Brewing community together

By Melissa Cox
HTF Contributor | November 20, 2020

VIRGINIA — Loonies Coffee Shop in downtown Virginia is a...

Shop local in Ely

By Eva Sebesta
HTF Contributor | November 20, 2020

ELY — While each person contributes to the culture and...

Finding a niche that fit

By Tucker Nelson
HTF Editor | November 20, 2020

VIRGINIA — “47 years is long enough,” Dee Skoog said...

Internet killed the video store

By Tucker Nelson
HTF Editor | November 13, 2020

EVELETH — Video stores are like Tamagotchi: they were everywhere...

Siblings looked hip on Halloween

| November 13, 2020

Lucy and Leo Avelsgard celebrate Halloween ’50s style with costumes...

This collage by Virginia High School senior Mary Skorich won a Veterans Day art contest

Eveleth Fire Department seeks food drive donations

Governor Walz announces plan to slow spread of COVID-19

Hibbing COVID-19 test site now open

What’s important to you in the St. Louis River watershed?

County board schedules meetings to get input on budget

Shop locally on Small Business Saturday—and all year long!

By Besty Olivanti
HTF Contributor | November 20, 2020

During a recession in 2010, American Express created a movement to inspire people to support the small businesses in their hometowns. In 2011, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution...

Green Gate Gasthaus nears completion

| November 20, 2020

BIWABIK — Local lodging entrepreneur Shawn Callahan used a Downtown Building Rehabilitation (DBR) grant to help transform a vacant building on main street Biwabik into a three-unit lodging facility. The...

Spirit of Hospitality award winners honored at ceremony

Staff | November 13, 20201 comments

IRON RANGE — Winners of the 9th annual Spirit of Hospitality Awards were recently announced at a ceremony at the Giants Ridge chalet. “I’d like to extend my gratitude to...

Bigger facility will enhance care

Staff | November 13, 2020

GRAND RAPIDS — Construction began last week on a new psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) and wellness center at the North Homes Children and Family Services campus in Grand Rapids....

Laurentian Chamber creates Small Business Week promotion

By Erik Holmstrom
HTF Contributor | November 20, 2020

Erie Mining History Project continues

| November 20, 2020

Virginia library has variety of programs

| November 20, 2020

Deer harvest numbers found online

Staff | November 20, 2020

Hometown Focus Recipes

| November 20, 2020

Hometown Focus Recipes

| November 13, 2020

Hometown Focus Recipes

| November 6, 2020

VA allows its healthalth care providers to practice acracross state lines

| November 20, 2020

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced recently it published an interim final rule affirming VA’s current policy allowing VA health care professionals to...

VA and federal partners plan for COVID-19 vaccination distribution

| November 20, 2020

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week it is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal...

VA participating in COVID-19 clinical trials

| November 20, 2020

As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the department announced this week its nationwide effort to recruit...

VA, American Kidneyy Fund partner toto…

| November 13, 2020

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it is partnering with the nonprofit The American Kidney Fund (AKF) to help veterans diagnosed with...

VA honors veterans’ caregivers this month

| November 13, 2020

During National Family Caregivers Month this November, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will honor the caregivers of veterans for their invaluable health care,...

14th Annual Veterans Virtual Career Fair

| November 13, 2020

CareerForce Veterans Employment Services and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs invites all veterans, active military members, and their spouses to a Virtual Career Fair...