This year’s state legislative session winds down this weekend and word broke Thursday, just at the Ely Echo was going to press, of a bipartisan budget agreement that appears to bring good news to the ...

The Town of Morse board met on Tuesday and heard an update on the Firewise program in the township. Teresa Floberg informed the board that Gloria Erickson would be retiring at the end of the month.

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

The weeks will be shorter but the school year will be longer in 2026-27. Ely School Board members approved a school calendar Monday night that includes a few changes resulting from the switch to a ...

Vermilion Class President Dacoda Malakowski receiving a paddle from Vermilion Campus Director Aaron Bender. School board members in Ely have finalized more than $640,000 in budget reductions and ...

Wind, rain, snow, very cold water, very little sunshine and a shortage of rainbow minnows was the big takeaway from opening walleye opener. Anglers who were brave enough to venture out endured cold ...

Blue as in blue quiet waters. Photos by Bill Tefft. Stepping out on a sunny May morning without layers of winter clothing and feelings of temperature and freshness fill the air. Every step brings ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

There will be at least one new member on the Ely School Board in 2027. That’s because two-term incumbent Tony Colarich made it known this week that he won’t seek a third term on the board. At the tail ...