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Citizens Academy grads 'unofficial ambassadors of SLC sheriff's office'
VIRGINIA—Kathy Merkel is among the recent 18 Iron Range graduates of the Citizens Academy offered by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department—and she is enthusiastic and wants to share the program with the public. The graduates are Aaron Spry, Angela Sipila, Autumn Haken, Becky Dean, Judy Bernard, Bruce Carlson, Craig Spry, Daryl Paskvan, George Brown, Gerri Johnson, Jan Makowski, Janice Brown, Jim Nelson, Jon Ross, Kathy Merkel, Marcia Kauppi, Tiffany Gail Martin, and Tom Dean. ...
Affinity Plus Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting
Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union hosted a grand opening event for its new Iron Range branch located in Virginia Tuesday, May 7. Members of the community were invited to join for a ribbon cutting, appetizers from Kuya Vinny’s food truck, Caribou Coffee and a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card. This strategic expansion adds to Affinity Plus’s successful branches in Grand Rapids and Duluth, further reinforcing the credit union’s commitment to serve Minnesotans in the northeastern portion of the state. The new location provides the Iron Range community with convenient, on-site access to the credit union’s full suite of member-centric programs and quality banking services, including better than free checking accounts, low rates on recreational vehicle loans and high yield savings accounts. This proximal brick-and-mortar location will serve more than 700 existing members in the area.
Boben tosses perfect game as 'Jackets beat Titans
HIBBING—If finding some hitting was the main priority coming into the season, then Hibbing High School softball coach Kadee is heading on the right track. The Bluejacket mentor watched her team rap out nine hits, including two home runs, en route to a 10-0, five-inning, 10-run rule victory over Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin Friday at Bennett Park Field. The best thing about it was that it wasn’t just the top of the order...
Letter carriers set food drive for Saturday
What is dubbed as the largest single day food drive in the United States will soon be coming to the Iron Range. Local letter carriers will be crisscrossing the area Saturday for the first time since the COVID pandemic put a crimp in the effort, according to Tom Potocnik of the Iron Range Merged Branch Local 1058 of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Range residents are asked to leave...
Creating a buzz about fishing
KEEWATIN—An additional 30 kids from Keewatin Elementary could be on the hunt for a lunker today on one of the area’s lakes. Thanks to Nashwauk-Keewatin’s Spartan Angling class and teacher Luke Adam, the kids now have fishing rods to do just that. The elementary students gathered Monday in the Keewatin gymnasium and their smiles soon went from ear to ear after Adam asked them, “Who are some of the people...
Recovering addicts graduate from Iron Range college to become counselors
VIRGINIA, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A group of graduating students who once abused drugs and alcohol are now on the road to success. 20 students from Minnesota North Mesabi Range campus in Virginia graduated from the Addictive Studies and Human Service Program Wednesday afternoon. The graduates, Erica Warren and...
Copper Nickel On The Course nears opening
VIRGINIA—Tim Kruchowski and Jennifer Zenor plan to make the Copper Nickel On The Course in Virginia a place where people can enjoy great food and beverages, while feeling right at home. Kruchowski and Zenor, who also own the Copper Nickel Public House in Aurora, recently were awarded the lease for the Virginia Golf Course clubhouse restaurant and have been working around the clock to get it up and running. “One...
L&M Fleet Supply builds on northland heritage
It’s not unusual to bump into an old friend, neighbor or someone you haven’t seen in years whenever you visit an L&M Fleet Supply store. “It’s hard for people not to run into someone they know in our stores and have a good conversation,” David Cowan, L&M Fleet Supply executive vice president—strategy said. “That’s the beauty of L&M. It’s a company that was built in the northland, established in the northland and continues to thrive in the northland. We’re an established trusted business that has...
Wolverines win Tingstad Invite
HIBBING—Rock Ridge had quite the day at the John Tingstand Invitational Track and Field Meet Thursday at Dr. Ben Owens Stadium in Cheever Field. The Wolverines accumulated four first-place finishes, plenty of top eight finishes and set some school records en route to 165 points to place first in the eight-team event. Hibbing finished second with 141, followed by International Falls with 104, Ely 87, Chisholm 64, Hermantown 63, Mountain...
Hibbing residents to vote on a sales tax referendum for new public safety center
We are six months away from election day. And on the ballot in Hibbing will be a 1/2 percent sales tax referendum. Funding would be for a new public safety center, which would house the fire department and police department under one roof. The fire hall is 60 years old,...
Retirees attend annual firefighter banquet
The Chisholm Volunteer Fire Department held its annual banquet on April 27 at Valentini’s Supper Club in Chisholm. Retirees in the photo represent seven decades of service, spanning from the 1950s through 2020, according to Fire Chief Chris Masucci. There were about 60 attendees at this year’s banquet, including current members of the fire department, and significant others. In the back row, are: Harold Nyhus, Rich Sellman, Jon Lanyk, Chuck Palmquist, Craig Fagerstrom and Jim Varda. In the front row, are: Dave Andrews, Hubert Craw, Jim Nosan, Jesse Nyhus, Doug Mannelin, Richard Kafut and Gordy Salminen.
Pack9 freshman, elite pitching take down Virginia in Top 25 ACC win
No. 23 NC State earned an important ACC series-opening win at No. 10 Virginia Friday night, clinching its ninth win over a ranked opponent this season. The Wolfpack (28-18, 14-10 ACC) bottled up an electric Cavaliers (36-13, 14-11 ACC) lineup thanks to strong pitching by Sam Highfill and Jacob Dudan and timely hitting throughout the game. With freshman batters Luke Nixon and Alex Sosa getting clutch hits and Dudan slamming the door, State asserted its resilient, "next man up" identity in the face of Shane Van Dam's season-ending injury.
Rise in property values sparks heated town hall meeting
TWIG, Minn. (Northern News Now) -- Over 100 people in a small town just outside of Duluth are pushing back against a rise in their property values, saying it’s not justified. Inside Grand Lake Town Hall Wednesday, homeowners in Twig aired out their frustrations about a letter they received...
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