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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

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

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

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

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

Funding lined up for housing project

The proposed senior housing development on Washington Street cleared a key hurdle with a recent funding award, but ci

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

Babbitt invited into Joint Powers group

It’s official.

Election set for hospital annual meeting Dec. 6

The election of three people to the board of directors will be decided at the annual meeting of the Ely-Bloomenson Co

EADA hones job description, readies for search

The search for a new area economic developer is about to begin.Last week, an Ely Area Development Association subcomm

Ely fights back against meth

Pat Grahek has been a drug counselor for 21 years and a drug addict for 15 years before that.

So, what’s a parent to do do?

Think back to when you were an adolescent.

Soderberg wants to wait on township fire department issues

With a split between the two other supervisors, Town of Morse Board Chair Terry Soderberg decided not to side with ei

EADA to explore deal with Vermilion

Ely Area Development Association members have given preliminary approval to a proposed partnership with Vermilion Com