CUTTING THE RIBBON on the new daycare at Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital were Rochelle Sjoberg and Machelle Stepec. Photo by Nick Wognum. Included in this week’s Ely Echo is the second section of ...

Final arguments were heard on April 28 in the legal case that could determine the future of towboats in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Judge Nancy Brasel did not make a ruling following ...

VIEW FROM ABOVE - Construction is moving toward completion for the city of Ely’s new trailhead building on the west entrance. Photos by Chris Ellerbroek. Years in the making, the Ely Regional ...

Head outside with only a lighHigh winds, changing temperatures, unpredictable precipitation, and seasonal conditions exist as April ends and May arrives in our lives. Humans live in northland ...

SPLITS BUT NO TAG for Ely shortstop Caid Chittum, who just missed tagging a Deer River runner attempting to steal. Photos by Ken Hupila. Ely baseball runs record to 6-1 Caid Chittum’s hot bat, ...

Swinging away for the Northeast Range/Ely girls golf team at a recent meet was Anna Maria Mancini. The high school girls golf season is underway and defending section champion Northeast Range/Ely is ...

T he Timb e rwolve s downed Chisholm, Two Harbors and Cook County - all in contests that were decided early via the 10-run rule. A Monday game with a presumably more difficult foe - South Ridge - was ...

Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital has expanded its horizons - adding child care to health care in an effort to attract and retain employees. A formal ribbon cutting was held last week at EBCH Family ...

United Methodist Church in Ely which still stands today and the 1922 pipe organ is regularly played. By the 1880s prospectors, timber men, and miners - some with families - came to Ely. The 1958 ...

I was well into my second cup, I cleared the breakfast dishes to the kitchen sink, and trying my best to imitate the long deceased Mrs. Mearn, who when her boys weren’t behaving said nothing, just ...

District 6 - Two Harbors CO Sean Williams (Ely 1) reports: angling activity continues to be slow as most lakes are still covered in unsafe ice. ATV use was moderate and riders are reminded that ...