TOWER— The Tower City Council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 19, to take up the town home development agreement for the city’s harbor. The developers did not sign the revised … more

VERMILION LAKE TWP— This past September, Jeff Carlson was enjoying the peak of the season at his Arctic Cat dealership located between Tower and Virginia on Hwy. 169. The hunting season was just … more

REGIONAL—The Ely and Tower areas have been hit with three major interruptions to Internet, phone and cable TV service from Midco since early November. All of the outages lasted several hours and … more

GREENWOOD TWP- The Greenwood Township Board, Tuesday, voted to suspend its Community Enhancement Loan program, due to the inability to find an area bank or other institution able to manage the … more

TOWER— During public input at the city council meeting here on Monday, Timberjay Publisher Marshall Helmberger took issue with false and potentially defamatory comments made by city Ambulance … more

ELY – The Ely School Board, on Monday night, approved a nearly nine-percent property tax levy hike for the next year for residents in ISD 696. The Payable 2019 Levy of $1,811,459 is $149,092, or … more

TOWER— In a long and contentious meeting on Monday, the city council here may well have ended its involvement in the long-planned town home project at the city’s harbor by approving yet another … more

ELY – Parking issues around the Community Center dominated a public hearing here last week before the city’s planning commission voted unanimously to grant a conditional use permit sought by the … more

ORR— Residents here and on the eastern shores of Pelican Lake will soon be able to access the Internet after the Orr City Council approved plans late last month to allow Back40 Wireless, a Jackson, … more

Patricia Olson Patricia “Patsy” Olson, 93, a longtime resident of Tower, died on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at St. Michael’s Health and Rehabilitation Center in Virginia. She went home to be … more