Friday, July 24, 2026 Ely Echo Local Sports Podcast Sponsored by Merhar's Ace Hardware
07/24/2026 12:29 PM
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BREAKING NEWS
- Message to the Community - Unique opportunity
- Sgt. James Mondati coming home in October after dying in Bataan in 1942
- Walz visits Ely following announcement of temporary Rainy Rivers Watershed mining ban
- RAMS opposes Walz action to block mining in Rainy River Watershed
- Firefighter dies in Ely
- Forest Service reopens over 1,500 BWCA campsites
- Special session for economic relief from fires unlikely
- BWCA entry points reopen on west side
- Fall Lake and Fenske Lake Campgrounds set to reopen August 7
- Six running for Ely school board
- Fall school referendum would raise revenue, but not taxes
- USFS to re-open some entry points across BWCA as fires progress toward containment
- Cloquet Line will be reopened, changed from GO to SET
- Firefighters progress toward containment, BWCA set to slowly begin opening
- In St. Louis County all GO changed to SET except for three
- Fernberg property owners finally allowed to return home
- Help for local businesses impacted by fire, BWCA closure discussed
- Ely is “open for business”
- Mail will now leave Ely by 7 a.m. each day
- 20-year mining ban lifted