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ELY — Ely Community Response has partnered with the University of Minnesota to create a 10-question economic survey designed to assess the impact of recent wildfires on businesses across northern Minnesota. The survey is targeted at business owners across Cook, Lake, Koochiching and St. Louis counties. It can be found on Ely Community Response’s Facebook page and takes less than 10 minutes to complete. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 23.

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REGIONAL— The St. Louis County school board passed a bell-to-bell cellphone ban for the upcoming school year. Students will not be allowed to use their phones during the school day, including at …

ELY — The American Legion Post 248 received a brand-new food trailer Friday, Aug. 21, which will begin making appearances at events around the Ely area next spring to generate revenue for local …

Any Democrat seeking to lead the party in 2028 should embrace the politics of addition by subtraction and reject any movement seeking to end all aid to Israel and replace America's constitutional order.

REGIONAL— This fall, an amendment to Minnesota’s constitution is on the ballot, seeking to increase the annual distribution from the Permanent School Fund from 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent. The change would send more money to schools around the state, using investment proceeds from the state’s school trust. The trust has grown over the decades, both from investments as well as annual revenues generated through the management of the school trust lands for timber production or mining royalties.

REGIONAL— After more than 30 years of planning and construction, the 165-mile-long Mesabi Trail will pave its final section, just south of Tower, this coming week. The project, which began in 1993 and laid its first stretch of pavement in 1995, connects 28 communities from Grand Rapids to Ely, encompassing both the Mesabi and Vermilion iron ranges.