REGIONAL- Northeast Range/Ely’s Carena DeBeltz and North Woods’ Gage Aune competed against the best in high school Class A golf last week when they participated in the Minnesota State High School ...

TOWER- When a man purporting to be collecting donations for the scholarship fund for the VFW in Cook came to the Tower Café last week, owner Jen McDonough’s spidey-sense awakened. “He said he was ...

REGIONAL- State officials are warning Minnesotans to steer clear of scam text messages pretending to be from the Department of Public Safety or the state’s motor vehicle division. The texts claim the ...

ELY—Nearly 400 people lined Sheridan Street here last Saturday to express their strong displeasure with the authoritarian actions and policies of President Donald Trump. The protest, which stretched ...

GREENWOOD TWP- During a meeting that stretched over two-and-a-half hours, the Greenwood Town Board dealt with a long list of issues in addition to the fire department policies detailed in last week’s ...

GREENWOOD TWP- Natural shorelines are essential for preserving a lake’s water quality, and lakeshore owners in our area got a chance to learn some easy and low-cost ways to preserve or re-create ...

TOWER- Lloyd McIntire has been named as this year’s Fourth of July parade marshal. Lloyd was chosen for this long career in the Tower business community, as well as his strong record of community ...

EMBARRASS- The Finns of Embarrass, along with their friends, neighbors and visitors from afar, gathered Sunday to celebrate tradition, heritage and community at Sauna Day. The annual celebration of … ...

ELY- The Ely School Board, Monday, continued with cost-saving measures as it works to reduce a potential deficit. On this month’s agenda, that included dissolving a 2019 agreement for IT services with ...

FALL LAKE- If the strange blob that Paul Pelkola found on his Fall Lake boat lift had been green instead of brown, it could have been straight out of “The Attack of the Green Slime,” one of the most ...

Once-forgotten pits could be the most significant Indigenous archaeological site in southern Minnesota ...

Danielle A. Pieratos It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Danielle Alys Pieratos, 36, of Lake Vermilion-Tower, beloved mother, daughter, sister, auntie, niece, cousin and friend, who ...