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Carlton County residents are encouraged to recycle their fresh-cut Christmas trees during Treecycling, a free program with dropoff locations at the Sappi gatehouse entrance in Cloquet and Moose Lake compost site across from the city garage through Jan. 17. Christmas trees, like yard waste, are banned from landfills in Minnesota. Please remove all ornaments, lights, tree stands and tree bags before bringing trees. Residents can recycle holiday lights at the Carlton County Transfer Station at 1950 Highway 210....
A Cloquet man was arrested Thursday, Dec. 30, after leading Fond du Lac police on an extended chase and then attempted to harm an officer with his vehicle. Stephen James Smith, 29, faces felony charges of fleeing police in a motor vehicle, second-degree assault with a vehicle, third-degree drug possession and misdemeanor charges of introducing contraband into a jail and giving a false name. According to the criminal complaint, Fond du Lac police attempted to stop Smith for failing to signal and driving without headlights along with speeding on...
Ask Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Nordic skiing head coach Arne Maijala about the hometown ski meet this week and the conversation will be as much about all the people who help make it happen as much as the skiers who participate. Nordic skiers from six schools descended on Cloquet for a rare evening ski meet Tuesday, held on the lighted trail loop at Pine Valley. Volunteers include parents of past skiers, former coaches, former Cloquet skiers and a handful of folks who just want to support Nordic...
With 2021 in the rearview mirror, the Pine Knot News reached out to a variety of local leaders to ask them what they hope Carlton County will see in 2022. Here’s what those who responded said: Minnesota Rep. Mike Sundin “As we reflect on the difficult times that we have experienced in the last couple of years, I’d like to thank the people that have contributed to keeping us healthy and safe as best as they could. Health care professionals and public servants of Carlton County deserve to be recognized for their efforts in safeguarding publi...
Delores Hilda (Selen) Wolner, 96, of Cloquet went to be with the Lord on Dec. 28, 2021, dying from natural causes. She lived her later years at Inter-faith Care Center in Carlton. Dee was born on May 15, 1925, on her family's farm in Blackhoof Township to Wallace J. Selen and Julia M. (Bentfield) Selen. They moved to Cloquet during the Great Depression and Dee graduated from Cloquet High School in 1943. She then worked in administrative roles for the Duluth News Tribune, Consolidated Abstract,...
John Arthur Smith, 69, of Brookston, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, at St. Luke's hospital in Duluth, with his family by his side. John was born June 20, 1952, in Duluth to Arthur Smith and LaVonne-Dottie (Couture) Smith. He graduated from AlBrook High School in 1972. The day after graduation John entered the U.S. Army, where he served in Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1975. John attended and graduated from the Bureau of Indian Affairs police academy in Brigham City, Utah in...
Kenneth John Pohjola, 67, died of Covid-19 complications on Thanksgiving. Kenneth was born on Laurel Street in Cloquet in the family car. Marjorie (Davis) delivered him into his father Harold Pohjola's hands. He grew up and took over the family farm in Brookston until 1985. He was a graduate of AlBrook High in 1972 and Duluth Area Vocational Technical Institute in 1974, where he studied to be an electrician. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 242 for 45...
Clayton "Bruce" Lind, 77, of Alborn, passed away Dec. 29, 2021, at his home. He was born March 2, 1944, in Duluth, the son of George and Inez (Snickers) Lind Jr. Bruce graduated from AlBrook High School in 1962, where he played in varsity sports. He was united in marriage to Linda Dallmann in 1964 and they had three children. Bruce worked in the Teamsters Union for the Duluth paper mill, and enjoyed hunting, fishing, woodworking, and being a mechanic. He later married the love of his life,...
Father David Tushar, 72, died Dec. 23, 2021 in Las Vegas, where he was living in retirement. He was born in Eveleth on April 13, 1949 to William and Julia (Jamnik) Tushar. Father Tushar attended the Crosier Seminary in Onamia, the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, the Gregorian University in Rome, the Catholic Theological Union and Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. Father Tushar was ordained to the priesthood for the Congregation of the Holy Cross on April 24, 1976 by Archbishop...
Sherry Trettel, 75, of New Brighton, Minnesota passed away on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, after another courageous battle with cancer. She was born Aug. 31, 1946, in International Falls to Louis and Marie (Dixon) Kubis. Sherry worked for many retail companies including JC Penney and Macy's, and Lutheran Brotherhood (which later became Thrivent). She enjoyed playing slots at the casinos in her spare time. Sherry was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her loving husband of 43 years,...
Wednesday, Dec. 29 Girls Basketball Cloquet-78 Virginia-61 Mesabi East-62 Crosby-Ironton-60 Esko-52 Hermantown-45 South Ridge-69 Ely-38 Deer River-83 Wrenshall-40 Boys Basketball Esko-73 Duluth Marshall-44 Cloquet-78 Pine City-72 Deer River-86 Fond du Lac Ojibwe-72 Girls Hockey Moose Lake Area-4 Pine City Area-0 Boys Hockey Centennial-8 CEC-0 Somerset-10 Moose Lake Area-2 Thursday, Dec. 30 Boys Basketball Moose Lake-WR-77 Spectrum-74 Boys Hockey Hill-Murray-6 CEC-2 Red Lake Falls-13 Moose Lake Area-2 Monday, Jan. 3 Girls Basketball...
The girls and boys Lumberjacks hockey teams skated with younger area hockey players during the "Skate with the Jacks" event Sunday afternoon at Northwoods Credit Union Arena in Cloquet. Ann Dunaiski estimated about 60 players attended, along with 75 youngsters, with free pizza and drinks provided for all. It was the first Skate with the Jacks gathering since the start of the pandemic. Kids could also win everything from tickets to see the Lumberjacks or the Wilderness, hockey apparel, water...
Friday, Jan. 7 Boys hockey CEC vs. Stillwater, 7:30 Boys basketball Esko vs. Breckenridge, 7:15 Carlton at South Ridge, 7:15 Barnum at Silver Bay, 6:15 Cromwell-Wright at ML/WR, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. Cook County, 6:30 Girls basketball Cloquet vs. Crosby-Ironton, 7:15 Barnum at Silver Bay, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. Cook County, 4:45 Saturday, Jan. 8 Boys hockey MLA vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice, 5 Girls hockey CEC at Osseo, 3 MLA vs. North Shore, 2 Boys basketball Esko vs. Perham, 4 Nordic skiing CEC at Giants Ridge, 10 Wrestling CEC at Superior Monday, Jan. 10...
After struggling with only one win in the final month of the 2021, the Wilderness have started 2022 on the right foot. After falling behind 2-0 and 3-1 in the first period Saturday, Minnesota came alive to outscore Fairbanks 4-1 for the game’s final 40 minutes to win, 5-4, forcing a split in the two-game weekend series and snapping the Ice Dogs’ nine-game winning streak. Reid Conn was the hero, as he scored the game-winner with 6:57 remaining in the third period. Conn took advantage of a neutral ice turnover, picked up a loose puck in fro...
Pine Knot News reader John Dahlman snapped this photo of a female pileated woodpecker at the suet feeder outside their Floodwood home on Dec. 30....
Roland Bromberg, 88, of Northfield and formerly of Cloquet, passed away Dec. 22, 2021, at Benedictine Living Community in Northfield. Roland was born Sept. 4, 1933, the son of Olof and Emma (Knuti) Bromberg, on the family farm in Aurora. His father worked for Red Owl and the family moved throughout northern Minnesota before settling in Fergus Falls. In 1951, Roland graduated from Fergus Falls High School,where he was a standout athlete, lettering in football, basketball and track, and was named...
We have found some more clues in the curious case of a plaque honoring Sigfred Johnson, a World War II veteran from Cloquet who died in 1948. As reported in the Dec. 17 issue of the Pine Knot, the plaque was discovered hanging on a wall at a salvage yard in the area. Bonnie Edin called after reading the story and insisted that she found the plaque among her father's things when he passed away and gave it to Ken Johnson, Sigfred's nephew. We found Ken after John Prouty showed us a picture of the...
An empty semi-truck that was stuck on the railroad tracks near the Sappi guardhouse was hit by a Burlington Northern train Monday. According to Cloquet Area Fire District battalion chief Jeremy Hutchison there were no injuries: the driver had gotten out of the truck before it was struck by the train. The call came in at 12:18 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27. CAFD, the Cloquet police department and the Minnesota state patrol responded. "There were no injuries, no spills or fire or hazardous chemicals,"...
The 2021 Christmas Lighting Challenge results are in and the winners were announced Dec. 22 at Bentleyville. More than 2,700 votes were submitted and more than 20,000 views of the online map and entries proves the community loves Christmas lights. Carlton County winners included: Home, Steve Torgeson, 5164 Canosia Road. Business, Reliable Insurance Agency, Carlton Avenue, Cloquet. The Masters Home Winner was Luke Gages of 7249 Industrial Road, Saginaw. Duluth got the most votes for Christmas City....
If you have unwanted or no longer working holiday lights, please recycle them at the Carlton County Transfer Station located at 1950 Highway 210. The program provides free holiday lights recycling. Electric cords are also accepted. The year-round hours for the Carlton County Transfer Station are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For efficient recycling, remove all decorations from your string lights. Remove them from any type of plastic spool, cardboard packaging, or plastic bags. Place the clean...
Applications for 2022-23 funding from United Way of Carlton County are available through the United Way of Carlton County website, www.unitedwaycarltoncounty.org. Funding is available for all eligible nonprofits working in Carlton County. Applications will be accepted until February 11. Final funding decisions will be made in the spring of 2022. Last year, UWCC granted more than $175,000 to local nonprofits. For more information or to check eligibility, please contact Ali Bilden Camps at 218-879-8404....
Cloquet City Hall is closed Friday, Dec. 31, along with all Carlton County offices in observance of New Year’s Day. This includes courthouse, human services as well as transportation department offices and more. The Minnesota Highway 210 Transfer Station will be open on Friday and closed Saturday....
With New Year’s Eve and severe cold colliding in northern Minnesota this weekend, we encourage an abundance of care and caution. Temperatures this weekend will be 15 to 20 degrees below zero at night, with windchill at 35 below zero. If you bring someone to their home — perhaps someone who has had too much to drink — please either walk them to the door or stay there long enough to make sure they make it safely inside. For those who don’t remember, there is a former University of Minnesota Duluth student who doesn’t have any fingers or toes b...
Stephanie Victoria Rankila, 82, of Cloquet, passed away Nov. 11, 2021, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. She was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, on Jan. 9, 1939, the daughter of John and Veronica (Krawchuck) Fichuc. Stephanie will be remembered as being a generous person and an excellent cook and baker. She loved to have family and friends over for meals. Stephanie was preceded in death by her husband, Marcus Rankila; son, Kevin Rankila; and numerous relatives. She is survived by her...
Adeline F. Hanson, 92, of Carlton, passed away Dec. 22, 2021, at Inter-Faith Care Center. She was born Feb. 10, 1929, in Erskine, Minnesota, the daughter of Carl and Julia Anderson. Adeline was married to Oris G. Hanson on April 24, 1952, in Erskine. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, family dinners, and especially spending time with her family. Adeline was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Oris Hanson; son Kenneth Hanson; daughter JoAnn Wargin; brothers, Melvin and Julian Hanson; and...
