TOWER- The Tower-Soudan Civic Club is sponsoring a Meet and Greet Candidate Forum at the Tower Civic Center on Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. All Tower voters and other interested … more

TOWER— Six months after implementation of a paid on-call staffing program by the Tower Ambulance service revenues are up by $105,174 over the same period last year, due to both an increase in the … more

ELY – On a 6-1 vote Tuesday night the Ely City Council sold the historic Community Center building to the K America Foundation for $30,000. Paul Kess voted against the transaction. A Minneapolis … more

REGIONAL— DFLer Joe Radinovich collected an astonishing $1.25 million in campaign contributions in the third quarter, according to a spending report filed with the Federal Elections Commission this … more

ELY – Officials from the city of Ely and Morse Township continued negotiations this past week over a land swap near a former landfill area on Lookout Ridge Road. With St. Louis County … more

COOK - Around eight people came to the Crescent Bar here Tuesday evening for a roundtable discussion with St. Louis County Commissioner Candidate Paul McDonald. The meeting was hosted by the Northern … more

TOWER- The Tower-Soudan area is the newest member of the Blandin Broadband Communities (BBC) on the Iron Range program. The program is an intensive, two-year partnership between rural Minnesota … more

REGIONAL—St. Louis County officials announced Wednesday that they plan to defy a non-binding opinion issued by the Minnesota Department of Administration regarding email communications between … more

Lyle R. Vezina Lyle Raymond Vezina, 79, of Silverdale, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at Fitzgerald Nursing Home in Eveleth. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Thursday, Oct. 18 at … more

ELY— Candidates and activists from a number of organizations offered a consistent message on the issue of health care in the U.S. and how to pay for it during a town hall forum held here last week. … more