Finnish architect Marko Huttunen, left, and John Rajala speak inside the cow barn of the historic housebarn in Embarrass.

REGIONAL—St. Louis County’s Department of Lands and Minerals is now the owner of an additional 4,600 acres of forestland located north of Lake Vermilion. County officials and the private … ...

Bette J. Grano Bette Joy Grano, 89, of Shoreview, formerly of Cook, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16 at the First Baptist Church … ...

Matt Tuchel is excited at the near completion of the new drinking water treatment plant that will soon serve Tower and Soudan. Testing of the facility is now underway.

Serious health effects not evident yet While hospitals report few visits due to wildfire smoke, health officials urge caution ...

The new owners of Vermilion Fuel and Food and their families pose outside the store, located on Tower’s Main Street.

ELY — A intense burst of rainfall last week caused flash flooding in several neighborhoods, damaging homes and businesses and overwhelming the city’s drainage systems. The flooding … ...

BREITUNG TWP— The highly anticipated Murray Spur campground, designed for off-road vehicle enthusiasts, will not open as scheduled this summer, with officials now targeting a spring 2026 opening due ...

REGIONAL — Hundreds of advanced practice providers at Essentia Health ended their strike Tuesday and returned to work without securing any of the workplace changes they sought, as Essentia … ...

Fueling our division The loss of shared reality in America threatens our democratic future ...

ELY — Take a large handful of clean, naturally colored wool and start poking it with a barbed needle, and something magical happens. The barbs in the needle start “felting” the wool into a stiffer ...

COOK — Twelve-year-old skater Stella Pliml already knew she was good at her sport after becoming the youngest ice skater ever at the Virginia Figure Skating Club to pass the U.S. Figure Skating Gold ...