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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...
'Families' Needs Over Corporate Greed': US Childcare Providers, Parents Hold Day of Action
Flanked by her fellow childcare providers from Minnesota's Iron Range region at a press conference in St. Paul, Shawntel Gruba on Monday explained that the childcare center she runs had shut its doors for the day to "demonstrate how vitally important childcare is to our community." "We are the workforce behind the workforce," said Gruba, CEO of Iron Range Tykes in Mountain Iron. "Without us, no one goes to work."Gruba is one of more than 1,300 childcare providers across the U.S. who are participating in the National Day Without Childcare on Monday, organized by grassroots group Community Change Action and...
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...
Ely Police Report for March 2024
• Responded to a residence to issue two adult males trespass notices and citations from previous incidents. • Adult male cited for misuse of 911 for repeated calls to 911 dispatch when no emergency exists. • Officers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle with equipment violations. The license showed...
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.
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...
Babbitt man pleads guilty to killing his 2 roommates
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The man accused of killing his two roommates back in October has pleaded guilty. On Wednesday, Roger Allen Beldo, 54, of Babbitt pleaded guilty to two felonies of second-degree murder for killing Clifford and Christine Johnson at their home in Babbitt on Oct. 28, 2023.
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. ...
Muni Junior League will begin June 3
Muni Junior League will begin June 3 HIBBING—The Hibbing Municipal Junior League will start play on Monday, June 3. Those interested in joining may the call the clubhouse to sign up a team. There will be a brief meeting on Friday, May 32, beginning at 1 p.m., in the clubhouse for all previous and new...
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.
Giants fight back for 4-3 win over Patriots
AURORA—The Mesabi East baseball team ran into a good pitcher from Pequot Lakes on Friday afternoon. The Giants did what they had to do and came away with a 4-3 win. “We knew coming in, that they were a better team than their record would say,” Mesabi East head Coach Chad Sahr said. “But did just enough today to pick up that win.” ...
Miscellaneous Musings by FunGirlDi
During Covid, I spent many hours going through my parents’ photos. Most of these old photos were not labeled and I would do my best with my investigative skills to figure out who, where and what are in the photos. My mother told us that she worked one summer...
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...
Ely Rotary Club supports Imagination Library program
ELY—Ely Rotary Club awarded a $1,000 grant to United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (UWNEMN) May 8 to support the organization’s local operation of the Imagination Library program. The program, which was launched by Dolly Parton to mail free monthly books to children under the age of five, requires a local affiliate to operate. UWNEMN is the affiliate for the Iron Range, Koochiching County, and Lake of the Woods County and purchases the books, covers postage costs, manages enrollments, and promotes and markets the program locally. ...
Keeping bears at bay: ‘Proper’ food storage now mandatory in the Boundary Waters
ELY, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Safely storing food is a good idea when visiting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, but now, it is the law. Recently announced by the Forest Service, food must be stored in a tree 12 feet off the ground and six feet from the trunk, or in a container approved by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee.
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...
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