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Car show and burnout competition gets approval from city commission

A new event scheduled for this fall in Ely has received approval from the city’s Planning Commission.

Annual Echo Progress Edition not as robust as previous years

There were stories and photos to fill up the 17 pages in this year’s Ely Echo Progress Edition but there certainly we

Rec Center project at key juncture

It’s safe to say that plans for a community recreation center in Ely have reached a crossroads.

Former LCP director charges: Lake Country Power Board & Management Irresponsible

Dear Editor
Dear Lake Country Power Members:

169 project finally rolling

The official groundbreaking of the Highway 169 project finally took place Thursday morning.

169 project finally rolling

The official groundbreaking of the Highway 169 project finally took place Thursday morning.

Sadly Ely’s faltering economy is not an April Fool’s Joke

Fifty years ago today the Pioneer Mine stopped producing iron ore in Ely, Minnesota.

... This is not an indicator of a healthy employment situation for the iron range small towns and cities

Dear Editor;
Mining is not an issue of love and cares for the BWCA, we all love and care for the BWCA!

Scare tactics don’t stand up

Atikokan is a township in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

The sad state of ethnic diversity

No one growing up in the last generation in Ely would have ever dreamed it could happen. The vanishing of St.

Oh the things you can see on a February Saturday morning in Ely

A belated March 2 Happy Birthday to the legendary Dr. Seuss!

This all seems so familiar…

There’s a saying that goes like this: You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the ti

Newspapers, always under scrutiny, provide freedom of speech to readers too

Newspapers. The industry has been under scrutiny for some years.

Nolan represents the 8th District well, McCollum fails in trying to rule from afar

Intra-party fighting for the DFL pitted Eighth District Congressman Rick Nolan against Twin Cities-based Betty McColl

Welcome to Iron County, Minnesota

An idea proposed 20 years ago may make more sense today: To break off the northern half of St.

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