A 77-year-old man was rescued after being injured while hiking the Angleworm Trail near Ely on Thursday evening, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office.
The agency urged the Legislature to consider whether tailings storage and processing methods are "compatible" in the same watershed as the wilderness area.
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