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 ...

Across Minnesota this week, the arts appear in some unlikely settings — a restored North Woods movie palace, neighborhood churches, a Duluth theater and a club leaning into pre–St. Patrick’s Day ...

Heavy rains on Wednesday, cause flooding in portions of St. Louis County. According to many social media posts, some roadways in Ely, Minnesota are impassable. Crews are out assessing the situation.

Aviation officer Blake Freking walks toward a CL-215T firefighting plane at the Ely Air Attack Base near Ely, Minn., on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Freking, an aviation officer for the U.S. Forest ...