Currently: Co-founder @IronRangeToday; for fun @Bearslnsider; full-time in digital comms. @NIUlive grad & Chicagoland native. jburnes@ironrangetoday.com
Joined April 2016
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NEW: Gilbert police chief says rental properties are increasingly the origin for disturbance calls, search warrants and two recent incidents involving a gun and knife.
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NEW: Iron Range schools are set to receive budget help from the IRRR, potentially easing some of the financial strains faced in recent years.
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NEW: Biwabik Fire Chief Dan Mackey was charged Monday with two counts of DWI stemming from an early Saturday morning arrest. He's scheduled to make a first appearance later this morning.
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Jun 12
When Patrick writes like this about someone. You should read.
Jun 12
Editor Patrick Coolican writes about his last conversation with former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, and who she was: "Principled but willing to compromise; competitive while ethically grounded; a team player but not blind to her own side’s faults" minnesotareformer.com/2026/0…
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Jun 11
Had a great time moderating a panel for the release of The Mine Next Door book with @IronRangeToday . We had great discussion that was serious, fun and in between. Thanks to @Marksauerphoto for the photos! @profamyoc @chunkjohnson
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NEW: Virginia doesn’t know where it spent $3.7M in sales taxes. Its council is moving ahead with a forensic audit to find it.
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NEW: Chris Chad, the former Rock Ridge administrator, has been in Fulton County Jail for more than 430 days without indictment. He faces 12 felony charges related to online sex crimes with a minor.
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May 1
. @IronRangeToday launched its Range Makers series this week! It will be an ongoing series where you can meet the people forging the Iron Range’s future, today.
Check out more: rangemakers.com
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Apr 20
NEW for @IronRangeToday: Recapping the Cleveland-Cliffs Q1 call from domestic steel, to POSCO, to rare earths.
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Apr 20
On the Cleveland-Cliffs Q1 call this morning. Highlights:
• Automotive orders are going up.
• HBI plant sale (Toledo) not being considered at this moment.
• POSCO talks ongoing.
• No update on Minorca idle.
• Analyzing rare earths, but not pursuing refinement on their own.
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Apr 9
Does the White House official here not know the current state of play in steel? Or did they let a cat out of a bag by accident?
Arcelor/Nippon joint venture in Alabama became 100% AM ownership last June as part of U.S. Steel sale. AM sold all its mines to Cliffs in 2020...
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Apr 9
To clarify: Minnesota mines (and more). So either I'm missing something rather significant, or this is way out of whack.
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White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/po… via @NYTimes
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Mar 5
Hey Friends!
I have a size Large USA Olympic Nike ACG Therm-Fit winter Jacket. A similar jacket retails around $295, but this jacket was only given to Team USA in Italy & is not available for sale to the public. Making it priceless!!
I am putting it up for bid for anyone interested. 100% of the sale will go toward my Golden Bear Foundation that supports the kids of Rock Ridge School District in Arts, Acedemics, and Athletics!
Send me a direct message or comment on my FB with a bid if interested! Remeber it’s for the kids!
BIDS WILL CLOSE SUNDAY AT 7pm. I will keep everyone posted on what the bid is at in the comments.
CURRENT BID-$500
Thanks you! #Olympics #MilanoCorrina2026 #TeamUSA #Curling #Nike
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Mesabi Metallics is evaluating Kentucky as a potential site for an integrated steel facility using DRI. The company has registered under Mesabi GreenIron, hired a top lobbying firm and posted employment ads for leadership positions in the state.
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Feb 12
My latest for @IronRangeToday : On one of the Iron Range's own, @CoachPhill , and his impact on @usacurl as he nears the end of his final Olympics run in @milanocortina26.
Drobnick has seen USA Curling rise to successes not imagined 20 years ago. He wants his next act to grow the sport at home on the Iron Range.
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Rock Ridge approves 3-year extension for Superintendent Noel Schmidt. Contract features no pay raise or other bonuses and incentives. He also declined health insurance through the district.
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Jan 21
Sometimes stories take you places you don't expect. This one certainly did. It was always more than a hockey game, but Meredith took me through her own personal quest with Ojibwe culture. What was lost and isn't. Why she still has hope.
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Rock Ridge voted Monday night to approve the sale of the former Gilbert school land for $157,900.
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