Four candidates are running for Tower City Council. The election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Tower Soudan Civic Club is hosting a Candidates Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at the Tower Civic … more

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

REGIONAL— Concerns about changes to the reservation and lottery system for permits for the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness have made it to Washington. In a letter to Interim Chief of the … 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

FIELD TWP - The Grizzlies will earn a first-round bye in the post season after going 22-3 on the season. The team easily swept through their final week opponents in the regular season, beating … 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