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Less than 24 hours after flames were extinguished at Camp Sigel's main lodge, a young boy and his father pulled into the camp and emerged from their vehicle. “We have something we'd like to give you,” the young boy said, handing a $50 bill to one of the camp's board members. “We're from Story Book Lodge (a nearby camp),” the father said. Aid is arriving from near and far to help rebuild after the historic lodge was consumed in a July 16 fire at the Bible camp south of Biwabik. For 101 years, the log lodge was the centerpiece of the camp whose mission is to teach the word o...

GILBERT — The main lodge at the 101-year-old Camp George E. Sigel was destroyed by fire Friday, Biwabik Township Fire Chief Tony Nygaard said at the scene. Six local fire departments responded to the emergency call around 12:45 p.m. and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sent a helicopter and Fire Boss air tanker to knock down flames that had spread up into the nearby trees and also to keep the fire from spreading into a wildland blaze, he added. About two and one-half hours after the structure fire was reported, Biwabik Township firefighters continued to douse what was left o...