ELY, Minn. — An inch of rain overnight Saturday, May 19, helped deal near-final blows to a wildfire that burned up to the city limits last week, bringing relief to this town on the edge of the ...

ELY, Minn. — Forest Service officials are preparing to leave it to winter to kill the last remnants of a forest fire that blackened nearly 145 square miles in and near the Boundary Waters Canoe ...

ELY, Minn. - Ely has been named one of National Geographic's "World's Best Towns for Outdoor Thrills," along with other outdoor destinations such as Moab, Utah; Cairns, Australia; Hogsback, South ...

ELY, Minn. (AP) — A prescribed burn that got out of control near Ely has now expanded to 1,000 acres. Christi Powers of the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center says most of the burned area is in ...

ELY, Minn. — A new trail center is now open at Bear Head Lake State Park near Ely. Bear Head Lake State Park was voted America's Favorite Park in 2010 in an online contest sponsored by Coca-Cola ...

ELY, Minn. (AP) — Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. But about the only cars in ...

The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota's pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow to a copper-nickel ...

There's a fight over the economic future of some of the small towns in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District, including Ely. Noel King talks with liberal political blogger Aaron Brown.

DULUTH The mayor of Ely was sentenced in federal court in Duluth on Tuesday after pleading guilty to driving his snowmobile in a federal wilderness area and entering the wilderness without a permit.

ELY, Minn. (AP) — Two Minnesota adventurers who canoed 2,000 miles from Ely to Washington, D.C., last year have announced their next expedition — they plan to spend an entire year in the ...

DULUTH Four photographs by Ely, Minn., ... The wolves had dragged a small seal to their den area, where Brandenburg often took photos. Buster was sleeping about 100 yards away.

There's a fight over the economic future of some of the small towns in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District, including Ely. Noel King talks with liberal political blogger Aaron Brown.