VERMILION LAKE TWP— Township officials here were astonished this week after Tower’s ambulance director and fire chief Steve Altenburg appeared at Monday’s town board meeting to criticize the … more

ELY – Members of the Ely Area Broadband Coalition heard an update on several pending projects during a recent meeting. The ad hoc committee was formed to work with area stakeholders in an effort to … more

REGIONAL— Officials from the state’s Pollution Control Agency heard varied perspectives from an Iron Range audience that turned out Tuesday for a public hearing on the agency’s proposed denial … more

TOWER— The city council here voted unanimously on Monday to place Tower City Clerk-Treasurer Linda Keith on paid administrative suspension pending the outcome of an investigation into a laundry … more

TOWER— Someone has been reading Mayor Orlyn Kringstad’s official email without his permission and the city council here, on Monday, authorized him to investigate the matter in hopes of … more

FALL LAKE – A canoeist from the state of Virginia was driving into Ely last Wednesday from Fall Lake following a trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area when he had the surprise of his life. A … more

TOWER— The Minnesota Department of Health has substantiated multiple charges of neglect or abuse of residents at the former Golden Horizons assisted living facility in Tower. An investigation of … more

GREENWOOD TWP—Residents here, on a 27-22 vote, opted to keep the township’s levy at $150,000 for 2020. That vote came despite a recommendation by the town board to boost the township’s tax … more

ELY – A gasoline leak, originating from a broken underground feed line at the Holiday Station on Sheridan Street, led to thousands of gallons of gasoline leaking into the city’s sanitary and … more

GREENWOOD TWP— Greenwood Township won’t take part in the Blandin broadband grant following town board action here on June 11. The grant would have provided the township with $5,000 for … more