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Local View: Charities' pull-tab proceeds under attack in St. Paul From the column: "(A proposed) bill would mean e-gaming in its current form would be illegal across the entire state of Minnesota." Written By: Steve Biondich | × Spent pull tabs litter the bar at Foster's Sports Bar and Grill in Hermantown in March 2009. Pull-tab sales help support charitable efforts in Duluth and around Minnesota. (2009 News Tribune file photo) Minnesota’s charities, bars, and restaurants are under attack. Sen. Tom Bakk, I-Cook, is leading a charge at the state Capitol this session to elimina...

Commentary: Why four-walleye limit is good for Minnesota anglers May 6, 2021 By Nate Blasing Outdoor News, in which he paints a proposal to limit Minnesota anglers to four walleyes per day – with one over 20 inches – as a sneak attack ignores its generous coverage in this newspaper four of the past five weeks, and at various public forums for at least six years. According to Grand Rapids area fishing guide Tom Neustrom, in 2015, the 16 members of the state’s Walleye Advisory Committee nearly unanimously supported the idea and recommended moving the proposal forward. More recently, Walle...

Local View: Rural Minnesota especially should welcome electric vehicles From the column: "Opposition to the MPCA’s Clean Car Minnesota rule is a desperate rear-guard action by car dealers upset that mechanically simple electric vehicles will no longer need their service departments, an alarmed oil and gas industry, and, of course, the conservative think tank industry." Written By: Eric Enberg | × Currently, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is adopting clean-car standards that would allow Minnesotans additional choices for low-emission and zero-emission vehicles. Unfort...

A city councilor and a former mayor have moved onto an August mayoral special election in Ely. Councilor Heidi Omerza finished atop a crowded primary field Tuesday with 203 votes, followed by former mayor Roger Skraba (146). The two candidates advanced to the Aug. 10 special election, which became necessary after Erik Urbas declined the job citing health reasons after the 2020 General Election. Omerza won her council seat in 2014 before losing in the DFL House Seat 03A special primary to current state Rep. Rob Ecklund and then winning her reelection to the council in 2018. Skraba was a counci...

Competition to offer high-speed service is ramping up as various projects develop Posted Keith Vandervort ELY – As a variety of high-speed fiber projects get off the ground here, a long-time cable provider recently announced they want to join the party as competition increases. Existing cable and internet customers who are frustrated with all-too-common service disruptions recently learned that Midco activated more than 200 additional miles of fiber to create a northern Minnesota fiber ring that adds diverse network paths for the Ely area. The expansion and investment by the cable provid...