Four years ago, Ely High School Class of 1994 alumni Jeffrey “Raven” Kromer was staring into an uncertain future after the last of his seven children left the house. Today, he works as an intern at ...

Amid a flurry of executive orders that appear to pump new life into proposed copper-nickel mining projects in northeastern Minnesota, an attorney for mining opponents all but said “not so fast” this ...

As northern Minnesota faces a growing healthcare workforce shortage, Scrubs Camp aims to inspire the next generation of medical professionals. On July 17, the Ely Scrubs Camp introduced middle school ...

The Town of Morse board of supervisor made quick work of summer business at a July 14 meeting. The board approved a lease agreement with K2 Towers for a site on the Ely Golf Course on township land.

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into the news and happenings of northern Minnesota, alongside the Canadian ...

August 19, 1990 Dear Buck, I am having a problematic and moral problem in my own mind that I’m dealing with these days. It revolves around the economics of children. I’m not talking about the cost of ...

Life comes and goes on a continuum. In the environment that surrounds us and we experience, life during 2025 began, progressed, and ended in all its forms. As summer reaches midway and continues, we ...

CO Sean Williams (Ely #1) reports he and other district officers spent the end of the week patrolling areas of the BWCA. A wide range of weather was experienced, from days of occasional rain and cool ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ latest ruffed grouse counts found Minnesota’s spring 2025 population is lower statewide than last year. Ruffed grouse drums per stop were 1.8 statewide, ...

After a mid-summer slump, fishing has been picking up the last week; the transition to late summer tactics is slowly taking shape. For walleye, 15-18 feet on rock piles is most often going to be the ...

Ely’s Junior Legion baseball team is out to defend its substate title this weekend, and will open its quest for a second consecutive state tournament appearance Sunday at Veterans Memorial Field. Post ...

His mustard-stained tee shirt is shaped like an upside-down inflated balloon. It being so bright a shade of yellow, seems fitting, and one like me wonders if the little feller left any mustard in the ...