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Election season approaches, and cooperation may be the casualty

Politics on the Iron Range are always interesting, but in recent years a bit of unpredictability has been thrown in.

Letter: …This survey work goes above and beyond what is required of companies

Dear Editor:

Editorial: Postal Service rate increases called punitive by National Newspaper group

The proposed Jan.

Newspapers turning into multi-media providers with the best local coverage

This week, and every week, newspapers are for you

Hook and Bullet Club by Nick Wognum

Do good things come in threes? If so I would submit a wedding, a moose and the northern lights.

Editorial: Vermilion Foundation event honors worthy winners as it returns to calendar

Last week, the Vermilion College foundation held a scholarship banquet for the first time since 2019.

Window into Yesterday - The Finnish Riviera

The Finnish Riviera.

Lowering prescription drug prices

by Senator Amy Klobuchar

Rants from the Relic - The Right Hand Man Band

by Doug Luthanen

Volunteers working on Miners Memorial close to finishing an important task

In this week’s Ely Echo there is a list of 274 names of men who died working in Ely’s iron mines.

Trout Whisperer -Ya can’t hug him tight enough

In his own words, he is, four an walf years older.

Editorial: Raskin’s visit to Ely certainly welcome, but comes with pinch of irony

It’s exceedingly rare for a small town to have not one, but two members of Congress visit in a span of 24 hours.

Is It a Reason or An Excuse?

by Diana Mavetz Petrich

Asking local governments to contribute $330,000 too much, hospital should take over

The need for a local ambulance service is not questioned but how it should be paid for certainly can be debated.

Editorial: Housing study confirms Ely’s need: Now comes the hard part

A recently completed housing study commissioned by the city of Ely stated the obvious: that there’s a significant dem

Rants from the Relic - A Fast Ending

Recently fellow Northwoods curmudgeon, former Ely mayor Joe Baltich, wrote about his visit to the Ely Bloomenson Comm

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