Plan for portage delays east of Ely after yesterday’s storm:

“Ellen Cashman stood in the middle of Whiteside Park Friday night after a storm ripped through with winds up to 70 miles per hour. Surrounded by carnage, Cashman delivered the news that the event would not go on.
The storm hit Ely shortly after the festival ended for the day at 6 p.m. Miraculously no injuries were reported.
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“In addition to the park, there were trees across roads, laying on top of houses and taking our power lines across the Ely area. Minnesota Power reported over 300 people without electricity while Lake Country Power had over 3,000.
Both the Ely and Morse/Fall Lake fire departments were flooded with calls of trees on houses and power lines, going from call to call. Live wires caused some small fires and Highway 88 was closed for a time due to a power line on the road.”

Storm wipes out Blueberry/Art Festival; Vendors relocate around town

Not the BW implications of the news, but I’m glad some of the vendors are relocating to other parts of town and might still make some sales.

Wow, terrible news. Prayers to everyone negatively impacted.

Is there a website with vendors listed? Would love to support some of them.

Canoeinggal: "Is there a website with vendors listed? Would love to support some of them. "

Haven’t found contact info, but here is a list of names:

2021 Blueberry Festival Vendors