Slovenian missionary Joseph Buh lived from 1833 to 1922 and was a key figure in the Northland's Catholic history. His remains are to be interred at Holy Rosary.
Al Sprague from Ride for the Troops recently presented a donation of $2,000 to Andy Berkenpas, general manager of Veterans on the Lake, for the organization which is located in Ely.
Developers from Duluth and Brainerd want to transform the historic Silver Rapids Lodge into a resort featuring a new lodge, restaurant and bar, indoor pool, hot tub and tiki bar.
ELY, Minn. -- Authorities have identified a teen who drowned while swimming to a floating dock on Twin Lakes north of Ely on Tuesday night. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office reported that 18-year-old Ammar AboEl-Nago sank while swimming to a ...
Our friendship was forged over bulging Duluth packs and bins of trail food in the summer of 1976. Mike had come to the Ely outfitting business as a fishing guide and all-around handyman. Phyllis and I were green as sphagnum moss, a couple of Kans...
DULUTH-The Kawishiwi River near Ely, Minn., which flows out of and then back into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on its way north, has again made a list of "most endangered" rivers in the U.S.The environmental advocacy group American R...
DULUTH - A new statewide opinion poll appears to show growing opposition to copper mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.In the poll, paid for by opponents to copper mining, 70 percent of 800 Minnesota voters said they opposed all...
ELY, Minn.-Winter gets pretty darn long up here in God's Country, and most of us outdoors types only have a few ice fishing trips planned to pass the time. This winter, I was hoping to find an additional adventure. Wouldn't you know, I was invite...
DULUTH, Minn.-She's 58 years old and lives on a corn and soybean farm in Iowa. Vacationing with her husband on the North Shore last summer, she picked up a dogsledding brochure in the lobby of a resort. The brochure was for Chilly Dogs Sled Dog T...
ELY, Minn.-The U.S. Forest Service on Friday, Jan. 26, said it will not conduct the most-thorough level of environmental review of potential copper mining impacts on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota and will ins...
DULUTH, Minn.-On Dec. 21, Duluth East and Duluth Marshall collided in a highly anticipated boys hockey game at Duluth Heritage Sports Center, where nary a seat was empty. Much of the amped-up crowd stood throughout, from puck drop until the Greyh...
DULUTH - Twin Metals Minnesota will get back its permits to explore for copper on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and continue working toward a copper mine southeast of Ely, under a decision Friday by the U.S. Interior Depa...
Legislation that would reopen areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to copper-nickel exploration and potential mining cleared the U.S. House on Thursday, Nov. 30.The bill, which passed 216-204 and still must clear the Senate and be...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. House on Wednesday debated legislation that would reopen areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota to copper-nickel exploration and potential mining, but stopped short of taking any vote.House ...
