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Ely’s exchange students adjusting to cold weather and small town life

Reasons for becoming a foreign exchange student or hosting a student can be as similar or different as Christmas… Raf

Snow Ball fills winter dance card

The social event of the winter has a new name and a new sponsor.The Mukluk Ball - one of the staple events of Ely’s V

Babbitt, Ely leaders talk cooperation

Ely area leaders have extended the invitation and now it’s up to the Babbitt City Council to decide whether the city

City posts clerk-treasurer position

Ely is looking for a clerk-treasurer, but whoever gets the job seems likely to add more duties and responsibility.The

EUC member to produce city handbook

Despite some city council resistance, it appears that a member of the Ely Utilities Commission will be paid to develo

Twins confirm engagement

Several inches of snow had fallen, the temperature was barely above zero and Elyites could be forgiven if baseball wa

Board discusses future enrollment

The Ely School Board did its best to look at future enrollment numbers and hope for increases, but not much will chan

‘169’ work hinges on federal funding

Barring an influx of federal funds, major safety improvements to Highway 169 between Ely and Soudan won’t take place

Pets to benefit in Food Shelf give out this week

Bud Mattson, head of the Ely Area Food Shelf found quite a surprise waiting for him outside of the Food Shelf doorway

Hire now, make changes later

Ely appears to be on a fast track to fill its vacant city clerk-treasurer position.The job would be posted this week

Reunion committee distributes proceeds

Thanks in large part to proceeds from last summer’s Ely Memorial High School All-Class Reunion, wireless internet con

Shareholders elect three at hospital annual meeting, Fossum urges board to look forward

Shareholders of Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital gathered at last Monday’s annual meeting to hear annual reports and

City spending more in ’05 budget

Despite a series of moves aimed at cutting costs, the city of Ely will spend over $200,000 more in 2005 than it did l

Web subscriptions are back and functioning

Some time ago a person who wanted to get the Echo briefs via on-line notification complained to me that nothing was c

Old clerk may be new clerk

Ely City Council members might not have to look far to find a new city clerk-treasurer.Terry Lowell, who held the job

Wish list long, but money short

Budget deficits and partisan politics may stand in the way of a laundry list of requests made by Ely area representat

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