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Crews successfully contain nearly 60-acre fire near Cotton
9:00 P.M. UPDATE - After hours of battling flames, fire crews have successfully contained one of the largest Northland wildfires we’ve seen this year, which burned nearly 60 acres Thursday afternoon. St. Louis County officials tell us crews started fighting the fire around 1:20 p.m. near Kelsey Township, which...
Gilbert woman’s moving nightmare ends
GILBERT, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A new Gilbert resident finally received her belongings after nearly two weeks of living without them. After what she calls a moving nightmare, Deborah Kline received all her belongings Tuesday morning, nearly two weeks after the moving company she used said they would arrive.
Departments battle Biwabik Township structure fire
BIWABIK TOWNSHIP—Seven Iron Range fire departments were dispatched Thursday evening to a structure fire in the Camp Eshquagama area, south of Biwabik, in Biwabik Township, according to the Friends of the Northland Fire Wire. The fire was reported around 6:50 p.m., in the 6200 block of the Camp Road. Biwabik Township Fire Chief Tony Nygaard told The Northland Fire Wire that a cabin and shed were destroyed while another cabin...
Cabin destroyed, other building damaged in Gilbert fire
BIWABIK TOWNSHIP, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A neighbor’s burn pile growing out-of-control is being blames Thursday night for a fire that destroyed a cabin and damaged another building near Gilbert. Fire officials tell us flames broke out around 7 p.m. Thursday on Pine Lane, near Camp Esquagama. According...
Minnesota Supreme Court reverses murder conviction in 1986 cold case killing
CHISHOLM, Minn. — Minnesota's highest court has reversed a northern Minnesota man's conviction in a brutal 1986 sexual assault and slaying.In 2022, Michael Allan Carbo Jr. of Chisholm was found guiilty of first-degree murder while committing criminal sexual conduct in the killing of 38-year-old Nancy Daugherty, also of Chisholm. Carbo was sentenced to life in prison at the time. On Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court revered Carbo's conviction, saying the judge in Carbo's trial unjustly denied his defense's attempt to submit evidence of a possible alternative suspect."The district court abused its discretion by denying the defendant's motion to present alternative-perpetrator evidence...
Northern Traxx ATV Club prepares for spring ride
CHISHOLM—Members of the Northern Traxx ATV Club are hopeful that an early spring and warm weather will equate to a successful spring ride, bringing a boost to the local economy. On Wednesday the Chisholm City Council granted a request for in kind services related to the ride set for Saturday, May 18. The request, mirrored services the city provided in the past, blocking off a two block section of Lake...
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...
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.
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. ...
A&E firms selected for Hibbing regional public safety center
HIBBING—The Hibbing City Council has taken the next step toward a new regional public safety center. By unanimous vote Wednesday, the council approved awarding the public safety building’s architectural and engineering services to Brunton Architects & Engineers partnering with Widseth. Councilors John Schweiberger and Jay Hildenbrand were absent for the special meeting. Brunton Architects & Engineers/Widseth was the recommendation of a six-member committee which included Police Chief Steve Esty and...
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...
Classic cars, crafts, and Hibbing Range Expo all combined together this year
More than 50 vendors and 25 crafters will be set up at the Memorial Building, along with all kinds of classic cars outside of it. It’s a combination event this year. Perrella and Associates have been putting on the Hibbing Range Expo, formerly the Home Show, for 18 years now.
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...
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