A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
Sorted by date Results 176 - 200 of 2376
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...
City of Cloquet staff invites the public to share broadband stories and to hear about results from the recent Cloquet Broadband survey and completion of the Blandin Broadband Communities Program. There will be two meeting opportunities: Tuesday, March 22 at 6 p.m. at the Cloquet Library in the Northwoods Meeting Room A (320 14th Street), or Thursday, March 24 at noon at Common Ground Coffee Bar & Deli (103 Avenue C)....
Two new reports released this month by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health find that air pollution continues to pose a threat to public health in the Twin Cities area and other regional metropolitan centers in Minnesota, with impacts falling disproportionately on communities with more residents who are low-income, uninsured, people of color, or people with disabilities. The reports, “Life and Breath: Metro” and “Life and Breath: Greater Minnesota,” examine how air pollution affected health in 2015, the mos...
A Cloquet man is facing multiple felony charges after police found he had shared illegal pornographic videos featuring children on social media in 2020. Jaypee Selorico, 36, was arrested earlier this month and faces eight charges relating to the possession and dissemination of pornographic work, including two charges for pornographic work featuring a minor under the age of 13. Selorico appeared virtually in Sixth District Carlton County court on March 9 before judge Rebekka Stumme. Stumme set bail at $10,000 cash or $100,000 bond. According to...
Our publisher, Pete Radosevich, is running for public office, he announced this week. And your local community newspaper, the Pine Knot News, is announcing that our publisher is being placed on sabbatical leave, effective immediately. He will no longer have any input on how we run this newspaper, and he will no longer contribute to the newspaper, including his column on these pages. There is no legal restriction preventing him from continuing to work for the paper. The First Amendment guarantees that the press is free from government restrictio...
Students and staff at Queen of Peace Catholic School raised $19,665 in six weeks through its Catholic Schools Raffle this winter. Teachers, staff and the surrounding community of Cloquet united with students and their families beginning Jan. 14 when students started selling $5 raffle tickets, part of a fundraising program provided free of charge by sponsor Catholic United Financial since 2009. Queen of Peace Catholic School is one of 86 schools in Minnesota and South Dakota that took part in...
Fond du lac Tribal and Community College has been designated a 2021 Leader College by the network called Achieving the Dream. FDLTCC is one of four colleges across the country to receive the designation this year. “I am proud to work at FDLTCC and be surrounded by colleagues with such caring hearts and expertise,” said president Stephanie Hammitt. The “Leader College” designation among ATD Network colleges indicates that every person affiliated with an institution is committed to ensuring studen...
The Barnum student section enjoyed a light moment during Tuesday's Section 5A game with Cromwell-Wright in Hinckley. Barnum won the game and will play Nevis Friday in the Section 5A championship game....
In a game that did not at all match the magical scenery of the host state, the Minnesota Wilderness got a tough 2-0 road victory Saturday over the Anchorage Wolverines to win the series 2-1. Matt Smith earned the shutout, his third of the season, with 29 saves in a penalty-filled game. Both teams were held scoreless through the game’s first 55 minutes, but not for lack of chances. The two teams combined for 68 minutes’ worth of penalties, 42 for the Wilderness and 26 for Anchorage. The Wilderness (27-21-1) finished the game scoreless on fiv...
Students and staff at Esko schools were safely evacuated Friday afternoon, after the Carlton County Sheriff's Office received an anonymous 911 call indicating an explosive device was seen in an Esko High School classroom. Officers and school officials initiated evacuation procedures, and enlisted the help of emergency responders and law enforcement from many different agencies to conduct an exhaustive search of the building and surroundings. No suspicious items were located, and the campus was...
Art Gist recognized the old 1953 Dodge truck he still owns in the History Mystery photo we shared a few weeks ago. "Sitting on the fender of my truck is my son Anthony Gist," Art said. "He doesn't remember the other two kids. Their class was reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' and they were doing a food shelf drive." The photo is marked at the Carlton County Historical Society as from Feb. 21, 1998, in the parking lot at Super One. Art shared a more recent photo of the truck....
The Cloquet Police Department is investigating the “suspicious” death of Amanda Cadotte, a 33-year-old woman, within Cloquet city limits on the Fond du Lac Reservation. According to a news release, Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments, along with the Cloquet Area Fire District, responded to Trettel Lane in Cloquet on a medical call at approximately 7:24 a.m. Thursday, March 3. Cadotte was unresponsive and pronounced deceased at the scene. It is an open and active investigation, as the death is being considered suspicious, police said, whi...
Local Covid-19 case numbers continue to decline dramatically, with the most recent weekly numbers from the Minnesota Department of Health report (released every Thursday) showing an increase of only 42 cases from Feb. 24 to March 3. That same week, however, showed four deaths from Covid-19, the largest weekly increase of deaths in Carlton County this year. MDH numbers for Wednesday, March 9, showed the county with 8,796 cumulative cases, an increase of 30 from the previous Thursday’s numbers. One additional Covid-19 death had been recorded o...
Owners and staff at Gordy’s Hi-Hat in Cloquet, a seasonal food hotspot for 62 years, were busy last weekend removing snow from the restaurant grounds. That’s because they plan on welcoming people interested in working there 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 12. Gordy’s announced online and with its sign off Minnesota Highway 33 north of the St. Louis River the past week that opening day will be March 23. It will be the first year of operation without founder Gordy Lundquist, who died last July....
