Free access to Eveleth history offers a fascinating glimpse into the past! The Eveleth Heritage Society has partnered with community donors and the Minnesota Historical Society to make historical newspapers available online at no charge to researchers. The digitized newspapers are on the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub, where the public can read and search thousands of issues from across the state. Priceless Eveleth history is in the news articles, public notices, sports pages, social sections, advertisements, and public meeting minutes. As of January 2026, 4160 issues have been digitized, and all available Eveleth newspapers are scheduled to be digitized by 2027. Please consider donating to help with this valuable project!
Read more about this effort by project leader Roger Kochevar:
The Eveleth Newspaper Project digitizing vintage papers for all of us, Hometown Focus, May 26, 2023
Read more about this effort by project leader Roger Kochevar:
The Eveleth Newspaper Project digitizing vintage papers for all of us, Hometown Focus, May 26, 2023
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Newspapers currently available• Eveleth Republican: 1898
• Eveleth Leader: 1900-1901 • Eveleth Star: 1901-1903 • Eveleth Mining News: 1903-1906 • Eveleth News: 1906-1942, 1970-1971 • Eveleth Clarion: 1921-1922 • Eveleth News-Clarion: 1942-1967 • Eveleth Range Scene: 1976, 1982-1984 • Eveleth Scene: 1988-1989, 1991-1996, 1998-2001, 2003, 2007-2013 Coming in 2026 • Virginia Daily Enterprise: November 1914-March 1919 Virginia newspapers naturally focused more on that community but also reported on Eveleth news, often in a way that shared a different perspective or bias. Grant funding will make available more issues of the Virginia Enterprise, the predecessor of the Mesabi Daily News. Titles and dates represent digitized issues; some newspapers were in publication before and after the dates listed. |
Funding partners
- Individual community donors
- Eveleth Area Community Foundation, a regional affiliate of the Boreal Waters Community Foundation
- Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation
- Virginia Community Foundation, a partner foundation of Community Giving
Using the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
- Access the online newspapers here.
- When you click on Search for Newspapers, use the filters on the left to refine the results. Clicking on Subject-City and checking the box next to Eveleth will display only newspapers from Eveleth.
- To search for specific terms, click on Search at the top of the screen. Searching for "hockey" will naturally bring up hundreds of results, but searching for "hockey" NEAR "Brimsek" will produce search results where hockey player Frank Brimsek is in an article about him in that context.
- If you don't find results in Eveleth newspapers, try adding "Eveleth" to your search terms and use filters to search newspapers in other cities. If you use the Subject-County filter, checking the box next to St. Louis County will bring up newspapers from Duluth, Grand Rapids, Tower, Ely, Hibbing (coming in 2026), Virginia, and Eveleth.
- If you search for specific terms, the words should be highlighted when you open an issue.
- Try using variations of your search terms if you aren't finding results. Northside Park, for example, might appear as "North Side Park." Names might be abbreviated, such as Chas. for Charles or Wm. for William.
- Use the + and - buttons on the bottom to zoom in and out.
- For other instructions, click on the Help button at the top of the screen. Once you open the Help page, double-click on the sections with a blue book icon to expand the menu.
