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As if shoveling the driveway and sidewalks isn't enough - now some people are hurting because they didn't shovel their roof? The short answer is yes. Cloquet building official Matt Munter said it's an issue of poor ventilation in the attic or not enough insulation, allowing heat into the attic and through the roof. "As heat loss on the roof occurs, it melts the snow on the roof. As the melted snow finds its way to the overhang, it'll freeze and cause an ice dam right at the edge of the roof,"...
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Jan. 26 1949 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company announces the invention of a machine that can make mass recordings on magnetic audio tape. Jan. 27 1871 Kentucky Congressman James Proctor Knott delivers the speech, “The Glories of Duluth,” in Congress, mocking the city in an effort to defeat a bill granting land for a railroad in northwest Wisconsin. Duluth’s citizens appreciate the free publicity, and a town nearby is named Proctor Knott, which was later shortened to just...
Cloquet's new city administrator started work last week, but he's no stranger to the Cloquet area. Tim Peterson lives in Esko with his wife and their two children, ages 12 and 8, and had worked as the city administrator in Moose Lake for three and a half years before taking the Cloquet job. Prior to working in Moose Lake, he was deputy clerk finance director for the city of Proctor; before Proctor, he worked as finance director for the LifeHouse nonprofit that provides support to homeless and...
Ready, set, act. It's not quite a race, but things will be happening pretty fast Saturday when Cloquet High School hosts a one-act play competition in the school's recently remodeled auditorium. Six different schools will perform in the one-act play subsection event here. Because the Section 7AA competition is in Cloquet, there won't be a separate performance here as there were in the past. The cast welcomes the public to see them perform at noon. Plays will be presented from 10 a.m. through... Full story
James Montano, on trial for a murder and assault in rural Carlton County in April 2018, was found guilty on all three of the charges against him Wednesday: first-degree premeditated murder and intentional second-degree murder for the shooting death of his uncle, Andrew Gokee; and the attempted premeditated first-degree murder of his cousin, Hudson Gauthier. The jury heard closing arguments Tuesday afternoon after six days of testimony and deliberated late into the evening before reaching the...
New Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College president Stephanie Hammitt had her day in the spotlight as local and statewide dignitaries, college staff and students, friends and family filled the college amphitheater Tuesday to see her honored as the fourth and first woman president of the 33-year-old institution. More than one person - including Minnesota Commissioner of Higher Education Dennis Olson and former FDLTCC president Larry Anderson - declared Hammitt the "perfect" person to lead the...
Residents of the Carlton and Wrenshall school districts received a community survey regarding consolidation talks and facility plans between the two districts earlier this month. Copies of the survey were mailed to school district residents and any parents/guardians of students who open-enroll into either district. Staff received the survey electronically. In her report for Tuesday’s Carlton School Board meeting, Superintendent Gwen Carman said the consulting firm handling the survey had received 549 surveys from people in both districts as o...
With little fanfare, Cloquet's new water treatment plant came online in December and so far things are going swimmingly. Residents should notice little change in tap water because the plant is filtering a mineral that hasn't been present in recent years, after the city quit using one of its five wells. Now that well - which previously provided 30 percent of the city's water - is back in action, but with no added manganese because of the city's new $6.6 million facility. Manganese occurs...
It’s encouraging to see our local schools recognize that their primary purpose is educating our children for their future. That means different things to different people, of course. The prevalent attitude of preparing children for college is great, if your children are meant to attend college. But it’s not appropriate to direct students into college prep courses when they would be better served in vocational training, such as welding, computer technology, drafting and other trades. There’s an old joke about who to call when your sewer is ba...
I’ve always liked Scott Holman, the former Cloquet detective who is now suing the city and others after being fired from the police department. I mentioned to former mayor Dave Hallbeck the other day that Scott and I have always had a healthy fear of each other. That made the mayor laugh, probably because he knew exactly what I meant: Sgt. Holman could be an intimidating figure, but I think he respected the different perspective I had on the issues. At least, I hope he did. Officer Holman ran f...
We've just finished a heady year of two-month exhibits by Carlton County artists in our refurbished Pine Knot offices on Avenue C in Cloquet. It's been quite a whirl. Altogether, we hosted works by seven artists. We've enjoyed working with them to hang their creations, hosted receptions for each show, and written about them in our weekly newspaper. We began 2019 with Ken Hanson's marvelous three-dimensional paintings of Jay Cooke landscapes on two-dimensional canvas. We hosted Lloyd Backus'...
The "Our View" article last week, titled "Private schools fade away," is confusing. The main problem discussed in the article is that private schools in Cloquet have struggled to maintain enrollment over the past few decades. Early on, the article discusses an attempt by St. Paul's Academy to "become more inclusive of other congregations" by changing its name to Cloquet Christian Academy. The inclusivity initiative failed to keep the school open, and St. Paul's closed its doors. The article...
Trailing by a point at halftime against Chisholm did not sit very well with Fond du Lac boy's basketball coach Earl Otis last Friday night. The Ogichidaa came out lethargic and the head coach felt an uplifting halftime speech was needed to give his team a spark. Fond du Lac responded in a positive fashion by coming out and scoring 55 points in the second half on their way to an impressive 91-86 home win. "It was just a night where the boys were not into the game at the beginning and I felt they... Full story
Esko High School actors will transport their audience and judges to the lakeside in their One Act performance of "Our Place." The play is composed of five scenes and an epilogue, all of which take place on a dock, explained director Joyce Bergstedt. Each group of characters that comes to the dock claims it as "our place" for a variety of reasons. The play concludes with all characters returning to the stage for at least a part of the epilogue in which the characters express their point of view... Full story
Thursday, Jan. 16 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright-73 Barnum-29 The Cards rolled early and held a 45-15 halftime lead as Taya Hakamaki poured in 24 points, Natalee Hakamaki threw down 20 points and Shaily Hakamaki chipped in with 15 in the win. Both Andrea Pocernich and Amber Collman finished with five points for the Cards and Sean Morrison added two. Allie Marine led the Bombers with 12 points, while Anesa Davis recorded eight. Moose Lake/ Willow River-55 Floodwood-53 The Rebels overcame a... Full story
Cromwell-Wright High School selected "Hard Candy" by Jonathon Rand for this year's One Act play. Director Mary Rose Varo said it's a funny play, centering around a fast-paced series of hilarious interviews by job applicants at Banff Enterprises who will do anything to claw their way up the corporate ladder. "We have a cast of eight very talented junior high and high schoolers, several of them playing more than one role," said Varo. The director and music teacher pointed out that plays in... Full story
With lots of natural snow and overall pleasant temperatures, it's been a great year for alpine skiing so far, said Cloquet-Esko- Carlton coach Ryan Zimny. With 11 girls and five boys, the veteran coach said he has a small but nice group of kids to be on the hill with this year. They graduated a couple boys last year, including Thomas Heren, who finished 10th at the Minnesota State High School League Alpine Slalom championships last year and third at sections. In their first "almost local" meet t... Full story
More than 330 people attended last week's Food for Thought event at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and set a fundraising record. The popular food tasting event raised more than $25,000 for student scholarships and celebrated its seventh year Thursday, Jan. 16. Some 15 local restaurants, coffee shops, caterers and others volunteered to provide samples of their signature food and beverage specialties while attendees wandered from vendor to vendor filling their bellies and tantalizing... Full story
Boys Hockey CEC vs Bemidji at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 CEC vs Forest Lake at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 CEC at Hermantown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 Girls Hockey CEC vs Bemidji at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 Wrestling CEC vs Superior at Esko High School starting with JV at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 CEC vs Hibbing, Mora and Pine City at Cloquet starting at 4 p.m. Friday. Jan. 31 Girls Basketball Cloquet vs Proctor at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 Cloquet at Ashland at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 Cloquet at Crosby-Ironton at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan... Full story
The Section 7A top seed was at stake on Tuesday night when the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey team traveled to Proctor to take on Proctor/Hermantown. The Lumberjacks entered the game with a 17-game winning streak and were undefeated in sectional play, having beaten the Mirage in the first game of the season. On Tuesday night, the tables were turned as the Proctor/Hermantown team came out with a vengeance and downed the ’Jacks 6-1 in a game that was in running time to start the third p... Full story
The Minnesota Twins Winter Caravan came to Duluth on Tuesday. This is the 60th season of the Caravan and this year's tour featured 1991 World Series pitching hero Jack Morris, Twins TV announcer Dick Bremer and exciting rookie infielder Luis Arraez. Always about a month before spring training, this event gets the baseball juices flowing in the Twin Ports area. Maybe better news was last week's Major League Baseball announcement that the Twins had signed Braves (and former Blue Jays) third... Full story
Heading into their first weekend at home in 2020, the Minnesota Wilderness were in need of something substantial to happen. They got just that - sweeping Bismarck by 3-2 and 4-0 scores at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. Bismarck had entered the weekend in second place in the Central Division of the North American Hockey League while the Wilderness are mired in fifth and in need of points. "It's always big to point up points from teams that are ahead of you in the standings," said Wilderness... Full story
Clarence Badger, left, Rol Bromberg and Jeff Mayer posed at the Jan. 3 Lumberjacks hockey game when the boys played Holy Angels at home. Bromberg and Badger both worked at the high school together for decades. Bromberg was the longtime football coach and Cloquet athletic director who recently moved to the Twin Cities area. The football field in Cloquet is named after him. Badger was a business teacher at school. In retirement the pair have gone to as many Cloquet and University of Minnesota...
Harry "Butch" Logan Newby III, 79, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, passed away Jan. 16, 2020, in Bella Vista. Butch was born March 11, 1940 in Cloquet to Harry L. Jr. and Hazel Newby. He earned bachelor of arts and juris doctor degrees from the University of Minnesota. Butch was captain of the university's golf team, which he considered one of his most gratifying golf accomplishments. After graduating from law school, he returned to Cloquet, where he was a successful private practice attorney for... Full story
James Martin, 73, of Cloquet, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at Sunnyside Health Care Center. Private family inurnment will take place in Fort Snelling National Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements by Atkins-Northland Funeral Home & Cremation Service.... Full story
