And Bingo was its name-o, ashes to ashes, Amen

On Wednesday night, the Fortune Bay Resort and Casino near Tower will call its last bingo numbers. Waning bingo popularity has caused the gaming facility to cut bingo from its gambling offerings, something sure to make several people we know roll in their graves … literally. Well, perhaps “literally” is not the right word, but… Read More →

Knights, Eagles become Night-hawks in symbolic Range school news

Yesterday Janna Goerdt wrote a story for the Duluth News Tribune about the renaming of the Babbitt-Embarrass school to reflect the St. Louis County school district internal consolidation between B-E and Tower-Soudan. The school will be called the Northeast Range School and its mascot will be the “Night-hawks.” Naturally, the locals are not sure about… Read More →