Monday, Feb. 17, 2026 Ely Echo Local Sports Podcast Sponsored by Merhar's Ace Hardware
02/17/2026 01:56 PM
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BREAKING NEWS
- Fire footprints in Northern Minnesota now estimated at 77,000 acres
- Wildfires explode in size as fire response teams pour in from across the nation
- Ely is “open for business”
- Lake County updates evacuation notifications
- Lake County announces new GO evacuation for North Fall Lake, Cedar Lake and Browns Lake
- Fernberg Road evacuation issued Tuesday morning
- Fires, heat close BWCAW
- Cloquet Line evacuation
- Extreme fire danger continues in northern Minnesota
- Forest Service closes BWCA on July 14
- Burning restrictions begin July 12 in Cook, Lake, and northern St. Louis counties
- Superior National Forest issues wildfire closure orders, implements campfire restrictions
- Sheridan traffic control changes start on July 13
- Wilderness Escape breaks ground
- Mail will now leave Ely by 7 a.m. each day
- 20-year mining ban lifted
- Mining ban reversed by House
- Towboat operations can continue in the BWCA following court ruling