March marks 40 years since the start of the Steger International Polar Expedition. From that historic expedition came ...

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.

Ely Film Festival; Minnesota Ballet presents "Sleeping Beauty"; "Pi" at Zeitgeist; Boozy Book Fair; and "Hadestown" at the DECC.

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 ...

Just outside of Ely, Minnesota, you can find a one-of a-kind center. The person behind it? The legendary polar explorer Will Steger.

ON FARM LAKE NEAR ELY, Minn. — Dave Setterholm steered his motorboat across Farm Lake then cut the engine along the Kawishiwi River near the edge of the Boundary Waters wilderness. Cross into the ...

Rowan and Cedar weighed only about a pound apiece at birth. Now, at about 3 months of age — which is toddlerhood for wolf pups — they weigh in at more than 30 pounds each. Rowan and Cedar, two wolf ...