Finnish architect Marko Huttunen, left, and John Rajala speak inside the cow barn of the historic housebarn in Embarrass.

REGIONAL—St. Louis County’s Department of Lands and Minerals is now the owner of an additional 4,600 acres of forestland located north of Lake Vermilion. County officials and the private … ...

Matt Tuchel is excited at the near completion of the new drinking water treatment plant that will soon serve Tower and Soudan. Testing of the facility is now underway.

Serious health effects not evident yet While hospitals report few visits due to wildfire smoke, health officials urge caution ...

The new owners of Vermilion Fuel and Food and their families pose outside the store, located on Tower’s Main Street.

BREITUNG TWP— The highly anticipated Murray Spur campground, designed for off-road vehicle enthusiasts, will not open as scheduled this summer, with officials now targeting a spring 2026 opening due ...

REGIONAL — Hundreds of advanced practice providers at Essentia Health ended their strike Tuesday and returned to work without securing any of the workplace changes they sought, as Essentia … ...

ELY — Take a large handful of clean, naturally colored wool and start poking it with a barbed needle, and something magical happens. The barbs in the needle start “felting” the wool into a stiffer ...

ELY- How does creating a body scrub relate to a career in pharmacy? What does a dog’s heart sound like? How is CPR done using a LUCAS machine? And how does a nurse or doctor get properly dressed to do ...

EFFIE — If you’re someone who prefers living history to reading about it, then load up your car and head to Effie the weekend of July 25–27 for the 70th edition of the North Star Stampede open rodeo.

REGIONAL — The notion that young people are fleeing northeastern Minnesota in droves has been an enduring topic of local conversations for years, but new data suggests the story isn’t … ...

REGIONAL — As high-speed fiber-optic broadband systems continue rolling out along the south shore of Lake Vermilion and in Alango, Owens, Angora, Sandy, Pike, Wuori, Great Scott, and Bearville ...