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A rural police force in an area popular for watersports goes on an unusual recruitment drive

ELY— Police Chief Chad Houde urged Ely residents to be patient this weekend due to a number of detours and road closures in advance of the Ely Marathon, set to be held on Saturday. “There …

ELY – Wanted: Experienced patrol officers to join the Ely Police Department. The Ely city council Tuesday night, on a recommendation from the Employee Relations Committee, approved a request …

ELY – City council members here approved an updated job description for the city’s emergency management director position Tuesday night, and agreed to post the position internally within …

Keith Vandervort ELY – “The real crusher was that Friday was so much fun,” said Adam Zins as he and his wife, Tanja, tried to untangle a wire shelving unit early Saturday morning from under a mangled tent. All around them, in the middle of Whiteside Park, was what remained of the Blueberry/Art Festival. “It looked like a war zone.” A line of thunderstorms with damaging 70-mph winds driving torrential rains hit Ely at about 6:30 p.m. Friday night, just as the first leg of the three-day...

Blown engine prompts rental agreement with Breitung Township Posted Keith Vandervort ELY – The Ely Police Department will operate for the rest of this year, and perhaps longer, with just two primary squad cars due to a blown engine in their third vehicle, a situation which could affect the department’s overall response capabilities. The EPD responded to 2,347 incidents in 2020, about two dozen more calls than in 2019, according to Police Chief Chad Houde, so the number of incidents/calls ...

Keith Vandervort ELY – Following a nearly one-month closure, the Ely Drop and Shop secondhand retail shop is taking steps to have their business license reinstated and could soon reopen. The downtown business at 204 E. Sheridan St. was shut down Feb. 11 by the Ely City Council, which pulled the operation’s business license. The closure was triggered by criminal charges against one of the business’s owners for allegedly selling methamphetamines on the premises. Council members voted 6-0 Tu...