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SOUDAN- The Breitung Town Board is asking St. Louis County planning officials whether the Vermilion Park Inn has a conditional use permit, as appears to be required by current zoning regulations. The …

SOUDAN- Members of the Eagles Nest Trail Advocacy Group came to talk to Breitung Town Board board on Dec. 20 about proposed ATV trails that would run between Ely and Breitung, passing through Eagles …

TOWER—Infrastructure work for the new Vermilion RV Park should get underway soon following city council action here on Monday. The council voted unanimously to award the work to Jola and Sopp …

SOUDAN- At the Breitung township meeting on Dec. 23, Police Chief Reing reported he is pursuing the purchase of body cameras for the Breitung Police Department. “It’s a good thing,” …

Posted Stephanie Ukkola BREITUNG- The Breitung Town Board established a recreation committee to make improvements to the Breitung playground/rink area at their meeting last Thursday. Chairman Tim Tomsich said that there is an outdoor recreation grant program from the Department of Natural Resources that could be used to fund new boards for the skating rink, which are in very poor condition. The township received funding from this grant program in the past to build the trail between the Soudan...

Posted Stephanie Ukkola BREITUNG- At the Tuesday special meeting of the Breitung Town Board, the supervisors voted to start the process of hiring a police chief for the township. Breitung and the city of Tower currently have no local police service after the full-time officer and police chief both left the Breitung Police Department for jobs with other departments. Members of the Tower-Soudan police committee recommended local policing to the town board, possibly managed by a joint police com...