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 ...

All-terrain vehicles are allowed just about everywhere in Ely, but city officials are supporting action that would permit their use on state highways in town. Mayor Heidi Omerza testified in St. Paul ...

This past week there have been several public meetings in the area to talk about the health of our community and Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital. This was part of the community health needs ...

Life has been busy lately. More often than not, I’ve opted to roll through the drive through instead of coming home and having to cook. Cooking isn’t usually something I feel I have to do, but ...

The sky is so blue on these crisp, clear mornings that it seems like a lake itself. A lake free of the grip of ice, warm and inviting. It is only March, though with April on its heels. Of the next ten ...

Action this week by President Donald Trump could bring new hope to companies looking to advance copper- nickel mining projects in northeastern Minnesota. An executive order, signed March 20, aims to ...

PLEASE NOTE: Your free event news can be posted on the Ely Echo newspaper’s Community Calendar. Send your info to: [email protected]. Northern Progressives next local meeting on April 2, at 6:30 p.m.

A change in the state’s telework policy could have an impact in Ely. Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday that most state agency employees will be required to work in person for at least 50 percent of ...

The Ely Igloo Club was awarded grant monies to help purchase at 2019 Tucker for grooming snowmobile trails in the Ely area. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board provided a $25,000 grant in ...

From the Ely Echo archives of April 1, 1985: “The first divers down, line watchers Frank Leoni and John Baltich keep tension on the lines as the divers explore the lake bottom (30-40 feet down). Mary ...

I have always been reliant on hope. It is the reason I have gotten to this point in life with a continued zest for life. Thanks to hope, I know there is always something better to come. It may not be ...

Changes in the outdoor world around us occur with the last days of March just ahead. Each day large flocks of finches (pine siskins and redpolls) gather in the early morning and then drop down come ...