Chris Johnson heard the news from a reporter. By the time he was done answering phones and calling management at Hibbing Taconite, he still ha…
It was July 12, 2016, when then-Gov. Mark Dayton convened a public meeting of the minds in Cloverdale Town Hall on the outskirts of Nashwauk, …
Tim Olson’s mom was a beautician and his dad was an ironworker. He grew up fishing and hunting and joined the football and track teams. He gra…
It was in the late 1800s when Frank Hibbing’s iron discovery was growing beyond reasonable imagination. Oliver Mining Company was among the fi…
Two companies with a heavy presence in northeastern Minnesota's mining industry are working together to provide broader and better service to …
As wind turbines across Texas froze up during the recent cold snap, turbines in Minnesota kept turning.
CHISHOLM — Matthew Koshmrl, an award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer, is helping others tell the story of the Iron Range.
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Even as Chrissy Bartovich advanced through her first few years of college, she wasn't sure what career path to choose.
VIRGINIA — When it comes to owning a business a lot of factors can contribute to success or failure — two of those being timing and location.
In 2020, 1.6 percent of the 14.46 million vehicles sold in America were electric battery-powered.
Research on Minnesota's Iron Range is helping shape America's growing electric arc furnace steel production.
Many of us remember the “Schoolhouse Rock” cartoon “I’m Just a Bill” from our childhoods, which explains the basic process by which an idea ge…
Minnesota jobs face serious challenges right now. I wonder if we are up for it. I don’t say that lightly. I am the elected leader of the state…
CHISHOLM — The Minnesota Discovery Center grounds are located at 1005 Discovery Drive in Chisholm. The campus is located on formerly mined lan…
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CHISHOLM — The Minnesota Museum of Mining recently announced that it is working on a new exhibit, “From Ore to Steel: The Mining Process.”
A longstanding axiom about crushing taconite at northeastern Minnesota iron ore facilities is that the plants “make small rocks out of big rocks.”
DULUTH — If you stand atop the ski slopes of Spirit Mountain in Duluth and look down toward the St. Louis River, off to the right you will see…
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For decades, the Iron Range has been the epicenter of American iron-ore mining. People here have been through plenty of boom-and-bust cycles a…
Essar Global’s push to squash an effort that would ban it from doing business in Minnesota was set aside after the Minnesota Court of Appeals …
PolyMet Mining’s path to opening Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes and Babbitt will take another route through the Minnesot…
A one-week legislative special session is wrapping up without much to show for the workers and communities of Minnesota. Here in the Iron Rang…
I strongly disagree with the decision made by Governor Walz to hold a contested case hearing on a simple water quality permit for the Line 3 r…
For this native of the Mesabi Iron Range, the book "Taconite: New Life for Minnesota's Iron Range - The History of Erie Mining Company" is a t…
RAMS – the Range Association of Municipalities & Schools is now entering its 81st year of service for communities, townships and school di…
ELY — Before Kevin Boerst was hired as the leading expert on rock layers and mineral formation at the Iron Range’s newly-proposed billion doll…
Cleveland-Cliffs is moving closer to its official purchase of AK Steel, a transaction that is expected to transform the Ohio-based company and…
HIBBING — “The biggest benefit to your career is going to be taking a class like this, especially if you’re going into engineering. That hands…
