ELY – The Vermilion Community College art department will soon have a new pottery-firing facility. Workers from Master Kiln Builders are on campus this month building the new facility, located … more

TOWER- Growing up on a small family farm outside of Minneapolis, Kathryn Leigh Scott loved to write and put on plays, often casting her little brother, Orlyn Kringstad of Tower, in roles that … more

TOWER— Two prominent foreign policy experts will be addressing world affairs as part of a Global Minnesota series, to be held in Tower on Thursday, Sept. 29. Tom Hanson is a longtime foreign … more

REGIONAL— With last year’s downturn in the taconite industry, many school districts in northern St. Louis County had braced themselves for falling enrollment, and the budget pain that comes with … more

REGIONAL— The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a proposal by Minnesota Power to lower electric rates for 11 taconite plants and wood products mills in northeastern Minnesota that … more

SOUDAN—Don’t believe everything you read on social media. That piece of advice was reinforced yet again when the story “Here are the 10 Most Dangerous Places in Minnesota After Dark” started … more

EMBARRASS- Sisu Heritage showed off the impressive amount of restoration work completed this past year at this year’s Community Night Out at the Seitaniemi Housebarn on Sept. 12. The project, … more

ELY – Registrations for the second annual Ely Marathon and Boundary Waters Bank Half Marathon continue to exceed expectations and year two promises to be even more popular than the inaugural … more

REGIONAL— In documents and legal arguments filed last Friday, Sept. 9, with the district court in Virginia, the Timberjay provided its first official response to a lawsuit filed by competitors Gary … more

ELY – If increasing enrollment in the school is an indicator of a community’s economic health, then the opinion held by some that Ely is dying is contrary to what the school principals at ISD 696 … more