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After missing last summer due to the pandemic, a new version of an annual Christian music festival will return to Cloquet's Veterans Park on Aug. 14. The Wood City Music Festival will now be known as the Wood City Worship Festival. Lee Harris, who helps lead the Kingdom Builders Ministry that puts on the annual festival, said it hit the reset button during the pandemic, both for the Common Ground Coffee Bar & Deli in Cloquet's West End and the music festival. "We're really getting back to why...
The Gitchi Gummi U19 boys soccer team won its division at the USA Cup Weekend July 9-11 in Blaine. There were five boys from Carlton County on the Gitch team, which defeated the Cloquet U19 boys team in the semifinals 1-0 to get to the championship. The Gitch team then defeated the Elgin (Illinois) All Stars 3-1 in the championship game....
Highlights of programming on the cable access channel, CAT-7: Children’s theater Watch the County Seat children’s theater production of “When Silents Was Golden” on CAT-7. For the next two weeks, the cable access channel is showing videos of weeks 1 and 2 of the children’s theater production at 3 and 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Each show is roughly 30 minutes long. Local programs Enjoy video of this year’s Fourth of July parade in Cloquet and Harry’s Gang episodes, along with recordings o...
In a normal year, the oppressive heat over the Fourth of July weekend may have kept people home or at the lake. But 2021 isn't a normal year. We are free to go about our community business as the Covid-19 pandemic eases. And as the temperature gauge rose into the mid-90s Sunday, people kept flocking to downtown for the 11 a.m. parade. Not everyone made it through the entire lineup, seeking shade here and there or some other cooldown. The scene was a sure sign that things are coming back to...
Sixth District Judge Robert Macaulay will retire Aug. 31, the Pine Knot confirmed on Tuesday. Macaulay has served as a Carlton County judge since he was appointed in February 1995 by Gov. Arne Carlson, winning elections in 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014 and 2020. Prior to his appointment, he served as an assistant Carlton County Attorney from 1984 through 1995. Macaulay, 64, served as mentor judge to the other Carlton County judge, Rebekka Stumme, who was appointed to a vacancy on the bench in Carlton County in May 2019. Minnesota’s Judicial S...
Elk could soon be roaming Carlton County again, as a result of a longtime effort by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Last week, the Band submitted a proposal to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to expand the state's elk numbers and range by moving 100-150 elk from existing herds in northwest Minnesota to the area of the Fond du Lac Reservation and Fond du Lac State Forest in Carlton and southern St. Louis counties. Elk are native to Minnesota, with historic numbers...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is bringing back its Hot Summer Nights Concert series with two weeks of free concerts later this summer. Local bands Whiskey Trail and Rock-A-Billy Revue will perform 7 to 9 p.m. July 29 and Aug. 5, respectively, in the college’s spectacular amphitheater. Performances are free and open to the public. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, or seat cushions to sit on....
The unanimous selection for this year's grand marshals of the July Fourth parade is a group of people who worked hard and risked much over the past 18 months: health care workers. "All health care workers, from those in nursing homes and school settings to clinics and hospitals, public health nurses and more, deserve our thanks for taking care of us during the pandemic," committee members said in a joint statement. "We hope everyone who is watching the parade Sunday will make them feel special...
Because July Fourth falls on a Sunday this year, the official federal holiday will be celebrated Monday, July 5. Look for most public offices, courts, banks and the post office to be closed Monday....
There were no injuries from a crash between a passenger truck and a train in Twin Lakes Township Friday afternoon. According to a press release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and officers from the Fond du Lac Police Department responded to a report of a train striking a passenger truck at 2025 Highway 210 at approximately 4:31 p.m. Friday, June 25. The crash involved a Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Cloquet’s Chase Luing, age 20, and passenger, Brandon Jenny, 49, of Hermantown and a cargo train owned and operated by BNS...
Northern Lights Academy will offer day treatment to students in the ninth and 10th grades at Carlton High School, a local option to help older students who struggle with mental or emotional issues that don’t require 24-hour care. NLA is a special education cooperative serving 12 districts, including all Carlton County schools. Cloquet superintendent Michael Cary told board members during Monday’s meeting that this will provide an alternative to sending students to Duluth, where there is a wait list. “We have Northern Lights Academy downs...
Villains Logan Carlson and Juniper Jablonski tie damsel in distress Ella Anderson to the tracks as town folk cry out for a hero. The County Seat children's theater summer program is highlighting silent movies while still keeping kids as safe as possible. The show "When Silents Was Golden" is a musical tribute to the early years of the 20th century when silent movies mesmerized and enthralled avid theater audiences. Young performers will take to the stage each week at Cloquet's Encore Performing...
The Fond du Lac Band is leveraging funding from the Volkswagen emissions settlement to build electric vehicle charging stations and replace diesel vehicles with cleaner technologies. A $2.8 billion Mitigation Trust Agreement was created from the $14.7 billion series of settlements Volkswagen entered into after the Environmental Protection Agency's allegations of Clean Air Act violations six years ago. The trust was set up to offset excess emissions caused by Volkswagen's vehicles, some of which...
Kids up to age 18 can pick up free summer lunches again at Cloquet High School, Door 23, or Washington Elementary School, Door 3, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. July 12 through Aug. 20. The program is closed July 5-9. No registration is required and there are no forms to fill out. Just show up and eat. To find other sites, visit www.hungerimpactpartners.org and download its mobile app....
The Minnesota Judicial Branch announced that face coverings will no longer be required in court facilities effective July 6, 2021. “As the pandemic’s impact on Minnesota continues to recede, so too will some of the health and safety protocols that were in place in our district and appellate courts,” said Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea. Judges, employees, and courthouse visitors will still be allowed to wear face coverings in court facilities if they choose to do so, although judges may direct people to remove face coverings as necessary to co...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, State Patrol, county sheriff’s offices, and other public safety agencies will increase patrols for intoxicated boaters through the holiday weekend as part of Operation Dry Water, a national campaign aimed at deterring boating under the influence of drugs and alcohol....
American Legion Auxiliary president Penny Buran presents coloring books on the history of the American Legion poppy to Churchill Elementary principal David Wangen for third-grade classes earlier this year. The books were also given to Washington Elementary third graders. The poppies are a tangible tribute to honor the nation's fallen heroes. Proceeds benefit living veterans and their families. For more information, contact Buran at 218- 218-590-0503. Editor's note: This brief was corrected on...
The Frank Lloyd Wright house known as Mäntylä, Finnish for “under the pines,” that formerly made its home in Cloquet, was featured on the CBS “Sunday Morning” program June 27. Mäntylä was commissioned by the same family that built Cloquet’s Wright-designed gas station: Ray and Emmy Lindholm. Their daughter Joyce and her husband, Daryl McKinney, had fallen in love with Wright’s work when they were students at the University of Minnesota. In 2016, Peter and Julene McKinney donated the Cloquet hom...
New Wine performers wrapped up this year's production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" with outdoor performances at Zion Lutheran Church over the weekend and Leif Erikson Park in Duluth Monday. Rather than traveling to churches in other states, the youth drama/musical group stayed closer to home this year with performances in Duluth, Esko and Cloquet....
We can’t help noticing that many people are starting to celebrate Independence Day a little early, as more and more fireworks are being lit as we get closer to the Fourth. We have no problem with people enjoying the holiday with all its traditions, including fireworks. The problem is that exploding fireworks are noisy and disruptive to many in the community. By their nature, fireworks are rarely lit before dusk, which is after 9 p.m. this time of year. But many people go to sleep before then, even in the summer months. Add in those who work ear...
Marguerite I. Anderson, 100, passed away June 27, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. She was born March 20, 1921, in Foxboro, Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles and Celia (Benge) Williams. Marguerite graduated from Central High School in Superior in 1939. She was united in marriage to James "Jim" Norman Anderson on Dec. 16, 1939. Marguerite was a lifetime member and long-term secretary of the Sons of Norway Heimsyn Lodge 1-15 and longtime member of Bethesda Lutheran Church in Carlton. She...
Lacey J. Johnson, 38, of Cloquet passed away June 25, 2021, at home. She was born May 19, 1983, in Duluth, the daughter of Robert and Dawn (Tillman) DeRusha. She graduated from Cloquet High School in 2001. Lacey loved coaching the majorettes for Cloquet High School and helped keep the program alive. She had a passion for writing and was a true people person. Lacey was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by Kevin Johnson and their daughter, Lula Johnson; brother, Brett (Brandi)...
Cloquet's Kim Meisner hit a hole-in-one at the Rugged Spruce golf course in Mahtowa on June 9. Meisner used a six-iron on the 134-yard No. 6. "I called it," Meisner said, adding that it's something he says. "Here comes my first hole-in-one" is what he shouts when feeling optimistic on a par 3, and he did it on that hole. "It's been 50 years in the making," Meisner said. His dad and two of his brothers already have hole-in-one boasting rights. Meisner's accomplishment was witnessed by Holly...
After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, Grandma’s Marathon and the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon returned to Canal Park in Duluth on June 19. While many things changed, some things remained the same. Cloquet and Carlton County had a number of runners who were impressive in both races. The top performance of the day belonged to 1974 Cloquet graduate Brent Smith. Smith ran the marathon in 3:02:11, setting a new record for the 65-to-69-year-old age group. Smith not only set the record in the age group, but was so dominant that his next nea...
The second Pinehurst Park 3 on 3 basketball tournament starts at noon July Fourth and is free to all participants. There’s no charge to play in the double-elimination tournament, and spectators are welcome. Bring your own chairs. There will be tournament prizes too: a trophy for the winner, plus awards for most valuable player and “the most drip.” To register, email [email protected] or find Cameron on Instagram @pinehurstcourts. Same-day registrations may be accepted, depending on nu...
