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Keith Vandervort ELY –No turning back now. Demolition of the Ely school Industrial Arts building started Monday afternoon as the $20 million facility renovation project moves forward for ISD 696. School board members gathered a couple of hours later and were briefed on how they hope to proceed with a project that was bid millions of dollars over budget. District leaders formally rejected the entire second phase construction bid package that came in last month at more than $8 million, twice the amount that was estimated. School officials and project managers are now facing the prospect of wo...

Keith Vandervort ELY – Continuing public health guidelines are forcing Ely Chamber of Commerce officials to downsize the Blueberry/ Art Festival this year, and local nonprofits are not too excited about the new Experience Ely Expo format. The Experience Ely Expo, designed to run in conjunction with the Chamber’s two main arts and crafts festivals, Blueberry/Art Festival in July and Harvest Moon Festival in September, was first announced in late 2019, but the new format was put on the shelf last year when the festivals were canceled because of COVID-19. “We didn’t receive as many appli...

ATV Trails Task Force recommends changes Posted Keith Vandervort ELY – Several recommendations from the new ATV Trails and Ordinance Task Force for the city of Ely were approved by the city council here Tuesday night, giving the off-road vehicles more access to city streets. The task force was formed last month to review and update city rules pertaining to off-road vehicle operation on city streets and to bring the city rules in compliance with county and state laws. With a new recreational trailhead in the works on the west end of town, the task force’s main goal is to ensure that Ely...

CLOQUET - The Timberwolves better-than-expected softball season came to an end last Thursday as they fell in back-to-back games to slip from the double-elimination Section 7A tournament. After …

ELY – This community at the end of the road is once again honored as one of the best places in the country to visit. In a recent issue, Smithsonian Magazine compiled a list of the 15 best small …