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In this edition of Escapes, you’ll find some relatively little-known but enthralling places to experience the magic of California.

BIWABIK — City officials in Biwabik are looking for public input on a five-year strategic plan that when complete will provide staff and council in the East Range town with

AURORA -- Tom Gillach is humbled by being selected grand marshal of Auroras Independence Day parade July 3, and he feels others are more deserving. But the members of the community group Celebrate Aurora worked hard on convincing him. "I had a lot of pressure," he good-naturedly told the Mesabi Tribune. Gillach will ride in the parade through the neighborhoods of Aurora, a "hybrid" version of the parade that customarily went down the main street. Gillach has long been a diehard supporter of the...

Robert Owen Coe, M.D., of Virginia, Minn., died on Monday, April 26, 2021, at the age of 86, with his children at his bedside. While returning after a winter in

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The Many Lives of an English Manor House By KATE RAVILIOUS   If every home tells a story, then Knole House is a tome. By any measure one of the five largest houses in England, this country estate in Sevenoaks in west Kent has seen six centuries of British history, and the reigns of some 30 monarchs. Knole House has been the backdrop for all the ups and downs of the English aristocracy and for the lives of the countless tradesmen, butlers, maids, cooks, and footmen who kept dwellings lik...

••• Restaurants across the Range are feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. But the owners are resilient and determined to keep their businesses going, while complying with state-mandated restrictions. And theyre hoping there wont be another forced shutdown. Several restaurant owners were contacted by the Mesabi Tribune and asked how they have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis and the mandated closures; how was it when only takeouts were allowed and no inside dining;...

Bill Hanna, who died Jan. 11, worked at the newspaper from the mid-1980s until 2016. Written By: Linda Tyssen / Mesabi Tribune | 6:00 pm, Jan. 15, 2021 × Mesabi Daily News Executive Editor Bill Hanna shakes hands with Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton after Hanna introduced the governor to the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce dinner audience Feb. 8, 2013. The longtime editor died Jan. 11. (Photo courtesy of Mesabi Tribune) VIRGINIA — Chris Knight, publisher of the former Mesabi Daily News a...

Bill Hanna, who died Jan. 11, worked at the newspaper from the mid-1980s until 2016. Written By: Linda Tyssen / Mesabi Tribune | 6:00 pm, Jan. 15, 2021 × Mesabi Daily News Executive Editor Bill Hanna shakes hands with Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton after Hanna introduced the governor to the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce dinner audience Feb. 8, 2013. The longtime editor died Jan. 11. (Photo courtesy of Mesabi Tribune) VIRGINIA — Chris Knight, publisher of the former Mesabi Daily News a...

VIRGINIA — Chris Knight, publisher of the former Mesabi Daily News and now Mesabi Tribune, is remembering Bill Hanna as "a committed journalist who wasn’t afraid to take on any issue in search of the truth." Knights words are those echoed by many colleagues and friends in remarks to the Mesabi Tribune in the wake of Hannas death. Hanna, former executive editor of the Mesabi Daily News and award-winning journalist, died early Monday morning, January 11, at his home in Virginia/Mountain...