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  • Death Notice

    Pine Knot News|Jan 28, 2022

    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....

  • The Ticker: A quick look at area teams in action

    Pine Knot News|Jan 28, 2022

    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...

  • Sports Schedule

    Pine Knot News|Jan 28, 2022

    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...

  • FDLTCC Dean's List

    Pine Knot News|Jan 28, 2022

    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...

  • Graduation news: Minnesota State University, Mankato

    Pine Knot News|Jan 28, 2022

    Tyler Ojibway, a law enforcement major from Cloquet, graduated this past fall....

  • Scholarship program offered to high school juniors

    Pine Knot News|Jan 28, 2022

    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 Dean's Lists

    Pine Knot News|Jan 28, 2022

    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...

  • Stutter steps in pandemic marathon

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    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...

  • Lone Wolf

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    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....

  • CAFD meetings are going virtual

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    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....

  • Free booster clinic available

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    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....

  • Order free Covid tests

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    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...

  • FDL election filings open

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    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....

  • Family home, belongings lost in Esko fire

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    A house and garage in Thomson Township were destroyed in a fire Sunday morning. According to a Carlton County Sheriff's Office press release, fire crews were called to 21 Ridge Road north of Esko at about 2 a.m. Esko Fire Department members were first on the scene and found a garage fully engulfed in flames. Wind spread the fire to the home. Both were deemed a complete loss. Occupants and pets were out of the residence and the family is receiving aid from the American Red Cross. A relative of...

  • Our View: Consider doing more in 2022

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    It’s been a while since John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address inspired children and adults to see the importance of civic action and public service. “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country,” he said, challenging every American to contribute in some way to the public good. That doesn’t mean a person needs to run for political office, or give up their high-paying job to join AmeriCorps: it simply means we all should do our part. Volunteer to plant flowers in the spring, chaperone school trips, help with t...

  • Obituary: Leo James Sell

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    Leo James Sell, 57, of Edmond, Oklahoma passed away Jan. 15, 2022. He was born on July 12, 1964 in Cloquet to Robert and Virginia (Bryant) Sell. Leo spent his childhood in Carlton, where he met and married the love of his life, Becki Wilmarth. They moved around before settling in Edmond. He worked for Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma for nearly 20 years. For Leo, nothing was more important than family, and he had a habit of making family wherever he went, from his church to the Riverwind poker...

  • Obituary: Carolyn Marjorie (Huisinger) Lehikoinen

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    Carolyn Marjorie (Huisinger) Lehikoinen, 89, passed away in her home Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. She was born Sept. 17, 1932, in Ivanhoe, Minnesota to Richard "Dick" and Kate (Woltjer) Huisinger. She grew up in the Porter and Canby area and graduated from Canby High School in 1954. Carolyn married Robert Lehikoinen on June 19, 1954, and they built a home on Twin Lakes Drive in Cloquet. She worked at the Northwest Paper Company in Cloquet. Carolyn was junior director for the Modern Woodmen Club 5020...

  • Obituary: Thomas "Tommy" R. Rosen

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    Thomas "Tommy" Richard Rosen, 58, of Cloquet passed away Jan. 12, 2022, at his home. He was born March 25, 1963, in Duluth, the son of Robert G. and Aletha E. (Schmidt) Rosen. Tommy graduated from Cloquet High School in 1981 and participated on the high school golf team and ski jumping team. He was married to Taina Bottila on Aug. 3, 2007, in Cloquet. Tommy worked for more than 40 years at the Cloquet Country Club in numerous capacities, including grounds maintenance and kitchen crew. He also...

  • Obituary: Bernice "Da Da" Ostoff

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    Bernice "Da Da" Ostoff, 84, of Cloquet, passed away with peace on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Augustana Care Health and Rehabilitation in Moose Lake.She was the youngest of 18 siblings, the daughter of George and Sophie Ostoff. Bernice was one of the former owners of Burger Family Shoe Store. She was highly involved in the community, including the Chamber of Commerce and the Fourth of July parade. She was funny, loving, a respected individual, and was a spontaneous, boisterous spitfire! Bernice...

  • Obituary: Russell C. Johnson

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    Russell C. Johnson, 88, of Moose Lake died Jan. 18, 2022, at Augustana Moose Lake Village after a short illness. Russell was born Dec. 21, 1933, to Selma (Anderson) and John E. Johnson at home, east of Moose Lake. The family moved to a small farm west of Moose Lake in 1941, where Russ lived until he died. He graduated from Moose Lake High School in 1951. After his father died suddenly in March of 1953, Russell remained at home to take care of his mother and younger sister, Rosalie. His older bro...

  • The Ticker: A quick look at area teams in action

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    Thursday, Jan. 13 Girls Basketball Cloquet-57 Hermantown-49 South Ridge-53 Floodwood-25 Cromwell-Wright-66 Two Harbors-45 Mesabi East-70 MLWR-62 Boys Basketball Hermantown-96 Cloquet-78 Lakeview Christian Ac.-78 Wrenshall-58 Esko-88 Superior-77 Girls Hockey CEC-3 Duluth-1 Friday, Jan. 14 Girls Basketball Esko-70 Hibbing-32 Boys Basketball Two Harbors-56 Cromwell-Wright-51 Barnum-96 McGregor-33 Saturday, Jan. 15 Girls Hockey CEC-3 Northern Tier-0 Boys Hockey Elk River/Zimm-8 CEC-1 Monday, Jan. 17 Girls Basketball Proctor-63 Cromwell-Wright-58...

  • Sports Schedule

    Pine Knot News|Jan 21, 2022

    Friday, Jan. 21 Boys hockey CEC vs. Rock Ridge, 7:30 MLA at Lake of the Woods, 6 Boys basketball Esko at ML/WR, 7:15 Carlton vs. Floodwood, 7:15 Barnum vs. Two Harbors, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright at Silver Bay, 6:15 South Ridge vs. Cook County, 6:30 Wrenshall at McGregor, 7:15 Girls basketball South Ridge vs. Cook County, 4:45 Skiing CEC alpine at Lutsen, 10 CEC Nordic at Cook County, 11 Saturday, Jan. 22 Boys basketball Barnum at Browerville, 3 Girls basketball Barnum at Browerville, 1:30 Boys hockey MLA at International Falls, 1 Sunday, Jan. 23...

  • Obituary: John David Clawson

    Pine Knot News|Jan 14, 2022

    On Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, John David Clawson, loving husband and father of five children, passed from this earth into the arms of Jesus at age 87. John was born on Aug. 28, 1934 to Ray and Daisy (Shroyer) Clawson. He graduated from Proctor High School in 1952, then joined the Army National Guard where he began his training as an auto mechanic, and was honorably discharged in May of 1963. He worked as a mechanic until his retirement. John married his second wife, Margarite (Lee-Strand) in April...

  • Year in review: Summer provides a bit of normal

    Pine Knot News|Jan 14, 2022

    Our monthlong march through 2021 looking back at past issues of the Pine Knot News continues today with the next four months of the year, May through August. It was a summer that saw a return of many regular activities after another Covid-19 pandemic lull in the region. It wouldn't last, as we'll find out in the final installment of the year in review next week. May In mid-May, 600 finalists from around the world will gather for the Regeneron International Science and Engineer Fair to dazzle...

  • History Mystery

    Pine Knot News|Jan 14, 2022

    Here are a couple of photos from the Carlton County Historical Society that aren't neccessarily "mysteries" as they are just interesting portaits of people in a certain time. But the museum does have just minimal information on them. The picture of the three men above simple say "Mahtowa" on the back. The photo at left is inscribed "Wright MN. Photo by Harry Bergstrom." If you have any information, or interesting photos you'd like to share, send them to [email protected]...

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