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A Minnesota mining company is in the process of investigating whether a manganese deposit near Emily, Minn., is of sufficient size and grade t…
HIBBING — Range Regional Airport has a long-standing relationship with the mining industry and the business community of the Iron Range.
TWO HARBORS — A festival of sailing vessels is coming to a harbor town on Lake Superior that is crucial to the iron ore industry of northeaste…
Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted with permission of North Star Port, a publication of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
A project to highlight the great expanse of mines in northern Minnesota and their history is underway.
The following article is a blend of information from several different sources: an article in the Duluth News Tribune, February 4, 1979; an ar…
Current State Rep. Dave Lislegard (District 06), a Democrat, will be facing off against Republican Matt Norri for the House District 07B seat.…
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Academy Exploration is in full swing even though the new Rock Ridge High School is about 14 months away from opening to students.
VIRGINIA — It has been roughly seven years since Lori Beth Maki stood atop an old iron ore mine dump on the east end of Virginia, looking out …
EVELETH — “They had no hot water or indoor toilets in the location, and the houses were like tar paper shacks. But the families of Drake and S…
Despite setbacks of late, Twin Metals Minnesota remains confident it can build an environmentally safe, “model’’ mine in northeastern Minnesota.
HIBBING — To better support Iron Range customers, Metso Outotec takes further steps to invest in their local footprint.
The St. Paul Mine and its Location was located north of Keewatin, Minnesota. My Mother, Julia Verrant Palcich was born there on February 7, 19…
Three candidates are looking to represent the newly redistricted Senate District 7, which includes a majority of the Iron Range represented fo…
Current Senate District 5 Sen. Justin Eichorn is now residing in the newly redistricted Senate District 6, which covers much of Itasca and Cas…
In 1966, the SS Daniel J. Morrell was headed to Minnesota to pick up a shipment of ore when it sank on Lake Huron.
Two current state representatives will face each other in November to fill the newly redistricted House District 07A seat. Rep. Julie Sandsted…
It’s that time again in the domestic iron ore mining and steel industries.
VIRGINIA — Even the big screen was not big enough to depict the Iron Range’s legendary mining mural, painted in 1937 by famed artist and illus…
I went to school and in 1953 graduated from Ivanhoe, Minn., a little town on the South Dakota border west of Marshall.
AURORA — George Brown has “belonged to labor unions all of my working career.”
AURORA — Roy Kuitunen of Palo, a longtime employee of Erie/LTV, said his wife Viva encouraged him to join SOAR, the Steelworkers retirees, and…
HOYT LAKES — Edmund “Ed” Casey worked at Erie Mining Company, later LTV Steel Mining, for 38 years — 32 of them as a railroad car repairman.
VIRGINIA — Focusing on the youth of Northeastern Minnesota is one of the keys of 218Trades, a component of JET programming.
EVELETH — Angela Heikkila says she has a huge passion for women interested in non-traditional careers.
The men and women who work in the mining industry serve as the backbone of our Iron Range economy.
CHISHOLM — Reclaimed mine pits are providing recreational opportunities for the public, but at the same time, can create challenges for the em…
VIRGINIA — Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is putting an emphasis on expanding its coverage locally and constructing a new, 89,000-pound cru…