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Greetings from the Library! This is the first monthly column written by Library staff. Our goal is to let the Cloquet area community know more about the services freely available at the Cloquet Public Library. Tax season is upon us. Many of you may be in the midst of gathering your documents and finding out where to get your taxes prepared. Staff at the library are happy to print off forms and instructions you need; unfortunately, the library does not receive paper tax return forms or instruction booklets. We are unable to give tax advice or...
One of Cloquet's most well-rounded athletes in many years has made her next move - from the many options on the table, Kendra Kelley has selected a college, and North Dakota State will be her home for the next four years. "I chose NDSU for the great academics, coaches, teammates and program," said Kelley, who will run track in college. "The campus was beautiful and has a lot to offer, and I'll be very happy there." She went on to say, "Looking back at my athletic career, I've realized how many l...
Unfake News: The colon is quickly falling out of favor and some linguists believe it will be all but extinct by 2050 or so. To geeks like me, this is very unfortunate, given the rich, bloody, confusing history of the mark. The “modern” use and construction of the colon, as we know it, was used most notably by the writer and philosopher, Aristophanes in about 300 BC. He (then everyone else) used it mostly to mark the end of a complete thought, which is to be followed by another, related one. Thi...
We have a real gem in Carlton County Auditor Paul Gassert. As an elected official, Gassert shows his dedication to the public in many ways. So we don’t assign any blame to the auditor for the mail-in ballot debacle in this past special election cycle. Gassert opened his office last Saturday before the election and kept his office open late on election day to accommodate voters, especially voters who typically mail in their ballots. That’s required by Minnesota law. But the law also allocates just 35 days between the Governor’s call for a speci...
There's no doubt that voters learned a lesson from the hundreds of mail-in ballots that didn't get to the Carlton County Courthouse in time to be counted in the primary election on Jan. 22. Carlton County Auditor Paul Gassert said there was much greater "turnout" for Tuesday's election from citizens living in mail-in voting precincts versus the primary election on Jan. 22. "By mail, but mostly in person," he said. One woman even paid extra to have her mail-in ballot delivered by priority mail, a...
February is National Library Lovers month and we at the Library are sharing the love. Monday, Feb.11 through Saturday, Feb. 16 will be Fine Amnesty week. Anyone who brings in an item for the Salvation Army food shelf will be able to get their library fines cleared. Found a DVD hiding under the couch? Bring it in along with a food item such as a jar of peanut butter, and get overdue fines cleared. Items especially needed by our local food shelf are peanut butter, hearty soups such as split pea or vegetable beef, canned meats, boxed meals, and...
According to a statement by the National Weather Service office in Duluth, the temperature reading of minus 56 degrees in Cotton, Minn. on the morning of Jan. 31 was the coldest temperature recorded in the lower 48 states during the entire period of cold weather last week caused by the polar vortex. Although it missed the state record of minus 60 degrees, the extremely cold weather Jan. 26-28 caused school in Carlton County to be canceled and the suspension of mail delivery — due to extremely cold wind chill — for one day (although the pos...
The Esko fire department received a 911 call for smoke in a kitchen at 2:57 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1. According to a press release from the department, Esko Fire Chief Kyle Gustafson called for the auto-aid help of Wrenshall and Carlton right away. Solway Fire Department was also called to provide water. With a quick response by Esko units and Esko Captain Paige Robinson leading an interior attack, firefighters found fire in the walls behind and around the chimney, which appeared to have started in the chimney itself. Wrenshall, Esko, and Carlton...
When Leola Rodd started the Winterfest celebration in Carlton close to 25 years ago, she said it was a way to bring community members together and to give people something to do. The former Community Ed director chuckled as she recalled kids playing volleyball and softball games in half a foot of slushy snow. The games may have changed over the past 25 years, but Saturday’s Winterfest still offers many options for community members and others to enjoy an incredibly wide variety of activities together. Here’s what’s happening on Saturday, Feb....
While it's a blast and there's plenty of swag at the Blue Jean Ball, the annual bash is about more than having a good time. It's about the kids. Cloquet Ed Foundation Board President Mike Owens explained that CEF was able to fund more than $70,000 in grant requests from Cloquet school teachers and others to give students opportunities that might not otherwise be possible if they depended on the school district for the money. The money goes toward everything from field trips to the Twin Cities...
Former Cloquet Police Chief Wade Lamirande wants the new city council to prove it will not be sweeping complaints about city officials under the proverbial carpet at City Hall. Lamirande emailed Cloquet city officials, councilors and local media a litany of complaints about the current police chief and a city councilor earlier this week. A Cloquet native, Lamirande retired in 2014 after 24 years with the Cloquet Police Department. In his email, Lamirande detailed eight different complaints...
The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold its annual St. Louis River Summit March 5-6 in the Yellowjacket Union at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. A variety of speakers will present information about progress related to river landscapes, community well-being, progress on habitat restoration, and scientific monitoring techniques. This year’s summit will feature a keynote panel of representatives from local and regional breweries and distilleries, focused on the importance of clean water to their processes and i...
