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

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

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

It was earlier this month that leaders of the Ely Chamber of Commerce, mayor Heidi Omerza and others gathered to dedi

Over the last decade-and-a-half, the copper-nickel mining project proposed by Twin Metals Minnesota has faced persist

Ask anyone who’s tried to eat out in Ely on a Monday night, or during the weekend, or the poor local restaurant serve

by Rep. Roger Skraba District 03A

It really doesn’t matter if one has spent every Fourth of July in Ely or if somebody is taking it in for the first ti

Those of us who have been around a half-century or more remember the days of street dances.

Letter to the Editor:

Dear Editor,

Political polarization is the norm nowadays.

Dear Editor:

The following are comments I made recently on the House floor on gray wolves.

Minnesota’s legislative session is winding down and at this writing, it figures to be a few days yet before the dust

Sooner or later newly elected Sen.