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Residents and visitors to the Stanton Lake area on the Willow River will see increased levels of construction activity and truck traffic in the coming weeks as the damaged Willow River dam is removed and is replaced with a rock arch rapids. The dam, built in the 1940s, breached in July 2016 after a large flood overtopped the dam and eroded the adjacent embankment. Earlier this month, workers temporarily diverted the river channel and dewatered the work area so they could remove the failed concrete dam. In the next phase of construction — expect...
A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed outside a home on the Fond du Lac Reservation early Monday morning and an arrest warrant was signed Tuesday for another teenager, 18-year-old Joseph James Fohrenkam, who is wanted by police. According to a press release from the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, deputies and officers from the Fond du Lac Police Department responded to a call at 1:19 a.m. Monday reporting that someone was shot. When officers arrived at the rural St. Louis County home, they...
The 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed earlier this week was Joseph James Peterson, of Cloquet and Fond du Lac, according to a press release from the St. Louis County Sheriff's office Friday morning. St. Louis County Sheriff's Office deputies and officers from the Fond du Lac Police Department responded to a call at 1:19 a.m. Monday, Dec. 28 reporting that someone was shot. When officers arrived at the rural St. Louis County home on the 3600 block of Giiniw Road, they found a deceased...
Anthony "Tony" Jurek, 88, of Cloquet passed away with family by his side on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. He was born Feb. 25, 1932 in Split Rock Township, the son of Stephen and Anna (Womniecki) Jurek. At the tender age of 17, Tony enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1949 and was deployed to the Korean War. He was soon captured and spent 33 months in a POW Camp. After his release and honorable discharge as a Sergeant, Tony married the love of his life, Marjorie Jezierski, on September 10, 1955. He was a...
Sgt. Frank Peter Carle, 78, of Esko, died peacefully with his loving family by his side in St. Luke’s Hospital on Dec. 31, 2020 from congestive heart failure. Frank was born in Duluth on October 18, 1942 to George and Frances Carle. He was a man of many talents. After high school he went to carpentry school. From there he graduated from a trade school where he was a master welder. On Jan. 24, 1963, at the age of 21, Frank enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He proudly fought for his country durin...
