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Those looking to celebrate Earth Day in the community have at least two options in Cloquet this weekend and next. The Cloquet Public Library will host an Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 23 at the library, 320 14th St. The free event is open to all ages and will feature a kids’ clothing swap, DIY no-sew T-shirt bag, grow-your-own cucumber seedling, book sale and more. The City of Cloquet and the Boldt Company are organizing the second annual Cloquet Earth Day cleanup f...
Three kittens are safe and sound thanks to an alert RV owner and Cloquet firefighters, police officers and an animal rescue volunteer who all came to the rescue. On April 12, a camper owner heard baby kittens crying inside the vehicle when he returned from shopping at the Walmart store in Cloquet. Cloquet police officer Elijah Haglund responded and soon got Jodi Carlson of Missing Pets of the Northland involved. According to the Missing Pets Facebook page, Carlson tried to lure the kittens with...
Former Cloquet-Esko-Carlton hockey player Karson Kuhlman picked up his first goal for his new team, the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League, on April 9. Kuhlman was picked up in January, after being put on waivers by the Boston Bruins, and almost immediately injured. But he's healthy now. The situation in Seattle for Kuhlman is a better one for him since he will now have an opportunity to be in the lineup on an everyday basis, compared to his time with the Bruins. On April 9, Kuhlman...
Cloquet High School Quarter 3 A HONOR ROLL Grade 9 Rizal Agaton-Howes Gage Allen Diamond Allen-Lovejoy Owen Anderson Ahnna Bader William Bauer Johanna Bernu Sarah Blais Joshua Bleskacek Ellise Boyd-Affias Kaia Boyd-Affias Sofia Breuer Madison Correll Cadence Dillon Mirianna Dohse Brody Dushkin Clare French Nikolas Gentilini Julie Golen Shealee Gunderson Natalie Halling Natalie Hautajarvi Natalia Hernandez Riley Hillman Jean Hurd Nicholas Janke Sophia Johnson Allie Jones Erin Keating Ella Kolenda Addison Kozelouzek Michael Kruse Brijette LaCore...
Lynn (Jones) Prosen, a 1992 Cloquet graduate, was awarded the 2022 National Science Teaching Association’s Corteva Excellence in Agricultural Science Education Award. The award recognizes excellence and innovation in the field of agricultural science education. Prosen told the Pine Knot that she was inspired by St. Scholastica professor Dr. Donna Schroeder when she was working on her biology degree. “I was a TA for her and the idea of helping others to learn science and be able to understand thi...
The case of an injured Wrenshall man found trying to flag down cars April 10 on northbound Interstate 35 between Midway Road and the Proctor exit turns out to be related to a drug deal that never transpired, the criminal complaint states. The alleged shooter in the case is Esko resident Austin James Webster, 39, who appeared in St. Louis County Sixth District Court Friday, April 15, charged with second- degree assault and felon in possession of a firearm. Webster, who has several drug-related convictions in the past 12 years, including four as...
A total of 19 Cloquet students, along with research mentors Dr. Cynthia Welsh and William Bauer, attended the Minnesota State Science & Engineering Fair earlier this month. The event was held online and, once again, Cloquet students were awarded plenty of hardware. Four Cloquet students won the top awards at the fair, what the host, Minnesota Academy of Science, calls the Grand Awards that recognize excellence in scientific research. Silver Grand medals went to the top 10 percent of the...
Since the Mesabi Symphony Orchestra first performed in Moose Lake in 2018, residents have been asking: “When can we get them back?” The answer is April 24. The orchestra will perform as part of the season finale presented by Agate Encores Community Concerts at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24 in the Moose Lake Community School auditorium. The 40-member community orchestra serves the Iron Range region and was founded in 1978. It will play the iconic and rousing piece “Finlandia” by Jean Sibelius. First pe...
Lane Johnson, a researcher at the Cloquet Forestry Center, knows a needle in the haystack when he sees one. "I have a photo mystery I wonder if your readers might be able to solve." He's looking for an original print of a photograph scan he found in the Carlton County Historical Society records for the forestry center. The image title reads: "Presbyterian Church Picnic, Forestry Station, Cloquet." "It seems the print was part of a photograph collection scanned by the (museum) some time ago but...
Cloquet police chief Derek Randall said Tuesday that police are still waiting for autopsy results for Amanda Cadotte, a 33-year-old Cloquet resident who died on March 3. According to a news release, Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments, along with the Cloquet Area Fire District, responded to 956 Trettel Lane in Cloquet on a medical call at approximately 7:24 a.m. March 3. Cadotte was unresponsive and pronounced deceased at the scene. Cadotte is survived by four sons. Randall said the investigation hinges on the medical examiner’s r...
This overreaching deer was recently found in Frankie and Norma De Dominces' yard in Cloquet. "We live on the outskirts of the city and frequently see many deer," Norma said. "This deer was raiding our bird feeder and I was surprised she could reach that high." Norma said it may be time to "raise the bird feeders higher."...
With Ann Carlander's help and Annie Dugan's encouragement, Knot Gallery curator Ann Markusen put out a call for portrait art for the April/May exhibit, and a variety of area artists responded. One, Ivy Vainio, uses photography as her art form, as Markusen reviews below. While this is the first time Vainio's photographs will grace the 100-year-old brick wall that is the Knot Gallery at the Pine Knot News office, the four other artists are returning exhibitors, and show a different side of their...
The County Seat Theater Company will present what general manager Joel Soukkala calls a "diva-licious farce" beginning Thursday, April 14, after a Covid-19 case pushed the debut back from the planned opening today. "Suite Surrender" is set in 1942 with two of Hollywood's biggest actresses (portrayed by Mimi Effinger and Etta Souter) descending upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel with assistants, luggage, and a legendary feud with one another in tow. Everything seems to be in order for...
A second period of wild swings in action culminated in two Minnesota Wilderness power play goals that propelled them to a 4-2 victory over the Springfield Jr. Blues April 1 to complete a sweep of the two-game series. Niko Rexine scored twice and Will Persson added the winning goal and an assist in leading the Wilderness to a 5-2 victory Thursday night. The wins kept the Wilderness in third place through the weekend in a chaotic NAHL Midwest Division. The Wilderness have a 8-1-1 record in their last 10 games. They’re now nipping at s...
With bears emerging from hibernation in the coming weeks, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds homeowners to check their property for food sources that could attract bears. "Please take the time now to remove or secure anything that could attract a bear," said Eric Nelson, DNR wildlife damage program supervisor. "Prevention is key. Once a bear finds a food source, it will likely return again." As bears emerge, their metabolism gradually ramps up and they will begin looking for...
Contributing photographer John Dahlman of Floodwood is seeing a host of activity in his backyard as spring gradually comes to the region. He spotted this bobcat on two days in mid-March. And the birds are coming and going as well. A blast of ice and snow in the middle of this week put a damper on the human notion that spring has sprung. If you have wildlife or nature shots you'd like to share, please send them to us at: [email protected]...
Jane (Bimberg) Oswold was good enough to spend some time with this picture we presented in February of the sixth-grade class at the old Scanlon school in 1962. After all, she's in the picture. Here is what Jane came up with, using the names of the children at that time. Front row: Tom Branham, Rick Wilkinson, Larry Hawkinson, Jane Bimberg, Joyce Juntunen, and Mary Hawkinson. Middle row: Bev Bruno, Milt Zezulka, John Everson, Sue Bruno, and Sue Mell. Back row: Bill Kelly, Carol Morken, Adele...
The State Climatology Office is looking for volunteer rainfall monitors for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. The network includes more than 20,000 volunteers nationwide who measure precipitation in their backyards using standard 4-inch diameter rain gauges and submit reports online. Climatologist Pete Boulay said the data from backyard rain gauges are helpful and important in many ways. “These volunteers help to verify high rain totals after big events, monitor drought and flooding, make our precipitation maps more a...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are seeking public comments on their recommendation to remove an impairment designation from the St. Louis River Area of Concern for Degraded Fish and Wildlife Populations Beneficial Use. There will also be aan open house discussion on April 14. The U.S. and Canada identified the St. Louis River as one of 42 Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) in 1987 as the result of...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College will celebrate its 2022 Fine Arts week with two book events later this month. Navajo author Brian Lee Young will read and sign copies of his book, "Healer of the Water Monster," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the Ruth A. Myers Library or via Zoom. Young is a winner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award for best middle grade novel. The book explores Navajo cosmology and climate change as the book's hero, 11-year-old Nathan, discovers the...
Editor’s note: This column was written for Sunshine Week — an initiative by newspapers across the country to shine a light on the need for open government and access to public information — two years ago. This year, Sunshine Week was scheduled for March 13-19, but we agree with the writer that a person’s right to know should not be limited, and that includes promoting that right through editorials in your local newspaper. Enjoy. The media are most definitely not your enemy. Far from being the enemy of the people, day in and day out we take ou...
Area fans of University of Minnesota Duluth hockey player Koby Bender, who is from Cloquet and is a former Lumberjack, came out in force in St. Paul last weekend as the Bulldogs won the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff tournament at Xcel Energy Center, taking two games Friday and Saturday. Bender scored a hat trick the week before to propel UMD into the "final four" weekend and the conference tournament win. The team began NCAA tournament play Thursday afternoon in...
The Minnesota Wilderness completed a 5-1 road trip to Alaska Saturday night with a 3-1 win against Kenai River. The Wilderness (30-21-1) swept the three-game series against the Brown Bears (13-36-5). It also marked the end of a nine-game road trip, of which the Wilderness won seven. Barrett Hall led the way Saturday night, with a goal and an assist, while Matt Smith shined again in net, making 29 saves. The road success propelled the Wilderness to take sole possession of third place in the NAHL’s Midwest Division. It also sets up a showdown s...
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council announced that Anne Dugan of Wrenshall is one of three winners of the annual Arrowhead Arts Award. Recipients are nominated for their remarkable contributions to the arts in the region. Dugan won the Maddie Simons Arts Advocate Award, which recognizes an arts administrator, arts educator, volunteer for a nonprofit arts organization, or artist whose involvement in a project or program has substantially contributed to the arts in the region. The award comes...
With five-time incumbent state representative Mike Sundin announcing that he won't run for re-election, this year's race for the Minnesota House of Representatives District 11A seat is heating up with familiar faces from both parties joining the race. Since the Sundin announcement, only one Democrat has announced intentions to seek the seat that covers all of Carlton County and part of St. Louis and Pine counties. Pete Radosevich, an attorney who lives in Cloquet and is also the publisher of...
