Yesterday The project that was scheduled to start on May 20th just south of Ely has been postponed. Workers had hoped to start a striping and landscaping project that would have put the finishing touches on a job that started last year.
4 days ago Northlanders driving near Ely should be aware of a road construction project that is slated to begin Monday, May 20th.
5 days ago A new grant facilitated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation seeks to make the route to school safer for children in the state. MnDOT announced the recipients of $3.8 million in federal grants for Safe Routes To School. 105 schools in 61 communities will benefit - including some in our area.
4 weeks ago The Minnesota Department of Transportation will commemorate Worker Memorial Day with several events throughout the state Monday, April 29, honoring the fallen workers who died while working on MnDOT construction and maintenance projects.
April 15, 2013 What do you do when you see orange cones on the roadway? How 'bout orange signs that announce a road construction zone?
April 9, 2013 Perhaps it's the economy; With the price of groceries these days, it appears that food has become a hot commodity with criminals. First there was the store about stolen energy drinks and Nutella. Now, Florida Police are charging a man for stealing $75,000 worth of soup.
April 2, 2013 Who doesn't expect orange cones and traffic delays in the summer? Road construction has almost become a season of it's own - and the summer of 2013 will be no exception. The Minnesota Department of Transportation recently announced their slate of projects for this year, with some major Twin Cities and state-wide projects sure to affect local drivers.
February 21, 2013 You could be one of the Minnesota residents that has unclaimed property that is being held by the state. One in twenty people have unclaimed property coming to them.
January 3, 2013 Minnesota-based Hormel Foods - food parent to brands like Spam and Hormel Meats - has bought Skippy Peanut Butter from Unilever. The deal is rumored to be $700 million for the venerable food brand.
December 28, 2012 Some of them were made from a "white, chalky"-type of sweet sugar and others were a chocolate stick wrapped in paper. No matter which variety they sold at candy stores near you as a kid, most children of a certain age remember encountering candy cigarettes while growing up. Now it appears you can add them to the growing list of items from our youth that are no longer "acceptable".
December 5, 2012 Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz once had a crush on a woman 23 years younger than him. He sent her love letters that included drawings of his beloved Peanuts characters that included her name. He even snuck her into the Peanuts strip once or twice.
