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On Friday, April 5, 100+ Ely Women Who Care awarded $6870 from 130 donors to the Ely Community Health Center. This was our fifth event. To date we have donated over $37,000 to five different Ely charities. For information on future events, see 100ElyWomenWhoCare.org.

With line crews and equipment positioned and ready to respond, Minnesota Power is prepared for heavy, wet snow and high winds predicted for Thursday and Friday in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Such strong early spring storms can cause power outages, and travel during this storm is expected to be hazardous and difficult. An early forecast from the National Weather Service allowed timely preparations to ensure power will be restored as quickly and safely as possible if outages occur.
A potential danger in this storm will be high winds and heavy snow causing trees and limbs to fall on power lines. Customers are urged to stay away from any such trees that appear to threaten power lines to their homes, and instead contact Minnesota Power at (800) 228-4966—or download and use one of our new mobile apps—to report any problems.
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Randy Greiner took this photo of his neighbor, the fox who “comes by occasionally to thin out my squirrel population.”

Ely Community Resource’s annual fund raiser supports activities by this important group which reaches out to students and families in the area. Artists and artisans support their work by donating items design and crafted in the area. Stop by and find a special items you are sure to love while helping the ECR activities.

Ely Memorial Middle School’s Geo APES team competes at the National Geographic Geochallenge Regionals in St. Paul, MN. From left to right: Lily Tedrick, Luna Klingsporn, Charlie Carlson, and Kole Macho.

VISITING the Ely Rotary Club were McKenna Coughlin, Apolonia Homer, Elizabeth Omerza, Grace Sundell, Natasha Fulkrod, Finn Liesching, Raif Olson, Nils DeRemee of the Rotary Interact Club who gave an update the club on the dance they sponsored. They raised $250 for the Student Crisis Fund at school.

The Ely team that competed in the National Archery in the Schools Program State Archery tournament at the DECC in Duluth on March 30. 1st Row (l-r): Jack Rintala, Cylvia DeBeltz; 2nd Row: Ella Perish, Jaymes Sholz, Makenzi Huntington, Dylan Durkin, Silas Solum, Chance Wavrin, Sabrah Hart; 3rd Row: Milo McClelland, Sam Favet, Abigail Johnson, Carena DeBeltz; 4th Row: Coach Shawn McCarty, Sydney Durkin, Gabe Mann, Shane Spangler, Coach James Pointer.

Cub Scout Pack 170 donated $400 to the Ely Area Food Shelf during their March Campaign as part of their spring service project. They also got a tour of the food shelf, learned how it operates, and were able to ask questions. They also collected food and will be making another donation of needed food, personal care items, and pet supplies in April. Thank you to all who donated money, bought popcorn, or left food items! Back Row: Brennan Rue, Talan Hart, Laydan Hart, Brooks Brenny Front Row: Cheryl Boyes, Ayden Scharber, Ella Rue, Myles Scharber

The St. Louis County Board presented the Ely Community Care Team with a 2019 Public Health Achievment Award Tuesday. Shown L-R are Amy Westbrook, director of Public Health; Commissioner Frank Jewell, who chairs the Health and Human Service Committee, and Heidi Favet of the Ely Community Care Team.

by Tom Coombe -