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In 2022, the Mesabi Family YMCA closed in Mountain Iron, creating a lack of access to fitness opportunities all across the Range. Mesabi Fit Coalition is raising funds to build a new fitness center in a building in need of reinvention and remodeling.
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The IRRR announced the loan Wednesday, Aug. 9, along with a litany of other projects receiving economic development funding across the Iron Range. Recipients include businesses, local governments, outdoor recreation organizations and higher education institutions.
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Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation funds culture and tourism grants through taxes paid by Minnesota’s mining industry.
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The legal route by the Fond du Lac Band to take on the project formerly known as PolyMet was the first of its kind, as was the outcome. And it could have broader implications for tribes and industry in Minnesota going forward.
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The Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation is a state agency located in Eveleth. The economic development agency reinvests local taconite production taxes into northeastern Minnesota businesses and communities.
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Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability hosts the annual Earth Fest 9-3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Iron Trail Motors Event Center in Virginia, Minnesota. The event includes children’s activities, a local marketplace, exhibits, speakers, live music and food.
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Jerry Burnes and Leah Ryan are starting a new kind of media for the Iron Range
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longtime contributor and writer Aaron Brown merges history with analysis of the 2022 election
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Election 2022: MN Senate District 3 Grant Hauschild vs. Andrea Zupancich: From Babbitt to HermantownCandidates in the Minnesota Senate District 3 race met in a forum produced by WDSE -WRPT. Moderator Heidi Holtan, KAXE/KBXE's News Director, questioned Republican candidate Andrea Zupancich and DFL candidate Grant Hauschild in this hour-long special.
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Candidates in MN Senate District 7 race met in The Northland Forum, produced by WDSE -WRPT. KAXE/KBXE's News Director, Heidi Holtan moderated the conversation between candidates Rob Farnsworth (R) and Ben DeNucci (DFL) in this hour-long special.