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A panel of top Minnesota officials approved the sale of 77 mineral rights leases Thursday to four companies that want to prospect for copper and other valuable metals in the state's scenic northeast, overriding the objections of home and cabin owners.
Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, at Rejoice Lutheran Church in Clearwater with Rev.
Virginia Apartment Fire Displaces Ten People
VIRGINIA, MN ---Two Iron Range families, totaling ten people, are without a home after a fire burned a Virginia apartment Friday night.
Authorities Ask for Help in Hunt for Missing Man
The St. Louis County Sheriff's Department tells Eyewitness News, 47 year old, Andrew Wagner was last seen in Virginia at 2pm on May 3. The department says there has not been any activity on his credit card or bank accounts, nor has he been seen.
Missing Girl Found after Search in Virginia
A search has been cancelled for a missing three-year-old girl in Virginia. She was found after about an hour into a multi-agency search.
Poet John Caddy wins McKnight Artist Award
It is nature, poet John Caddy says, that saved him when he was young and escaping a rough life on Minnesota's Iron Range.
Embattled Iron Range police chief agrees to leave
VIRGINIA, Minn. - An embattled police chief on Minnesota's Iron Range has agreed to leave.
Virginia City Workers Under New Contract
VIRGINIA, MN ---Virginia city employees are now working under a new contract after months of negotiation with the city.
Charges filed in Minn. squad car ramming
VIRGINIA, Minn. - A 33-year-old man is charged with ramming a Minnesota state trooper's squad car, prompting the trooper to shoot at him.
Virginia Stabbing Sends Man to Hospital With Punctured Lung
Virginia, MN --An Iron Range man has been released from the hospital and another is in custody following an alleged stabbing in Virginia.
VRMC and Essentia Health Partnership Talks Continue
VIRGINIA, MN ---The players in a "merger in progress" between Essentia Health and an Iron Range Hospital continue to hash out what their new relationship might look like.
Trooper fires shots after his squad is rammed
VIRGINIA, Minn. - Authorities say a Minnesota State Patrol trooper fired several shots at a driver who repeatedly rammed his squad car.
Suspect Hits Troopers Car, Shots Fired on Iron Range
Virginia, MN -One person is in custody after allegedly ramming his truck into a Minnesota State Patrol trooper's car.
Car Slams Into Virginia Storefront Window
VIRGINIA, MN ---Workers at a Virginia business were left startled Friday afternoon when a car slammed into a storefront window of the Hallmark Card Shop on Chestnut Street.