Major construction is underway at Essar Steel Minnesota’s $1.6 billion taconite, direct-reduced iron and steelmaking facilities near Nashwauk. Approximately 300 construction workers are currently working on the project in building, mine and infrastructure development. In addition, Essar Steel Minnesota has 45 permanent employees working on the project … read more »

Governor Mark Dayton hosted his first Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener in Biwabik, Minnesota on Friday, November 4. The purpose of the event was to honor the great deer hunting tradition, educate youth and promote ethical hunting practices.

A “Big Buck” luncheon at The Lodge at Giants Ridge featured presentations by state and local officials. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) Commissioner Tony Sertich welcomed attendees to the … read more »

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on Monday, October 31 for a new $17 million building for P&H Mining Equipment in Virginia, Minnesota. Local, county, state and P&H MinePro Services officials participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking of the new 92,000 square-foot equipment repair and service facility. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) played a key role in this project, by providing $800,000 in grants for site work. … read more »

A groundbreaking celebration was held on Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Wind, Algae, Rain and Food (WARF) Greenhouse Project in the Eco-Industrial Park in Silver Bay, Minnesota. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) supported the project through a $250,000 renewable energy grant to the City of Silver Bay.

The $1.2 million dollar building is 8,600 square feet and will house an integrated fish, algal and plant … read more »

Commissioner Tony Sertich, of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB), today announced IRRR Board approval of agency financial assistance for several business and community development projects at its Thursday, October 20, 2011 board meeting at IRRRB headquarters in Eveleth.

A bank participation loan of $150,000 to Premier Plastics of Hoyt Lakes to purchase a new rotational molding machine was approved. The total project cost is $447,000, … read more »

A $250,000 Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board grant has helped the City of Hibbing leverage construction of a new $5 million, 22-unit Realife senior housing community in Hibbing.

Thirty-two full-time equivalent construction jobs were created by the project. A grand opening including City of Hibbing and Realife officials, was Saturday, October 8, 2011.

Built by Realife, the number one developer of senior housing cooperatives in the United States, the Hibbing housing … read more »

Thanks in large part to assistance from the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB), production is underway at Silicon Energy’s new, multi-million dollar solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing plant in Mountain Iron, Minnesota.  To mark this milestone, the company held a grand opening celebration on Monday, October 10, 2011.

IRRRB Commissioner Tony Sertich said that the agency worked over several months to create a package to assist Silicon Energy to build … read more »

A $300,000 Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board appropriation has assisted funding the planning and design process required to reach a solution to rising water within the Canisteo Mine Pit on the western Iron Range.

Water in the abandoned mine pit has been rising for years due to groundwater and surface water infiltration.

In Bovey, 2,350 feet of drain tile has … read more »

A $175,000 Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) grant has assisted the Two Harbors Economic Development Authority in completing a 7.06-acre site for new business development.

The greenfield site, zoned for commercial development activity, is located along County State Aid Highway 26, less than a mile north of Highway 61.

IRRRB funding assisted in site work and extending water and sewer infrastructure to the parcel.

Two Harbors Economic Development Authority Chair Cathy … read more »

A $250,000 Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board grant is leveraging a $21 million expansion of Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin and creating new jobs.

The project creates 130 construction and 18 new full-time equivalent jobs.

A conversion of semi-private rooms into 25 all-private rooms,  five chemotherapy infusion bays, enlarged surgery waiting room, two consultation rooms and a two-story administration … read more »