Police in the northern Minnesota town of Ely are investigating after an 80-year-old woman died after being “fully engulfed” by flames while on a motorized scooter.

A woman who died after catching fire while riding a motorized scooter on Monday in Ely has been identified, with police saying that smoking is likely what sparked the blaze. The Ely Police Department ...

U.S. Forest Service officials who oversee the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) are once again pleading with visitors not to stockpile and hoard entry permits as the annual feeding frenzy ...

Backers and opponents of a proposed copper mine near Ely, Minn., are gearing up for anticipated action from the incoming ...

We know in a water-rich environment that we will have pollution in the boundary waters." Next, we could see dueling legislation from two Minnesota members of Congress. Republican congressman Pete ...

ELY, Minn. — An 80-year-old woman died after ... The incident was reported to 911 by a witness shortly after 4:30 p.m. outside the Boundary Waters Care Center, which provides skilled nursing ...

For Mondale, it was canoeing and casting for walleyes in northern Minnesota lakes ... is the national chair of Save the Boundary Waters, which is based in Ely.

When you look at what did President Carter do for Minnesota, it was to create the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and each year 150,000 to 200,000 people come to the Boundary Waters and have ...

An 80-year-old nursing home resident in a mobility scooter caught on fire and died, Minnesota police ... 6, about a fire at the Boundary Waters Care Center in Ely, the Ely Police Department ...