ELY, Minn. (WCCO/AP) --A forest fire advanced within a few hundred yards of the popular tourist town of Ely on Thursday, prompting officials to evacuate a corner of the northeastern Minnesota ...

Ely, Minnesota, is offering free canoes to new police recruits in exchange for three years of service. The unique incentive was introduced as Ely, like many other communities across the U.S., ...

As you’re heading up to your Boundary Waters trips, why not stop to learn about the land around you? In Ely, Minnesota the Dorothy Molter museum is open for another season of history buffs and fellow ...

Rowan and Cedar weighed only about a pound apiece at birth. Now, at about 3 months of age — which is toddlerhood for wolf pups — they weigh in at more than 30 pounds each. Rowan and Cedar, two wolf ...

ELY, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources was battling two active wildfires in northern Minnesota on Saturday. According to the Minnesota Incident Command System (MNICS), one of the ...

Ely will be the largest nonmetro Minnesota Department of Revenue site after adding 28 positions to its operations later this year. On Thursday evening, the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation ...

That Ely does not have a floating sauna tells you all you need to know about the difference between that northeast Minnesota town and the state’s other, and tonier, Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

Jonathan Thunder talks with the film crew on the set of “Ish Meets a Mermaid” on Sunday, July 27, 2025, in Duluth. The film is featured at the Ely Film Festival, taking place March 11–15 at the ...

ELY, Minn. — This week, photojournalist Carly Danek took the Minnesota 360 camera dog sledding at Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge in Ely, Minnesota. Guiding her on her journey was polar explorer Paul ...