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Firefighters are beginning to get control of a 1,000-acre forest fire near Ely under control.

A prescribed burn that got out of control near Ely has now expanded to 1,000 acres.

Crews are working from the ground and air to try to stop a prescribed fire that escaped from its containment lines in the Superior National Forest west of Ely.

Rescuers have found two Ohio women who became lost while hiking in northeastern Minnesota. The St. Louis County sheriff's office says the hikers were reported lost just before 10 p.m. Monday near the Angleworm Lake Trail off of the Echo Trail near Ely.

A Minnesota researcher has surprised his followers and officials alike by removing radio collars from his research bears in the Ely area.

An Ely outfitter and guide has completed an 80-mile bushwhacking trek across Quetico Provincial Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on foot and by swimming - without a canoe.

As catastrophic forest fires burn across the western United States, forest managers in northern Minnesota are laying the groundwork for a deliberate fire in hopes of preventing similar blazes.

Highway 1 near Ely is reopened, as officials continue to mop up hot spots around a forest fire. Officials say the fire is now 90 percent contained.