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Tag: Ely

Crime and Justice

Five trees destroyed in Ely, so 15 more are planted

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2017, 6:58 AM Apr 18, 2017
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You have to really hate somebody or something to wipe out trees planted at a veteran’s memorial project. But, suddenly, destroying trees is a “thing” now. Read more →

This or That

Meet Ely’s 83-year-old cheerleader

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2017, 6:19 AM Jan 9, 2017
8

MPR’s Tom Weber has been in Ely, doing some legwork for an upcoming broadcast and found someone else doing some legwork. She’s Betty Kunstel, a member of Ely Memorial High School’s cheerleader squad. She’s also the only member of Ely Memorial High School’s cheerleader squad.

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Weather

Bringing in the ice near Ely

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2015, 11:15 AM Feb 10, 2015
1

We’d probably last less than day living the simple life, but there’s still something comforting about the Ice Ball, the annual get-together near Ely where people haul ice out of a pond on Will Steger’s estate. It happened on Saturday, as it has every year since 1967. Read more →

Economy

Ely firm delivers booze to the ice houses

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2014, 8:37 AM Dec 20, 2014
1

Behold, the business possibilities of booze in Minnesota! Read more →

Timberjay loses gutsy fight for open data

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2013, 11:30 AM Nov 20, 2013
5

The Minnesota Supreme Court took some bite out of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act when it ruled today that contracts between private firms doing business for a government entity can remain confidential in some cases. The Court overturned a Court of Appeals ruling that originally favored the Timberjay newspaper in its bid to get Read more →

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