’s agricultural …
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8/17/22
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ELY – Calvin Herrala, age 98, this community’s oldest veteran, was honored earlier this month with a Quilt of Valor for his service in World War II.Herrala and several other area military …
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Keith Vandervort
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8/17/22
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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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You would think that when you live on an island and are surrounded by water that there couldn’t possibly ever be a problem with, well, water. Only here’s the rub. It’s all in the …
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April Wamhof
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8/17/22
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REGIONAL— With President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday, the media has focused much of its attention on the big ticket items in the bill. Those include …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/17/22
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Call me a spoil sport, a curmudgeon, a sour puss, a grump, call me whatever you’d like, but I really do get annoyed, and have for years, at the media’s seeming love affair with, of all …
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David Colburn
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8/17/22
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The same violent anti-government rhetoric that led to the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City has made a disturbing return to America in the wake of the FBI’s …
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Frank A. Planton Frank A. Planton, 82, of Soudan, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by all his family on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. Funeral mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at St. …
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8/17/22
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REGIONAL- Longtime Iron Range legislator David Tomassoni, who championed a bill this spring to bring new hope to people affected by the degenerative disease ALS, died from that disease Thursday …
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David Colburn
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8/12/22
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TOWER— The city’s finances are more transparent, but some financial issues remained in 2021, according to accountant Devin Ceglar, who presented Tower’s annual audit at the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/10/22
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COOK- Faster internet may be coming to Cook sooner than anticipated, as Paul Bunyan Communications announced on Tuesday that there’s a good chance the system will be installed this fall, rather …
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David Colburn
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8/10/22
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ELY - Heads were turning here last Saturday as the little town at the end of the road hosted an event that probably caught many people by surprise. Ely may never be the same after a parade of drag …
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ELY—What had only been rumored up until now was confirmed this week when the Ely school board voted unanimously to postpone the first day of school here until Monday, Sept. 12. Ely schools had …
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Rachel Brophy
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8/10/22
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TOWER— The long-planned town home project slated for construction at the Tower Harbor appears dead, nearly six years after city officials pushed for the development project. The Tower Economic …
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REGIONAL- It isn’t every day that you can get a glimpse of opera along with purchasing fresh vegetables at your local farmers market, or at the local petting zoo, or at a neighbor’s farm. …
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Jodi Summit
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8/10/22
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SOUDAN- “When you take the regular underground tour,” said Soudan Underground Mine Park Manager Jim Essig, “we have about 25 minutes to talk to you. The rest of the time we are …
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Jodi Summit
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8/10/22
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