Small business turnover in a small town

ELY — “Closed,” reads a hand-written sign — accompanied by a simple sketch of a sad, frowning face — on the door of Vertin’s Cafe in Ely. “Thank You for the last Eight Years.”

3 injured in Virginia accident

VIRGINIA — Three persons sustained minor injuries as the result of a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 53 and 13th Street South on Saturday afternoon.

Range districts place

ST. PAUL — Iron Range public K-12 school districts held their own against the rest of Minnesota in the recent Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments Series II testing mathematics and reading skills taken this past spring.

Water training

Seventy firefighters from 11 area departments moved more than 85,000 gallons of water from Half Moon and Ely lakes in just 90 minutes on the evening of June 24.

First for the Fourth

Mark Sauer

VHS Facelift

Mark Sauer

10 years later, BWCAW recovering from blowdown

ELY — Ten years after millions of trees blew down in Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the forest is in the midst of a comeback.

Man injured in Hwy. 53 accident

MOUNTAIN IRON — A Gilbert man was injured Friday afternoon when his vehicle collided with another vehicle at a stoplight at Highway 53 and 13th Street South.

KABOOM!

VIRGINIA — Bryon Myhrer figures it’s hard to get excited about the Fourth of July when the weather has you thinking about plugging in an electric blanket.

VRMC loss from St. Luke's move: Up to $700,000 a year

VIRGINIA — The Virginia Regional Medical Center, already looking at a financial loss for 2009 of considerably more than $1 million, will lose at least $500,000 annually when the St. Luke’s clinic moves to Mountain Iron.

Shutdown extended

CLEVELAND — Hibbing Taconite will remain closed through the first quarter of 2010, as demand for iron pellets remains down in steelmaking markets.

Hibbing Taconite's shutdown to extend through first quarter of 2010

CLEVELAND — Hibbing Taconite’s shutdown has been extended through the first quarter of next year because of the global economic recession and the “soft demand for iron ore pellets.”