Keith Vandervort News Today

ELY—The Timberjay has hired a new full-time Ely editor to replace Keith Vandervort, who died suddenly last August. Catherine “Catie” Helm-Clark is a research geologist who turned to …

ELY – Monday night’s meeting of the Ely School board began with Ray Marsnik pointing out the obvious absence of longtime Timberjay Ely editor Keith Vandervort at the meeting. Marsnik …

ELY— Taxpayers here may need to dig a little deeper next year after the city council, minus the absent Paul Kess, unanimously approved a preliminary 2023 levy of $2.117 million, a 7.06 percent …

As I write on my small deck, surrounded by flowers, on this Labor Day morning, I enjoy the chill that requires a sweater. For as long as I can remember, this shift from summer to autumn has been a …

ELY – “Ely is a better place because of the hard work and time our volunteers dedicate to the older adults in our community.”Those words were spoken by Lisa Porthan, executive …

ELY— The Timberjay’s longtime Ely editor, Keith Vandervort, died suddenly at his home this past Friday, Aug. 26. The cause of death is unknown but was ruled due to natural causes. …

ELY – What a difference a year makes. In the late summer of 2021, as ISD 696 administrators took required steps to adjust COVID-19 public health protocols to keep students and staff safe, some …

WINTON – Lonn Cunningham, who is from Iowa and now lives in Texas, served his country in the first Gulf War, and after he came home from his military service he got hit by a drunk driver. He …

ELY – Construction workers continue to put in six-day work weeks on the job site at the $21.5 million Ely school building renovation project. Following a recommendation by school …

ELY – Calvin Herrala, age 98, this community’s oldest veteran, was honored earlier this month with a Quilt of Valor for his service in World War II.Herrala and several other area military …