BOVEY -- It's a problem that's only getting deeper. The water level in a nearly 5-mile-long chain of abandoned mine pits on the western Iron Range continues to rise, even as the debate persists over ...
The small Itasca County town of Bovey won a lifeline to stave off flooding this year: State lawmakers approved $8.87 million to drain a mine pit that has long threatened to overflow. After years of ...