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. - The chief executive of Chilean mining giant Antofagasta said his company is preparing an environmental impact assessment for its proposed Twin Metals copper mine near Ely despite federal roadblocks still in place.Ivan Arriagada told ...
VIRGINIA, Minn. - Comments made to The New York Times Magazine by environmental leaders Becky Rom and Reid Carron were condemned by Iron Range and statewide leaders Friday, Oct. 13, who called their depiction of miners disrespectful to the workin...
VIRGINIA, Minn. -- A 15-year-old girl suffered injuries after the school bus she was riding in hit a culvert Tuesday, Sept. 26, in St. Louis County. The Minnesota State Patrol said Natalie Fultz was taken to Ely Hospital for treatment of non-life...
DULUTH, Minn. - The Minnesota State Patrol on Wednesday, Sept. 13, reported the results of a recent two-week crackdown on drunken and other unsafe driving that included an Ely woman so drunk when she was arrested that officers had to wait until t...
ELY, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton was on the edge of the some of the state's most pristine waters on Tuesday, Sept. 12, for one of 10 Water Quality Town Hall meetings held across the state in recent weeks.Across much of Minnesota, the discu...
SOUDAN, Minn. - Minnesota's first new state park in a quarter-century will open in earnest Tuesday, a decade in the making but apparently worth the wait for eager campers.Just hours after reservations opened last week for Lake Vermilion-Soudan Un...
Dusk is coming on. The camp dishes are long since done. I've taken one last swim off the point to cool down.We know what comes next: The mosquito hordes. Yes, it's late July and the mosquitoes should be history by now. But this year's crop seems ...
ELY, Minn. - A long-ish time ago, on an island in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, there lived a nurse who made root beer for passing canoeists.Cue the "O Dorothy Molter Waltz."...
HERMANTOWN, Minn.-Flanked by more than 100 supporters, Pete Stauber launched his campaign for Minnesota's 8th Congressional District on Monday, July 10."Wow!" Stauber said, responding to the swell of cheers upon his introduction outside the Herma...
ELY, Minn. - Ely's oldest operating canoe-outfitting business has been shut down by the Internal Revenue Service for nonpayment of taxes, with equipment and canoes apparently seized by the government.An IRS notice on the door of Wilderness Outfit...
DULUTH. Minn. - Wolves, parasites, infections and other health problems continue to be the largest killers of moose in northeastern Minnesota, according to the most recent data from the state Department of Natural Resources.DNR researchers have c...
