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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...
Start your July Fourth on the right foot, by running in the 10th annual Sawdust 5K: Kill the Hills race at Pinehurst Park in Cloquet. The race begins at 8 a.m. on July 4, winding its way through the hills of central Cloquet before returning to the park. Registration for the Sawdust is $25 at tempotickets.com/sawdust2021 before July 2 and $30 on race day. Too long or too early? The LaVonna Provost 1-mile run down Cloquet Avenue starts at 10:45 a.m., before the 11 a.m. parade. Line up at Avenue B...
Three area soccer players are part of a Duluth premier-level soccer team that made it all the way to the Midwest Presidents Cup in Ohio last month. From left, Carson Essler, Ryan Tomsche and Spencer Teitelbaum play for the Gitchi Gummi U17 premier team, which won the Minnesota Presidents Cup tournament in May to advance to the regionals in June. They won three games there, beating Illinois, Missouri and Ohio before falling to Kansas 2-1 in the semifinals. Tomsche had an assist during the...
Wrenshall High School Fourth Quarter B Honor Roll Bruddy Axtell Bryce Barczak Eli Beetcer Gavin Beetcher Joseph Bergman Hennessey Bilges Ethan Blanchard Othin Carter Pidge Eckdahl Easton Everett Briar Fernquist Brennen Fisher-Merritt Elizabeth Johnson Jenna Johnson Mark Johnson Natalya Kacer Nathaniel Kopponen Joel Lembke Melany Lonetto Eden Loucks Anne Mattson Ryker Miller Paige Olson Austin Skagerberg Magdalene Sowada Willow Sowada Kaya Stark Wesley Ward...
Carlton Schools Fourth Quarter A Honor Roll Grade 12 Colin Emerson Elizabeth Hey Jayna LeBrasseur Trevor Ojibway Daniel Sandoval Grade 11 Olivia Anderson Kash Gibson Morgan Laveau Grade 10 Korah Crane Eliza DeCaigny McKenzie Midge Emma Peterson Dylan Schwartz Michaela Sundeen Grade 9 Michael Cadott Brayden Drake Luukas Korpela Gavin LeBrasseur Megan Matarelli Sam Ojibway Grade 8 Gavin Gibson Lauryn Hilton Jackson Korpela Amber Lawry Ayden Ojibway Julia Peterson Kayla Radtke Aryanna Rodeghiero Amy Schwoch Grade 7 Alex Gillette Riley Kedrowski...
Carlton Schools Fourth Quarter B Honor Roll Grade 12 Adam Anderson Daniel Eggert Annika Johnson Samantha Matarelli Ella Rose Palmer Kyle Siiter Emma Simmer Jairid Ward Grade 11 Haley Ableiter Kenneth Alberti Nicholas DeVriendt-LeDoux Aaron Ermatinger Holly Grondahl Dakota Hegg Erik McPhail Noah Olsen Thomas Orlowski Carly Parker Joseph Solomon Cole Thompson Grade 10 Rochelle DeLovely Gunner Fadum Mason Hyry Bryant Magnuson Sebastian Mickle Grace Rathe Steven Saari Grade 9 Sofie Herman Elijah Kot Donnamae Martinez Adaline Midge Gibson Reed...
The Arrowhead Library System is offering teens an online writing workshop with award-winning Minnesota Author Mary Casanova July 26-30. A small group of teen writers will create new work, share with others and discuss the writer’s craft and journey. The free, week-long workshop is for teens ages 13-17 who will meet online each day from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Workshop size is limited.Registration is required. Visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021alswriting workshop or call 218-741-3840. Casanova is the author of 39 books, ranging from picture books t...
Graduates from the Cloquet High School classes of 1953, 1954 and 1955 will gather at The River Inn later this month. In addition to Facebook and other means, 1954 CHS grad Wendell "Windy" Falstrom placed a small ad in the Pine Knot News to let people know about the event. I connected with Fahlstrom at his home in Napa, California. These graduates are in their 80s and it's just a thrill for Windy to come back to Cloquet and rejoin his former classmates. "Once a person moves away and then reflects...
