Pulsar Helium is conducting exploratory drilling in northern Minnesota, hoping to confirm a profitable deposit of helium, a ...

While positive results continue for Pulsar Helium near Babbitt, the Legislature works to adopt temporary regulations in ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

Minnesota lawmakers introduce a bill to extend the state ban on mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It ...

VIRGINIA — The final defendant charged in an Iron Range murder conspiracy has agreed to be found guilty of a lesser offense.

Be careful as you venture out this morning.  Light precipitation overnight has produced some scattered slippery spots on area roadways.  After seeing a high this afternoon in the upper 30’s, ...

VIRGINIA—A Grand Rapids man already serving time for assaults is facing another 20 in prison for his role in a stabbing attack on a business owner in Babbitt nearly four ...

A house under construction in the Cedar Hills neighborhood in Lakeville, Minn., on Dec. 26, 2024. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Low prices for relatively new houses are attracting the interest of dozens of retired couples to Babbitt and Silver Bay, where real estate prices have fallen drastically since Reserve Mining Co ...

He lived in New Ulm until the young age of 7 and moved to Kelliher, MN and then to Babbitt, MN. He graduated in 1964 from JFK High School in Babbitt, MN. He entered the Marines in 1967.

Bloomington, for one, is saving $1 million with a school repurposing that also helps build enrollment in the long run. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

WCCO visited the site in Babbitt in February 2024 to see the underground ... Jonah Kaplan is WCCO and CBS News Minnesota's investigative reporter and has built a strong reputation for his balanced ...