U.S. Sen. Tina Smith is advancing legislation that would permanently ban precious metals mining on national forest land near Ely. The bill, which was introduced this week, would torpedo the Twin ...

Last Saturday we road-tripped it down to the cities to return Juliet to college after her spring break and to visit her brother. On the way I was driving and as such, with a wide view of the road and ...

For decades, what’s been known as the bed tax in Ely has done good things. Hotels, motels and resorts have collected three percent, and more recently four percent in Fall Lake Township, and the funds ...

From the Ely Echo archives of April 15, 1985. Under the instruction of Lorraine Klun, the Mothers Are Special too pre-natal exercise class met on Thursdays from 7-8 p.m. in the Ely-Bloomenson ...

PLEASE NOTE: Your free event news can be posted on the Ely Echo newspaper’s Community Calendar. Send your info to: [email protected]. The Ely Weavers and Fiber Artists group will meet on Monday, April ...

Ely will once again serve as a giant marketplace on Saturday, May 17. That’s the date for the Ely Chamber’s 13th annual City-Wide Rummage Sale Business Crazy Day and Used Equipment and Watercraft Sale ...

Lake County is planning an improvement project on Highway 2 between Forest Highway 11 (CSAH 15) and MN Hwy 1 for the 2025 summer construction season. The specific project limits are between the White ...

The Ely Folk School announced that the traveling exhibit “We Are Water MN” will open at the Ely Area Community Hub on Miners Drive on April 24. “‘We Are Water MN’ is a project of the Humanities Center ...

End of the Road Recipes: This colorful salad is filled with an array of interesting textures and flavors. It is packed with plant based protein from red quinoa. Bitter RASPBERRY RED QUINOA SALAD ...

A proposal to trim about $450,000 in costs, including reductions in teaching staff, will be considered this week by Ely School Board members. On Monday, the board will consider a plan advanced by ...

Surprisingly, 13 Fall Lake Township residents attended the reorganizational meeting on a snowy evening last Wednesday. Supervisor Eric Hart welcomed newly-appointed board member Adam Masloski to the ...

Winter to Spring-Night to Day-Cold to Warm-Work to Play-Teach to Learn-Place to Place-Busy to Calm During April change occurs often and unpredictably. Earth Week will arrive in two weeks and not only ...