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Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to have their say on ISD 2142's $78.8 million bond proposal.

Voters in St. Louis County head to the polls Tuesday for a special election that carries both a large price tag and potentially large ramifications for education across northern Minnesota.

Hill Biomass, Inc., of Cook, has purchased the remaining assets of the former Ainsworth OSB plant, south of Cook.

The Rice County Jail will need to house its lowest risk inmates elsewhere in 2010.

If you read the letters from the Vote Yes committee you see how anyone with a no vote is attacked.

School District 2142 is refining its efforts to make Adequate Yearly Progress after the district failed again to meet the statea s minimum goals in some areas.

Q During the holidays, my mother used to make a chocolate cake roll filled with mint ice cream and served with fudge sauce.

Submitted by Katie Kolt Hall on November 24, 2009 - 11:24am. Borderland Families may have a shorter distance to drive if they are looking for a pediatric therapist.

Elementary students performed two patriotic songs, there was a performance by the high school band and choir, American Legion member Val Ferrian gave remarks, and winners of the schoolwide essay contest read their essays.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands Dutch prosecutors say they've arrested a 43-year-old Somali man who is wanted by U.S. authorities for allegedly financing Islamic extremist terrorists.

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A man working at a family lumber mill in northeastern Minnesota is killed by a flying piece of wood.

Kids in Tower-Soudan got a quadruple dose of Halloween fun this year. There were afternoon parties at school on Friday, trick-or-treating on Main Street after school on Friday, a community party on Saturday and trick-or-treating Saturday evening! You must be logged in to post a comment.

The five-city meeting in Tower Wednesday night brought representatives of Ely, Babbitt, Tower, Cook, and Orr together to talk about ways to cooperate to maintain quality education in the communities.

On Wednesday November 4 at 6 p.m. area residents are invited to attend a meeting at the Tower Civic Center.

If you ask the wrong question, you wind up with the wrong answer. The St. Louis County School District's restructuring plan is a case in point.

St. Louis County School Board members approved purchase agreements for land for two new schools, despite objections by some over the price, which in one case is more than double the assessed value.

Q We go to a lot of football parties this time of year, and I like to take dishes prepared in a slow cooker.

The Minnesota Resort and Campground Association's A 2009 Fall Conference and Expo is slated for Oct.

The state has given a favorable review to School District 2142a s proposed restructuring plan, helping pave the way for a Dec.