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Friday, Feb. 11 Boys hockey MLA vs. Ely, 6 Boys basketball Esko at Hermantown, 7:15 Carlton vs FDL Ojibwe, 7:15 Barnum vs Cromwell-Wright, 7:15 ML/WR vs Floodwood, 7:15 Wrenshall at South Ridge, 7:15 Wrestling CEC at Onamia, 4:30 Saturday, Feb. 12 Girls hockey playoffs CEC vs Marshall at Virginia, 3 Boys hockey CEC vs. Holy Family, 3 Girls basketball Barnum vs Two Harbors, 4:30 Boys basketball Carlton vs Ely, 2:45 Monday Feb. 14 Boys hockey MLA vs International Falls, 5 Boys basketball Wrenshall at Carlton, 7:15 Girls basketball Cromwell-Wright...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team held a three-goal lead on Monday night against Duluth East, but were unable to hang on as the Greyhounds scored in overtime to notch a 4-3 win at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. CEC tallied two goals on the power play early in the second period and then added yet another power play goal midway through the period as they built a 3-0 lead. The Greyhounds were able to score a pair of goals before the period ended to pull to within 3-2 and then tied the game...
Photographer Amy Arntson took a few shots of the 10-year anniversary celebration at Rendezvous Sports Bar & Grill in Scanlon Saturday, including owner Ross Swanstrom with Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders. “Big D,” Danyelle Williams, seen here drinking water, won the Buffalo wing eating contest: 41 wings in 10 minutes. Next to him is a smiling Bryan Broten....
The Pine Knot News was once again named the "most outstanding weekly" in Minnesota at the annual Minnesota Newspaper Association convention last week. It is the second year in a row the paper received the distinction, which comes with the traveling Mills Trophy. The win for the paper comes as circulation increases put it in a larger category of newspapers in the annual Better Newspaper Contest that MNA puts on. The Pine Knot won 23 awards for journalistic and advertising excellence, plus the...
Korryn Sorenson-Brock, 22, of Cloquet, passed away Jan. 29, 2022. She was born Jan. 13, 2000, in Edina, the daughter of Kenneth and Kerrie (Rice) Sorenson. Korryn lived in Andover until she was 5 and then moved to Cloquet. Growing up, Korryn played hockey for Lumberjacks hockey teams. She enjoyed making YouTube videos with Jackson and Nick, family trips with the Sorensons to Arizona, road trips with friends and her brother Konner. Korryn was proud to receive her high school diploma in 2019. She...
Frequent Pine Knot News contributor and award-winning columnist Steve Korby hails from Scanlon, so he knew some of the sixth-graders pictured last week (at right). "The teacher, who was also the Scanlon principal, is Lydia Henke," he said. "She was my sixth-grade teacher as well. She was a Cloquet Country Club member. I remember how shocked I was to see her having a cocktail in the CCC clubhouse after a round of golf. My teacher!" Korby said the tall kid in the back is Paul Carlson and the...
A massive multi-state drug investigation ended last month with arrest warrants issued for 21 people, including three people from Cloquet. According to a Duluth Police Department press release, the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigation spanned three states — Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota — and roughly six months. In June 2021, members of the task force began investigating a Chicago-based drug-trafficking organization (DTO) that transported substantial quantities of fentanyl and heroin from Chicago to Duluth. The fen...
According to a press release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, the crash involved a Toyota pickup driven by a 37-year-old male from Duluth and a Freightliner semi driven by a 48-year-old male from Cromwell. The Toyota truck was eastbound on County Road 4 and stopped at the intersection with County Road 61. The driver pulled away from the stop sign and was struck in the passenger side of the vehicle by the northbound semi. The driver of the Toyota was transported to Essentia hospital in Moose Lake and later airlifted to a Duluth h...
Join Cloquet schools superintendent Michael Cary, along with school board members and administration for conversation 9-10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7 at Common Ground, on the corner of Avenue C and Broadway in Cloquet. The “coffee in the community” meetings are being held monthly at various coffee shops in Cloquet and are a venue for people wishing to have a two-way discussion with school officials....
A Carlton man is facing DWI charges and more after allegedly running into a Duluth snowbank. According to a press release from the Duluth Police Department, at approximately 10:40 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, Duluth police officers were dispatched to a report of a car in a snowbank at the intersection of 69th Ave. West and Raleigh Street. Officers located a male, later identified as Carlton resident Paul Booker, 30, who appeared to be passed out in the driver’s seat. Next to him in the passenger seat was a handgun, which the officers secured. It w...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College welcomes new and experienced beekeepers to the seventh annual Beekeeping and More symposium next week. The virtual event will feature talks given by regional beekeeping experts, UMN Bee Squad and nationally known beekeeper Mike Palmer. The virtual event costs $15 per person and is 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12. To register or find out more, visit https://bit.ly/3s5Ur6e. During this year’s symposium, participants will learn about native pollinators and tips and tricks for beginning beekeeping. T...
Next week, the County Seat Theater Company will present an old-fashioned melodrama, "The Villain Wore A Dirty Shirt, or, Always Wash Your Long Johns 'Cause It Makes a Lotta Cents." It's a boo-hiss villain tale around laundry in a mining town in frontier days. "This show is filled with fun characters," said director Joel Soukkala. "It is so fun to get a group of actors together of all ages and just play." The cast of 15 performers features a number of young actors. "It's a good old-fashioned melo...
To our concert patrons: As we work on scheduling our next season, we are once again reminded of how important you are. There are concert organizations that have not yet been able to return to live concerts. This is due in large part to audiences who won’t conform to Covid protocols — primarily, mask mandates. We are so lucky to have your support on this issue. This is why we can do what we do for our community. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, Feb. 27 for the highly anticipated Irish group, Ring of Kerry. Jeanne and Dan Dot...
In this season of election ramp-up, the party differences articulate the value of servant leadership. The elected officials and political activists should not focus solely on the immediate issues to achieve short-term gains without preparing for unintended consequences. When elected officials are using descriptive statistics to support a claim without fully vetting the information, the statistics are used to score political points among the base or cause fear. Recently, elected officials seeking other offices have been claiming to do something...
Constance Olida Golla Schroller passed away Jan. 16, 2022, at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in Chula Vista, California, succumbing to sepsis after a minor procedure. She lived at the Veterans Home in Chula Vista the prior two years, but had resided in sunny (and warm) Orange County for most of her adult life. Born May 31, 1942, in Cloquet to Gail and Peter Golla, Connie graduated from Cloquet High School in 1960. She then joined the U.S. Marine Corps and got to see different parts of the...
Charles H. Lembke, 87, of Cloquet, passed away Jan. 29, 2022, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. He was born Dec. 13, 1934, in West Seneca, New York, the son of Mason H. and Violet Lembke. Charles served in the U.S. Army for most of his life, serving two tours in Vietnam, and retired in 1977 as a Master Sergeant. He was involved with the White Oak Society in Deer River, which provides education through the medium of 18th- and 15th-century historical reenactments. Charles was a past...
Dwayne Lee “Dewey” Asbach, 46, passed away Jan. 28, 2022, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth after succumbing to Covid-19 pneumonia while bravely undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. Dewey was born Sept. 16, 1975, in Ashland, Wisconsin, where he spent his childhood exploring the woods, which developed into a lifelong appreciation of and love for the beauty and nuance of nature. He enjoyed camping, running, biking, walking, CrossFit, and participated in half marathons, 5...
David Anthony Anderson, 79, of Carlton, passed away at his home Jan. 22, 2022. David was born Jan. 2, 1943, in Duluth to Herbert and Mildred (Hunter) Anderson. He was raised in Duluth, graduated from Central High School, and worked as a custodian for 28 years at St. Mary's Hospital. David was an active fisherman and bowler. He is lovingly remembered as a caring and loving human being, who was willing to help anyone in need. He was a big man with a huge heart, and he will be missed. David was...
Thursday, Jan. 27 Girls Basketball McGregor-51 Carlton-41 Esko-83 Barnum-39 Cromwell-Wright-50 Floodwood-29 South Ridge-73 Ml/wr-52 Girls Hockey Duluth Marshall-4 Moose Lake Area-1 Boys Basketball Lakeview Christian Ac-65 Carlton-51 Friday, Jan. 28 Girls Basketball Wrenshall-71 Silver Bay-41 Ml/wr-53 East Central-37 Girls Hockey CEC-1 Chisago Lakes Area-0 Boys Basketball Silver Bay-50 Wrenshall-39 McGregor-61 Carlton-53 Esko-79 Barnum-53 Cromwell-Wright-72 Floodwood-36 ML/WR-71 South Ridge-43 Superior-100 Cloquet-47 Chisholm-65 Fond du Lac-49...
Friday, Feb. 4 Girls hockey CEC vs. Thief River Falls, 7:30 Boys hockey MLA at Lake of the Woods, 6 Boys Basketball Cloquet vs Proctor, 7;15 South Ridge at Esko, 7:15 Carlton at Floodwood, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright vs. Silver Bay, 6:15 ML/WR at Two Harbors, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. McGregor, 7:15 Girls basketball Esko at Duluth East, 7 Cromwell-W. vs Silver Bay, 4:45 Wrestling CEC at Pierz, 5 Saturday, Feb. 5 Girls hockey CEC vs. Bemidji, 2 Boys Basketball Barnum vs. Nash.-Keewatin, 3:30 Girls basketball Barnum vs. Nash.-Keewatin, 2 Monday, Feb. 7 Boys...
We weren’t taken aback at the news that Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is ending its football program. Football is always expensive, with lots of players, lots of equipment. Very few of the football players — at least in recent years — had local or state connections, so it was hard to drum up any sort of local following. And, finally, there is no football field anywhere near the campus, so “home” games were played as far away as Superior. But you know what is close to the college campus? A soccer complex. When FDLTCC began its athle...
Our frigid winter can only be soothed by embracing it. That's what Dan Malkovich of Cloquet was doing last week as he ventured out to Jay Cooke State Park for some night photography of the waning wolf moon. "The full moon in January, called the wolf moon, was hidden by an overcast sky" on Jan. 17, he said. "Here is a picture taken the next night, when the sky was clear and the moon was 96-percent full. Compared to our eyes, the camera has superior ability to record even low amounts of light,...
The latest photo from the Carlton County Historical Society is of some very smiley students at the Scanlon grade school in the early 1960s. Do you recognize anyone? The society would love to put some names to its photo collection. Send your information to news@PineKnot News.com with "history" in the subject line....
A group advancing the idea of a Carlton County animal shelter is holding its next meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at the VFW in Carlton. Anyone is welcome to attend. Carlton County has not had a local humane society since the Friends of Animals Humane Society closed its doors the summer of 2018, due to financial stresses and an inadequate building. Since then, local officials have put funds previously paid to the humane society toward low-cost spay/neuter programs as well as free microchipping clinics. The police department and Facebook...
The Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee approved a mask mandate from Jan. 21 through Feb. 18 for the following facilities: Black Bear Casino Resort, Fond-du-Luth Casino, and Fond du Lac Gas & Grocery. The City of Cloquet implemented a mask mandate for all public spaces through Feb. 18. Carlton County already requires masks in all of its public buildings....
