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A man arrested last fall after the windows of a Cloquet business were smashed now faces more felony charges after a Dec. 30 attack on a corrections officer while in custody at the Carlton County Justice Center. Matthew William Johnson, 27, of Duluth, remains in custody while Carlton County Sixth District Court sorts out his competency to stand trial. According to court records, Johnson was taking part in a remote hearing in a room at the jail and became upset, striking a blow at the hearing equipment and then standing at the door. A...
Both legislative bodies approved a capital investment package to fund infrastructure projects around the state Monday, just hours before the session adjourned. It included funding for three District 11A projects: $17.5 million for the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (Cloquet, Thomson Township, city of Carlton), $10 million for the Carlton County female offender program and the jail and courts facility, and $5 million for Cloquet water infrastructure improvements on lines serving the...
