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REGIONAL- Those who have or plan to apply for low-income housing energy assistance (LIHEAP) this year can rest easier now that the federal government has released $3.7 billion in funding for the …
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David Colburn
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10/25/23
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David J. Crego David Jonathan Crego, 69, a veteran of the Vietnam War and a longtime resident of Cook and Hibbing, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, surrounded by family. A Memorial Service …
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3/27/24
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ELY – Daisy Joy Buley, 37, of Ely, was sentenced last week to nearly eight years in prison for trafficking a young girl in exchange for drugs and money. She received the 94-month sentence from …
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Keith Vandervort
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5/18/22
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SOUDAN- H. Arthur (Art) Dale has served as a Lutheran pastor in our area for decades, and now in his retirement, and at 93 years of age, he is continuing to pass on his vision through his second …
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Jodi Summit
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5/31/23
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EMBARRASS- The various competitions surrounding the annual Embarrass Region Fair got underway early again this year, with the team penning contest held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this past weekend. …
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Jodi Summit
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8/23/23
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NETT LAKE- After a delay in the state’s required historical review process, construction bids will soon be sought for the $19.8 million Bois Forte Band high-speed broadband project serving the …
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David Colburn
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10/25/23
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As area communities honored the nation's fallen military personnel on Monday, Memorial Day, Timberjay staff members were out capturing images of remembrance.
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Timberjay staff
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5/31/23
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BREITUNG TWP— Kristine Jonas pulled up to the stop sign at the intersection near McKinley Park Campground last Thursday when she felt something wasn’t quite right. She looked up the steep …
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Marshall Helmberger
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8/23/23
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BEAR RIVER- In 1906, Peter Flank, a 40-year-old Swedish immigrant, his wife, Anna, and their two young children, six-year-old Arthur and one-year-old Edith moved from their western Minnesota home of …
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David Colburn
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8/3/22
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ELY— In the wake of the recently completed legislative session, area lawmakers met here with officials from the Boundary Waters Care Center to talk about how the session helped address the …
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Marshall Helmberger
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5/31/23
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VIRGINIA- When legislators in St. Paul crafted a new state law regarding the use of physical restraint procedures in schools last spring, they were likely unaware that the measure would bring an end …
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David Colburn
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8/23/23
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REGIONAL- Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital (EBCH) CEO Patti Banks accepted some of the responsibility this week for the delay in the completion of the long-promised regional ambulance study …
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Catie Clark
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4/3/24
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ELY – The early childhood special education program at ISD 696 recently received a major boost because of the gratitude of a local parent with an autistic child who wrote a nomination letter …
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Keith Vandervort
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8/3/22
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REGIONAL- With White House officials reporting that more people than ever before are starting new businesses, the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced the release of up to $1 billion for small business …
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David Colburn
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10/13/22
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REGIONAL- Minnesota is now the first state in the country to offer unemployment benefits to hourly school workers who are typically laid off at the end of the regular school year. School bus drivers, …
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David Colburn
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5/31/23
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REGIONAL- When Minnesota’s new recreational marijuana law took effect on Aug. 1, an average of one city per day enacted a no-public-use use law against cannabis and cannabinoids during the …
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Catie Clark
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8/23/23
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REGIONAL— Spring is coming and that means road construction can’t be far behind. This week, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced its line-up of nearly 200 road …
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Marshall Helmberger
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4/3/24
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VIRGiNIA- The $300,000 sports field concession stand and restroom rebuilding project at North Woods is going to cost even more, but how much more is yet to be determined. A portion of the extra cost …
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David Colburn
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8/3/22
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REGIONAL- The Ely school district received $2 million worth of good news coming out of the Dec. 21 Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation board’s quarterly meeting. The funding will help the …
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David Colburn
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12/28/22
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REGIONAL— The Minnesota Senate has confirmed the appointment of Ida Rukavina to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilition. Gov. Tim Walz had announced …
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Marshall Helmberger
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3/16/23
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REGIONAL- After a brief dip during the pandemic in 2020, a 20-year trend of increasing suicides in Minnesota resumed in 2021 and 2022, according to data released by the Minnesota Department of …
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David Colburn
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5/31/23
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COOK- Rachel Betterley has been referred to as a past Miss Minnesota and past Mrs. Minnesota. But for the upcoming year, she can now be referred to as the current Mrs. Petite USA. Though Betterley is …
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David Colburn
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8/23/23
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REGIONAL- Has Minnesota gone too far in imposing regulations on cervid farms intended to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease? A lawsuit filed with the Minnesota federal district court in …
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David Colburn
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4/3/24
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ELY – Three candidates are participating in the Aug. 9 primary for Ely mayor. The top two vote-getters will advance to the Nov. 8 general election.Two incumbent Ely city council members, Paul …
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Keith Vandervort
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8/3/22
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CHISHOLM- If you think history is boring, pay a visit to the new temporary exhibit at the Minnesota Discovery Center (MDC) which examines a particularly colorful period of Iron Range history. …
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Jodi Summit
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12/28/22
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