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Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 67 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2019, the Social Security Administration announced Oct. 11. The 2.8 percent...

28 properties were sold for $429,585 in county’s tax forfeited land auction

| October 19, 2018

ST. LOUIS COUNTY – A waterfront lot on Ely’s Shagawa lake was the top seller at the St. Louis County tax forfeited properties auction held Thursday, Oct. 11. A 40-acre...

Spirit of Hospitality Award nominations now closed for 2018

| October 19, 2018

IRON RANGE – The nominations are in! More than 70 area front-line workers were nominated for a Spirit of Hospitality Award (SOHA) in 2018. Nominees represent a wide range of...

Commitment to conservation is paying off, Dayton says

| October 12, 2018

Minnesota’s state agencies are making good progress towards ambitious sustainability goals put in place last year by Governor Mark Dayton, according to a newly-released report by the Department of Administration’s...

Funding will support projects in Hoyt Lakes and Two Harbors

| October 12, 2018

The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority (PFA) approved $7.3 million in grants and loans for water and sewer projects. Funding for projects in Alden, Two Harbors, Hoyt Lakes, Erskine and Willmar...

Backus Auditorium in International Falls benefits from Eagle Scout project

| October 12, 2018

INTERNATIONAL FALLS – Gavin Wilson recently completed an improvement project at Backus Auditorium in an effort to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Wilson has been in the Boy Scouts...

Medal of Honor recipientent honored

| October 19, 2018

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Veterans Memorial Hall, a program of the St. Louis County Historical Society, announces its 2018 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship....

Medal of Honor replica awarded posthumously to Major Henry A. Courtney Jr

| October 19, 2018

DULUTH — The St. Louis County Historical Society and its Veterans Memorial Hall (VMH) Program invites the public to the formal installation of the country’s...

Updated laptops and tablets provided to streamline claims

| October 12, 2018

HonorBound Foundation has awarded the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. a $55,263 grant to help offset a larger initiative that will begin equipping...

Survey: High customer satisfaction in burial and memorial services for veterans and families

| October 12, 2018

The results of a recent VA customer survey indicates veterans and their families continue to experience high customer satisfaction in burial and memorial services for...

VA researchers work to create artificial lung

| October 5, 2018

Researchers strive to make 3D-printed artificial lung to help vets with respiratory disease. Submitted photo.U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) scientists at the VA Ann...

VA awards up to $9 million in adaptive sports program grants to aid disabled veterans

| October 5, 2018

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Sept. 26 awarded up to $9 million in grants to eligible recipients for adaptive sports programs that...