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George Patrick Bradley, 81, passed away Jan. 4, 2023, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. He was born on Feb. 15, 1941, in Cloquet to Archie and Cleo (Hatenburger) Bradley. George was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Geraldine Leritz and Gregoria Bradley; and children Jan, Debbie and Julie. He is survived by his spouse, Edith; children Lauren (Wendy) Newsum, Kenny (Shari) Newson, Colleen (Stacy) Paulson, Sandy Olsen and Carol Rubesh; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brother, Phillip (Patty) Bradley; sister K...
Maxine B. Hennum, 92, of Cloquet passed away Jan. 15, 2023, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. She was born Aug. 21, 1930, in Dickens, Texas, the daughter of Edward and Emma (Westlund) Berset. Maxine graduated from Cloquet High School in 1948 and from the Northwestern Hospital school of nursing in Minneapolis in 1951. She worked at Fond du Lac Reservation Indian Services, Raiter Hospital, Community Memorial Hospital, the northeastern Minnesota Lung Association, and for 17 years as an industrial...
Roy Ralph Maki Sr., 92, lifelong resident of Cloquet, passed away Jan. 14, 2023. Roy was born in Cloquet on March 18, 1930, to Charles and Anna Maki. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War. He worked for Diamond Match, had his own business, Maki & Son's Sod, for many years, and retired from Potlatch Corp. in Cloquet. Roy enjoyed working with his hands, motorcycle riding, and fishing. His hobbies included pottery, making chairs from willow branches, crafting cedar-post beds and, most...
Wayne "Peewee" Francisco, 79, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. He was preceded in death by his father, Vic Francisco; mother, Cris Johnson; stepfather, Bill Johnson; his life companion, Lois Featherly; nephew Jon Francisco; and sister-in-law, Carolyn Pearson. Peewee is survived by his brother, Don Francisco of Illinois; sisters, Linda (Tim Sleeter) McLain of Homestead, Wisconsin, and Sheri (Jim) Johnson of Mountain Iron; nephews Jeff (Alice) Francisco and...
Talking from his northeast Minneapolis residence, Tony Petersen described the home studio he named Double Pug after his dogs Patti and Doug. There are powerful microphones and compressors, good sound baffling, and windows facing his backyard to the west. "It's a really powerful one-man studio," Petersen said. "Generally, the music happens between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m., so I get to catch the sunset." Petersen, 33, is a Cloquet native and founder of numerous projects, including Social Animals, the...
Photographer Will Stenberg was looking for boreal chickadees last Friday, Jan. 13, when he went into the Sax-Zim Bog north of Meadowlands. Instead, he was greeted by a relatively rare riot of evening grosbeaks, pictured, near the visitor center after a hike along Gray Jay Way. "There was much excitement among the birders at the sight of (by today's standard) a very large number of evening grosbeaks," Stenberg said. "I won't offer a numerical estimate, but they were waiting for space at the...
Declaring he would follow through on a pledge to make Minnesota an attractive place to raise a family, Gov. Tim Walz announced a key slice of his 2023 budget Tuesday with major spending increases for education, child care and per-child tax credits. "Our budget will ensure that the opportunities are there to make every single school the very best in the nation and every child to succeed for generations to come," Walz said as he announced the plan at Adams Spanish Immersion School in St. Paul.... 
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A bit of a January thaw that included rain earlier this week helped take the snow burden off area trees. The sloppy storm of late last year and subsequent snow squalls kept their mark on the Carlton County landscape. Pine Knot News photographer Amber Nichols went into the wilds to capture scenes of a snowy season. She found horses out in a pasture in Esko at River Ranch Farm, top. In Wrenshall the snow has piled up. For nearly a month, crews there have been clearing snow from streets and curbs....
A camper fire at Knife Island Campground on Saturday left a mother and her 2-year-old daughter homeless. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, the 911 call came in just before 5 p.m. Jan. 14 from the campground at 234 W. Highway 61, in Thomson Township. Firefighters from the Esko, Carlton and Wrenshall fire departments responded and found a pull-behind camper on fire at a campsite in the campground. The woman and child were inside the camper when the fire started, but were able to get out. Both were evaluated b...
The Pine Knot News office at 122 Avenue C will be closed Thursday afternoon and Friday, Jan. 26-27, so staff can attend the Minnesota Newspaper Association convention. Copies of the paper will be available at stores and gas stations in the area. Please leave any urgent messages for staff at 218-213-1231 or [email protected]....
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is looking for members from diverse and underrepresented communities across the state to serve in the agency’s environmental justice advisory group. Applications are open through Feb. 13; application information is available at https://www.pca.state.mn.us/about-mpca/environmental-justice-advisory-group. There is an information session at 5 p.m. Jan. 25 at the MPCA Duluth office at 525 Lake Ave. S. in Canal Park with online sessions Jan. 17 and Jan. 23. The MPCA environmental justice advisory group a...
The 2022 Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC) Awards Committee selected Carlton County commissioner Dick Brenner as one of three recipients of the AMC Outstanding Service Award. Established in 1985, this award is presented to individuals who have exhibited exceptional leadership, participation and service to Minnesota counties and the Association. Brenner has served as a Carlton County commissioner for over 30 years, with two years remaining on his current term, and is the longest-serving commissioner over the 152-year existence of the...
As she warmed up before the girls basketball jug game with rival Wrenshall Monday night, Carlton's Eliza DeCaigny admitted her blood pressure was a little high. "Everyone's on the team was," said DeCaigny, a senior. "It was definitely nerve-wracking." Stress aside, it was the Bulldogs that racked up the points, as DeCaigny scored 14 to follow teammate Megan Matarelli's game-high 20 in their 59-26 win to cap a long-standing rivalry. The two rural Carlton County schools' athletic programs fully...
Wrenshall boys get historic win in dramatic fashion It was one of those basketball games that saw every few seconds produce a hero - at the line, the three-point arc, in the congested paint, on the open floor. The last jug game between the Wrenshall and Carlton boys basketball teams was a classic Tuesday night. A bow to tie atop 73 years of a one-of-a-kind rivalry. After more than two hours of full-throated cheering, intense but clean play among the teams, dozens of lead changes and yes, all...
The inaugural Northland Hackathon in April 2022 exposed students from 20 Minnesota high schools to aspects of computer science that included building apps, writing code and exploring opportunities in tech. That focus was important because, according to a 2022 report by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition (https://advocacy.code.org/stateofcs), Minnesota finished in last place when it came to the percentage of public high schools offering computer science courses. This year, organizers are taking addi...
