Diane Dawn Vesel (Beseman) was born August 14, 1957 and was carried to the Lord on the wings of her father and mother, Donald and Myrtle on 11/23/24. Diane was one of five daughters and grew up in ...

What do you know? Another headline on water quality issues in the state of Minnesota. But guess where these lakes are located? In Metropolitan areas, not in northeast Minnesota and certainly not in ...

While authorities are still investigating the cause of a house fire that killed an Ely woman, foul play is not suspected. The Ely Fire Department issued a press release last week in connection with a ...

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 shallot, minced 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/8 teaspoon white pepper 6 cups vegetable stock 4 large or 6 medium carrots ...

Roger Skraba was in familiar territory but in an unfamiliar position Tuesday night at City Hall. The former mayor and city council member did not have a gavel and wasn’t at the council table, but ...

PLEASE NOTE: Your free event news can be posted on the Ely Echo newspaper’s Community Calendar. Send your info to: [email protected]. The St. Louis County Board of Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m., ...

It’s not uncommon for state lawmakers to hold town hall meetings in their home districts. Yet an April 5 town hall in Two Harbors was indeed unique and believed to be the only one of its kind in ...

The Vermilion Ironhawks won four straight games against rival Mesabi last weekend, but the Northern Division community college baseball sweep came with a cost. Nick Berglund, the Ironhawks’ leading ...

Ely council members met the city’s newest police officers earlier this week. Charles Petersen and Ashlan Barthrope were both flanked by family members as they took part in separate swearing-in ...

Supervisor Terry Sodeberg was elected as chair of the Town of Morse board of supervisors at a meeting on April 8. The board returned to a full in-person situation for the first time in a year with the ...

I imagine way back when Gor was sitting in his cave, nice fire going, he was slicing off raw chunks of the meat with the knife he fashioned from knapping some obsidian, he was hungry, even though it ...

Back row: Noah Axelsson, Simon Bartnick, Tristan Steiner-Teslow, Landyn Saltzman, Riley Holewa; Middle row: Tuuli Koivisto, Greyson Reichensperger, Yagmur Kilic, Rylan Buschman; Front row: Jadin ...