ELY- “Boundary Waters,” a feature-length film shot last year in Ely, will open on Friday at the Twin Cities Film Fest in St. Louis Park, and on Saturday at the Woodstock Film Festival in …

ELY- The Ely School Board faced the somber task on Monday of replacing its longtime chair Raymond Marsnik, age 83, who passed away after a brief illness on Sept. 28. Marsnik, a retired teacher, had …

REGIONAL- The St. Louis County school district is among many districts in the state considering a shift to a four-day week from it’s current Monday through Friday classroom schedule as a way to …

INTERNATIONAL FALLS- “National Park Service Badge 1544 is ten-seven.” The traditional dispatcher’s call for an officer out of service broadcast to the crowd attending the Sunday …

REGIONAL— A flood of outside political cash has poured into Minnesota’s House District 3A race, more than erasing the substantial fundraising advantage achieved by International Falls …

GREENWOOD TWP- Once again, the treasurer’s report at the Greenwood Town Board meeting, Oct. 8, drew some questions from the supervisors. “We got this right before the meeting,” said …

EAGLES NEST TWP- The St. Louis County Rescue Squad used an aerial drone to help locate two lost hikers in Bear Head State Park last Saturday as night fell. One of the two hikers had called 911 at …

TOWER— The city’s finances continue to slowly improve while several major projects have been completed or are now underway, marking another year of improvement for the city. That’s …

GREENWOOD TWP- A fire on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 13, destroyed a boathouse/sauna building on Nisen Dr., on Lake Vermilion’s Frazer Bay, but the response of firefighters kept the blaze from …

REGIONAL– Paul Bunyan Communications has been awarded a $3.9 million Minnesota Border- to-Border broadband grant to deploy its GigaZone high-speed broadband network to areas in Alango, Field, …

Helen A. Zollar Helen Ann Zollar, 88, of Tower, died on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in the Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital surrounded by her children. At her request, no formal services will be held. A …

REGIONAL— Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden received a crash course in Iron Range politics this past week over comments he made Aug. 6, at a FarmFest debate with Sen. Al Franken. …