Bovey News

With elections coming up this November filing for office dates are coming to an end and just starting.

The water level in a chain of abandoned mine pits on Minnesota's Iron Range is causing some concern.

Itasca County Commissioners heard from local lawmakers this week in response to the close of the 2008 Legislative session.

' Tom LaVenture City News, I Falls After City Beach was rededicated last summer following major renovations, a community task force went another step this season to reclaim the area as a center of youth and ...

Christina Brown of Bovey, Minn., is a pro at spotting deals. A mother of three and blogger also known as the Northern Cheapskate, Brown said she's worked rebate deals on such items as shampoo, razor blades and ...

Editor: The elected representatives from our area, together with Governor Pawlenty, have worked hard to get the funding needed to deal with the threat of ever-rising water in the Canisteo Pit.

Five teenagers were hurt - including one critically - in a rollover crash Sunday night, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

“What it would do is provide students with the full college experience, and save the college operating expenses because we would save money by not having to pay the lease and other expenses associated with having that program off campus.”

Also, included in this year's bonding bill is 28 million dollars for the Minnesota Steel Project - a 1-point-six billion dollar steel making plant to be built near Nashwauk. via KBJR-TV

“The reality of what we're doing up there, they're facing it every day”

A pair of boots for every Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq stood in the Minnesota Capitol Rotunda in Saint Paul on Wednesday to mark the war's fifth anniversary. via KARE 11 TV

Editor: I appreciate the letter from Laura Thompson thanking us for the New Year's Eve celebration held at the Longyear Park in Coleraine. via Grand Rapids, Minnesota

“Excelsior didn't have to do this to get licenses, but they have agreed to do all they could to demonstrate they intend to be good environmental stewards. This is a very promising development.”

Excelsior Energy has announced a "major water quality improvement program" whereby they pledge to eliminate discharge of cooling water by a process called Zero Liquid Discharge . via Grand Rapids, Minnesota

“I don't think it's at all inappropriate to characterize this as a recession.”

Minnesota House Majority Leader Tony Sertich says jobs and the economy will be the "overarching theme" of the upcoming legislative session. via Hibbing Daily Tribune

“We have a menu of different things that we can do”

Excelsior Energy officials say they will spend $500,000 to help the towns of Coleraine, Bovey and Taconite upgrade the wastewater collection and treatment system serving all three communities. via Hibbing Daily Tribune

Excelsior Energy is planning on building Mesaba Energy, a coal-gasification plant, near Taconite. via WDIO

Excelsior Energy says it has abandoned plans to discharge coolant water from a proposed Iron Range power plant. via Wcco.com

Finding the funds for Minnesota state match for the Highway 53 four-lane expansion to Cook continues as a major concern for officials. via Mesabi Daily News

On the county level, 2007 was a year for changes-some of which were easier to swallow than others for the Itasca County Board of Commissioners. via Grand Rapids, Minnesota

“Bovey women dies in leap from New York City hotel.”

The epitome of insensitivity. If there were such an award, the Herald-Review would likely win it. via The Herald Review - Grand Rapids, Min...

“It was a very long day yesterday”

A fire that started Thursday morning shortly before 8 a.m., quickly consumed the entire roof and top floor of the Locker Room Bar on Roosevelt Street in Coleraine and continued to burn throughout the day, ... via Grand Rapids, Minnesota

A soldier who lived for two years outside the northern Minnesota town of Bovey before he joined the Army and went to Iraq loved video games and comic books. via KSTP-TV Minneapolis