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169 project finally rolling

The official groundbreaking of the Highway 169 project finally took place Thursday morning.

169 project finally rolling

The official groundbreaking of the Highway 169 project finally took place Thursday morning.

Sadly Ely’s faltering economy is not an April Fool’s Joke

Fifty years ago today the Pioneer Mine stopped producing iron ore in Ely, Minnesota.

... This is not an indicator of a healthy employment situation for the iron range small towns and cities

Dear Editor;
Mining is not an issue of love and cares for the BWCA, we all love and care for the BWCA!

Scare tactics don’t stand up

Atikokan is a township in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

The sad state of ethnic diversity

No one growing up in the last generation in Ely would have ever dreamed it could happen. The vanishing of St.

Oh the things you can see on a February Saturday morning in Ely

A belated March 2 Happy Birthday to the legendary Dr. Seuss!

This all seems so familiar…

There’s a saying that goes like this: You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the ti

Newspapers, always under scrutiny, provide freedom of speech to readers too

Newspapers. The industry has been under scrutiny for some years.

Nolan represents the 8th District well, McCollum fails in trying to rule from afar

Intra-party fighting for the DFL pitted Eighth District Congressman Rick Nolan against Twin Cities-based Betty McColl

Welcome to Iron County, Minnesota

An idea proposed 20 years ago may make more sense today: To break off the northern half of St.

Winter events kick into high gear with the Fun Run on January 28

Twenty years ago there was a snowmobile parade right down Sheridan Street.

…will have devastating impacts to the economic future of Northeast Minnesota

Dear Secretary Vilsack and Secretary Jewell:

Our pledge to you for 2017

by Anne Swenson, Publisher

Looking at 2016 from Ely’s rear view mirror

If nothing else, 2016 was a wild ride.

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