Tracy Amitrano and Donna Richards of Ely Northland Market and Jim Zupanich Jr. and Bill Deyak of Zup’s Food Markets shake hands on Wednesday after agreeing to merge the two grocery stores. Zup's will ...

Sprawling, spring-fed Burntside Lake sits just outside Ely, Minn., one portage away from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The lake’s water is so clear and sky-blue that it was once featured in Hamm’s ...

ELY -- Joe Prijatel had no choice but to build himself a pair of snowshoes. He couldn't afford the $5 to buy a pair. The year was about 1938, and Prijatel was working in a Civilian Conservation Corps ...