August 23 – Mountain Iron, Virginia, Clinton, and Kinney-Great firefighters, along with the Minnesota DNR, battled a grass and junkyard fire in rural Mountain Iron this afternoon. The fire was reported around 1:00 p.m. in the 4900 block of the Haenke Road. Several vehicles were destroyed. A helicopter was also brought in during the initial attack to keep the fire from spreading. The cause is under investigation.
