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The 2022 precinct caucuses will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1. Precinct caucuses are meetings run by Minnesota’s political parties. They are the first in a series of meetings where parties may endorse candidates, select delegates, and set goals and values, called party platforms. The Carlton County DFL party is making its caucus meetings as contactless as possible due to Covid levels. Participants are asked to come to their local polling place, where a volunteer will give them a form to complete and return onsite before departing. There w...
The Fond du Lac Resource Management & Tribal Court building has been renamed the John A. Smith Memorial Building, honoring a retired conservation officer who died at age 69 on Dec. 25. Smith served in many prominent capacities, including interim police chief for FDL and District III Reservation Business Committee representative. Being a conservation officer was his calling, however. Working for FDL for 47 years, Smith was the chief conservation officer protecting resources both on and off the...
Continued fluctuations between moderate and frigid temperatures this month, coupled with spates of snow, have left roadways slick. In just the past week there were several incidents of cars sliding off roads and some overturning. In Cloquet on Friday night, Jan. 21, a bus carrying athletes from a game back to Two Harbors entered the intersection at Washington Avenue and into northbound traffic on Minnesota Highway 33. The bus, carrying 23 people, including the 71-year-old driver, hit an SUV traveling northbound on 33, the Minnesota State...
Carlton County was one of five counties recognized for the Association of Minnesota Counties County Achievement award out of all 87 counties in Minnesota last month. Several Carlton County departments were recognized for their collaborative work on the drive-through Covid-19 vaccination clinics, including Public Health and Human Services, GIS, Land Department, Sheriff’s Office, Transportation Department, County Coordinator, and Maintenance Department. According to the most recent Carlton County newsletter, this collaboration was innovative a...
Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of four free at-home tests from USPS.com courtesy of the federal government. Go to https://special.usps.com/testkits to order. Here’s what you need to know about your order: Limit of one order per residential address; One order includes four individual rapid antigen Covid-19 tests; Orders will ship free starting in late January....
The Carlton County Extension Office is offering a class on Feb. 17 called “Growing Healthy Landscapes for Bees and Other Pollinators,” presented by master gardener Kathy Rahkola. The 90-minute class begins at 2 p.m. at 1630 County Road 61 in Carlton....
There was a wonderful article in the Pine Knot (Jan. 7) that prompted me to write a little bit of history to pass down. This particular article really touched home. My grandparents on my father Wallace Johanson’s side were Swedish emigrants — along with other family, the Bergquists and some Berglands — who chose this wonderful town of Cloquet to settle and raise their families. After the 1918 fire my grandfather, Wilhelm Dahl Johanson, who had moved into town from his little log cabin on Brevator Road, purchased land from John Johnson, my gr...
Kudos to Mayor Maki and the City Council for implementing and supporting a mask mandate in indoor public gathering places. I appreciate the courage this took. Thank you for helping us help ourselves. John Boland, Cloquet...
As a business owner, the news of the Cloquet mask mandate passed Jan. 18 raised some questions and concerns. When previous Covid-19 safety measures were implemented, I ensured that my restaurant followed all of the appropriate guidelines. I did not complain. I did not receive any write-ups or fines over the course of numerous mandates and shutdowns. I did witness a tremendous toll on my business, my employees, and my patrons — and the most recent mask mandate has me concerned that these problems will arise yet again. The current cost of an i...
Wendy L. Clark Diemart passed away Jan. 12, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth from complications from Covid. Her two sons were by her side. Wendy was born in Duluth to Stanley A. and Wilma (Anton) Clark on June 8, 1951. She attended school in Esko and graduated from Floodwood High School in 1969. She lived in Kansas for a time before moving back to Minnesota. She enjoyed sewing, watching her soaps and going to Black Bear Casino Resort. Wendy was preceded in death by her parents; brothers...
Stacy Lea (Golden) Beckes passed away very peacefully Jan. 23, 2022, surrounded by her family in her home. She was born on Aug. 22, 1966, in Cloquet, to Clifford and Catherine (Maack) Golden. Stacy grew up in Cloquet with her siblings, Gloria, Darla, Darin and Troy, with whom she had a very special bond. She spent her life in the Cloquet area, close to her family. Stacy was kind, compassionate, loyal, funny, easygoing, and accepting of everyone just as they were. She was a devoted mom with immen...
Betty L. Hilton, 87, passed away Jan. 25, 2022, at Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet. Betty was born Nov. 8, 1934, in Cloquet, the daughter of Charles and Matilda (Loisel) Rodgers. Betty was a very good mother and grandmother. She enjoyed reading, visiting friends and family, and was a loving, caring lady. Betty was a devoted Christian at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Virgil Hilton; and two sons, David and Timothy Hilton. She is...
Laura E. Groth, 84, of Carlton, passed away Jan. 23, 2022 at Inter-Faith Care Center. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Nelson Funeral Care, Cloquet....
Thursday, Jan. 20 Girls Basketball Floodwood-42 Carlton-11 Esko-69 ML/WR-22 Cromwell-Wright-48 Mesabi East-31 Two Harbors-52 Barnum-44 McGregor-84 Wrenshall-50 Boys Basketball Northland-82 Carlton-35 Girls Hockey CEC-3 Northern Lakes-0 Boys Hockey CEC-4 Duluth Marshall-2 Friday, Jan. 21 Girls Basketball South Ridge-88 Cook County-22 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-63 Silver Bay-57 South Ridge-92 Cook County-41 Esko-99 ML/WR-89 Barnum-73 Two Harbors-57 Wrenshall-67 McGregor-64 Carlton-93 Floodwood-64 Saturday, Jan. 22 Girls Basketball...
Friday, Jan. 28 Boys hockey CEC at Bemidji, 7:15 Girls hockey CEC vs. Chisago Lks, 6:30 Boys Basketball Cloquet vs. Superior, 7:15 Esko at Barnum, 7:15 Carlton at McGregor, 7:15 Crom vs.Floodwood, 7:15 ML/WR at South Ridge, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. SBay, 6:30 Girls basketball MLWR vs. East Central, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. SBay, 4:45 Carlton at Nashwauk-Keewatin, 5:45 Skiing CEC Nordic at Snowflake, 9:30 CEC Alpine at Mont du Lac, 5 Wrestling CEC at Hibbing, 4 Saturday, Jan. 29 Girls hockey MLA at Intl Falls, 2 Girls basketball Cloquet vs. North Branch...
More than 100 students attending Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College during Fall Semester 2021 achieved high academic standing and earned Dean’s List honors for the semester grading period. Requirements for earning Dean’s List honors at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College include maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher while completing 12 or more course credits during the semester. Students may take daytime classes, evening classes, weekend classes, online classes, or a combination of the...
Tyler Ojibway, a law enforcement major from Cloquet, graduated this past fall....
The Minnesota Association of Townships will award up to five $2,000 scholarships to high school juniors this year. All students attending a Minnesota public, private, or parochial school, or a home-study program, are eligible to apply for the program. Since its inception in 2001, the MAT Scholarship Program has had more than 2,100 submissions and 92 recipients. Applicants should submit a written essay using critical thinking on the topic of promoting township government by May 1. Winners will be chosen by an independent panel of judges and...
Other local students at colleges and universities across the country who also made the Dean’s list at their respective universities are listed below: Southern New Hampshire University Melissa Heroff, Emily Johnson, both of Cloquet Iowa State University Mackenzie Roy, Cloquet Itasca Community College Isaac Maki, Cloquet; Eli Erickson, Esko; Ryan Korby, Esko; Anthony McKay, Cloquet Milwaukee School of Engineering Dakota Tireman, Esko University of Minnesota Crookston Nick Olson, Cloquet Normandale Community College Abby Hayes, Cloquet S...
Test your short-term memory with this last installment of the 2021 year in review, covering September through December. It includes the continuing waves of Covid-19 spread and some wins in the “back to normal” department, including the return of free holiday meals in Cloquet. September The Thomson Township board of supervisors’ approval on Sept. 2 of a snowmobile trail alongside township roads, to be built and maintained by the Wood City Riders Snowmobile Club, got some attention from residents who felt blindsided by the decision. It would...
Reader Mike Farmer recently captured this black wolf, a rarity in the wild. While technically simply a "black-colored" gray wolf, it is estimated the percentage of them found in wolf populations is in the single digits. Appropriately, the first full moon of the year rose Monday, and it is called the wolf moon. The Pine Knot News is always interested in photo captures from readers, whether it be in the wilds or just from everyday life. People and animals and the beauty of nature are welcome....
Hot on the heels of the Cloquet City Council decision to go to remote meetings due to the high number of Covid cases, the Cloquet Area Fire District Board is also going remote. Residents can still attend meetings online or via telephone. To join from a computer, tablet or smartphone, get the meeting link and passcode from the CAFD website at cloquetareafiredistrict.com. Otherwise call the district office at 218-499-4258 or 218-499-4274 to get the call-in number and passcode....
Carlton County Public Health and Human Services will hold a free Moderna booster clinic 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21 in the second-floor conference room at the Carlton County Community Services Building, 14 N. 11th St., Cloquet. Registration is required due to limited doses, so visit https://prepmod.health.state.mn.us/appointment/en/reg/8569570121 to make an appointment....
Households in the U.S. can order one set of four free at-home tests from USPS.com, courtesy of the federal government. Go to https://special.usps.com/testkits to order. Here’s what you need to know about your order: • Limit one order per residential address; • One order includes four individual rapid antigen Covid-19 tests; • Orders will ship free starting in late January...
Candidate filings for the Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee positions of secretary/treasurer and Committeeperson District II (Sawyer) opened Jan. 14 and will close at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 24. Band members may file with the secretary/treasurer’s office. Primary elections will be April 5, with the general election on June 14....
