Iron Range Today

An independent digital news source covering Minnesota's Iron Range.

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One of our first Range Makers stories focuses on Jim Whitlock and Twisted Woods, where family has helped him carve out a niche business in Chisholm.

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. @IronRangeToday launched its Range Makers series this week! It will be an ongoing series where you can meet the people forging the Iron Range’s future, today.

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Mesabi Metallics is evaluating Kentucky as a potential site for an integrated steel facility using DRI. The company has registered under Mesabi GreenIron, hired a top lobbying firm and posted employment ads for leadership positions in the state.

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Drobnick has seen USA Curling rise to successes not imagined 20 years ago. He wants his next act to grow the sport at home on the Iron Range.

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Rock Ridge approves 3-year extension for Superintendent Noel Schmidt. Contract features no pay raise or other bonuses and incentives. He also declined health insurance through the district.

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Meredith Two Crow took a journey through her family’s Indigenous heritage. It landed her here. The face of a historic meeting of two cultures in northeastern Minnesota.

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Redevelopment of the former school land in Biwabik could move forward later this year through an agreement with the city and Zenith Property Management.
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The investigation was unanimously approved, and will be led by Councilors Paul Skrbec and Bob Pontinen, and city attorney Bryan Lyndsay, who was not present at the meeting.
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Former Iron Range State Sen. Justin Eichorn, and the U.S. Attorney, are both asking a federal district judge to weigh in on whether identifying information about an undercover officer should be provided to the defense team. https://t.co/YUJkff7wrj

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Cleveland-Cliffs is petitioning the Minnesota Supreme Court to grant the company a review of its lease termination battle with Mesabi Metallics.

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Rock Ridge voted Monday night to approve the sale of the former Gilbert school land for $157,900.
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JUST IN for @IronRangeToday: Minnesota and the MPCA will embark on a year-long study around wild rice and sulfate levels. No decision on the Keetac mine permits were handed down today.

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We even got Jerry to do social media things to promote this. And there's a sneak peak of the new office space!
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It's Give to the Max Day! With your donation to Iron Range Today of $100 or more, you can go home with some **cooler** (see what we did there?) swag than if you didn't donate.

Help support local news on the Iron Range!

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It's a big day for Iron Range Today. Our fundraising effort is now LIVE! And there's a few swag items open for a limited time during this Founding Member drive. We'd greatly appreciate your support of Iron Range Today, and local news.

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NEW: Minnesota is poised to enforce a long-dormant regulation at Keetac. Local communities are on edge. How policies, economics, the environment and a place’s identity are confronting one another.

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New from me today: For @IronRangeToday, an international curling competition this October in Eveleth and Virginia will put the Iron Range on the world stage. @usacurl

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BIG NEWS to kick off our Monday morning! Iron Range Today has officially become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization! More to come on how you can contribute.

Exciting times over here!

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NEW: I took a quick look at how the U.S. Steel sale and Trump's "golden share" would directly impact the Iron Range. There's a bit of good ($800M in planned investments) and a bit of a question mark (job protections?).

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Introducing: Range Makers, an ongoing series. A call for story ideas. Meet the people forging the Iron Range's future, today.

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