Six abandoned Iron Range mine pits were stocked in May with a total of 2,450 pounds of rainbow trout under an Iron Range Resources Mineland Reclamation program.

Fish were stocked in mid-May in the Lake Ore-Be-Gone, St. James and Mott mine pits. Fish were stocked in late May in the Kinney, Judson and LaRue mine pits. The … read more »

The 28-bed facility, projected to open in November 2010, will create … read more »

A new recycling center in the city of Hibbing is under construction.

The recycling center is being built at the site of the city’s former North wastewater treatment plant, adjacent to Hibbing Raceway. Built in 1938, the North wastewater plant has been closed since 2003, following an expansion to the city’s South wastewater facility.

Iron Range Resources provided a $150,000 Commercial Community Redevelopment … read more »

Arrowhead University’s Iron Range Engineering program has won the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU) 2010 Excellence in Curriculum Programming Award.

The award is given to programs that demonstrate a high rate of employment; transfer or enrollment in graduate school after graduation; make effective use of technology; generate … read more »

Disability Specialists, Inc., on Thursday, April 29, 2010, broke ground on a new 11,500 square-foot facility in Cook that will create 20 new full-time jobs and retain 30 existing full-time jobs.

The $2.7 million project includes a $675,000 Iron Range Resources Bank Participation Loan. Iron Range Resources also provided … read more »

Construction is underway on Mesabi Station, a $1.5 million bicycle and recreational trail headquarters at the intersection of Highways 53 and 37 in Eveleth.

Mesabi Station will serve as a trailhead to the Mesabi Trail, a 132-mile paved bicycle trail that crosses Minnesota’s Iron Range and as a centralized access to snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle trails. When … read more »

Boswell Energy Center is a 350-megawatt electrical generating unit that helps provide retail electric service to 144,000 customers and wholesale electric service to 16 communities.

The retrofit is reducing mercury, sulfur dioxide and particulate emissions by more than 90 percent, according to Minnesota Power. Emissions of nitrogen oxide have fallen by more than the 80 percent … read more »

Disability Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Cook, Minnesota, received the Mature Entrepreneur Award at the 18^th annual Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards, Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. Tom Ehrbright, Disability Specialists, Inc., president, accepted the award and received congratulations from Sandy Layman, Iron Range Resources commissioner.

Disability Specialists, which represents people with Social … read more »

Twenty seven new jobs in northeastern Minnesota will be created as a result of Iron Range Resources funding approved for projects Thursday, April 15, 2010, at an Iron Range Resources Board meeting at the State Capitol.

Construction of a new $2.7 million, 11,500 square-foot Disability Specialist, Inc. facility in Cook will create 20 new full-time jobs at … read more »

Six Arrowhead Growth Alliance members today announced a partnership with the Minnesota Cup to accelerate new business formation and job creation, and help area entrepreneurs gain greater exposure and potential … read more »