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., ...

An ambulance driver hit and killed a moose in northern Minnesota early Monday, with no serious injuries to those in the emergency vehicle.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vacations are about jumping out of what’s normal and into an adventure that makes us feel new again — and that’s what brings people back to Ely, Minnesota, year after year. This outdoor recreation ...

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 ...

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 ...