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Beatrice Ann Lucille Heikkila, 90, of Cromwell, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in her apartment at Cardinal Courts with family by her side. She was born on July 31, 1931, in Gackle, North Dakota to Amos and Julia Haro. Beatrice was married to Jonas Heikkila on Aug. 6, 1949, and they lived their lives together in Cromwell on Heikkila Lake. Beatrice worked as a cook for the Cromwell school district for many years and was a devoted homemaker. She made the most delicious caramel...
Melvin Russell Jokela, 74, of Esko, fell asleep in Christ, united with loved ones on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, at his home, after a brief battle with cancer. Melvin was born to Arvo and Gladys (Carlson) Jokela on Jan. 4, 1948, in Carlton. He lived in the Esko and Carlton area all his life and graduated from Carlton High School in 1966. He made meaningful lifelong friendships at the school. He married Delores (Sunnarborg) on May 20, 1967. He was a fifty-year-plus member and volunteer at the...
Who needs a birthday party when you can work? Florian Chmielewski celebrated his 95th birthday last week with friends, family and more than 40 fans in the finest of traditions - by playing the senior dance at the Cloquet VFW. While last Wednesday's dance fell just over a week before his Feb. 10 birthday, this was definitely a birthday party, with great music, a big cake and lots of cards. One dance attendee commented that Chmielewski was still a "chick magnet" at 95, with women - including his...
Senior Dana Jones jumpstarted the offense and the entire team played stellar defense as the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey team picked up a 4-0 quarterfinal win in the Section 7A playoffs Tuesday night over North Shore. After a scoreless first period, Jones scored on a shorthanded breakaway goal late in the second period to give the No. 3 seeded Lumberjacks a 1-0 lead over the No. 6 seeded Storm. "Dana's goal was a huge momentum turner and you could almost feel the pressure lift off our team,...
Thursday, Feb. 3 Girls Basketball Barnum-77 Cook County-44 Esko-61 South Ridge-38 Grand Rapids-69 Cloquet-63 Floodwood-43 Carlton-33 Cromwell-Wright-60 Braham-30 ML/WR-76 Two Harbors-69 Girls Hockey Moose Lake Area-6 North Shore-1 Boys Basketball Barnum-91 Cook County-42 Deer River-56 South Ridge-51 Rush City-72 ML/WR-60 Boys Hockey Hermantown-8 CEC-0 Friday, Feb. 4 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright-71 Silver Bay-10 Duluth East-44 Esko-36 Girls Hockey CEC-1 Thief River Falls-0 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-68 Silver Bay-38 Wrenshall-66...
The Moose Lake Area girls hockey team wrapped up its season with a tough loss to Hibbing/ Chisholm Tuesday night at home, falling 4-2 in the opening round of the Section 7A playoffs. The No. 5 Bluejackets started fast in the first period, but MLA fought back. In the end, H/C kept the No. 4 Rebels off the scoreboard in the final two periods. The first period saw a flurry of activity. Hibbing jumped up 1-0 on senior Julia Gherardi's 15th goal of the season at 9:08 of the first. Senior Megan Bussey...
Minnesota Wilderness forward Max Neill captured the NAHL’s award for top forward for the month of January. The announcement came just three days after goaltender Konrad Kausch was named Midwest Division Star of the Week for his performance against the Chippewa Steel and three weeks after linemate Will Persson was named the Midwest’s Star of the Week. He’s also the first from the Wilderness to be named Forward of the Month since Tyler Cline won the award in October, 2015. Neill’s accomplishments this month include a three-goal hat trick Jan. 28...
Friday, Feb. 11 Boys hockey MLA vs. Ely, 6 Boys basketball Esko at Hermantown, 7:15 Carlton vs FDL Ojibwe, 7:15 Barnum vs Cromwell-Wright, 7:15 ML/WR vs Floodwood, 7:15 Wrenshall at South Ridge, 7:15 Wrestling CEC at Onamia, 4:30 Saturday, Feb. 12 Girls hockey playoffs CEC vs Marshall at Virginia, 3 Boys hockey CEC vs. Holy Family, 3 Girls basketball Barnum vs Two Harbors, 4:30 Boys basketball Carlton vs Ely, 2:45 Monday Feb. 14 Boys hockey MLA vs International Falls, 5 Boys basketball Wrenshall at Carlton, 7:15 Girls basketball Cromwell-Wright...
Lumberjacks alpine ski coach Ryan Zimny knew his girls team would be in the mix at sections, but he didn't know they would do as well as they did at Tuesday's Section 7A meet. The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls team placed fourth at Biwabik's Giants Ridge with 290 points, only four points behind third-place finisher Anoka. Duluth East placed first with 356 while Chisago Lakes came in second with 325. Zimny said it's the best team finish for CEC since the mid-2000s, when a CEC team took third. "They...
The Esko boys basketball team rode a big first half from Nick Swanson, solid defense and depth to a 78-36 win over South Ridge Friday night in Esko. A big crowd was on hand to watch the speedy Eskomos take on the Panthers, who are perhaps the tallest team in the area. "The band was there and there was a cheerleading camp that took place so all those kids were there and got to entertain before the game and during halftime," said Esko coach Derek Anderson. "It was a big crowd and a great...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team held a three-goal lead on Monday night against Duluth East, but were unable to hang on as the Greyhounds scored in overtime to notch a 4-3 win at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. CEC tallied two goals on the power play early in the second period and then added yet another power play goal midway through the period as they built a 3-0 lead. The Greyhounds were able to score a pair of goals before the period ended to pull to within 3-2 and then tied the game...
Do you enjoy watching hockey games with players of all ages? Your chance to see beginning hockey players show off their skills starts at 9 a.m. Feb. 19. It’s the Carlton Mini Mite Jamboree at the Four Seasons Event Center in Carlton. The first games are 9-10 a.m. and the second games will start at 11:15. Carlton High School homecoming will be held Feb. 18. Crocheters still needed: A group of community members are still making plastic mats for the homeless out of clean plastic shopping bags. T...
I forgot to mention that this year’s homecoming queen was the 75th in school history and the king was the 65th. Homecoming began in 1948 with the crowning of Jean Heikkila. The first king was Dennis Korpela in 1958. Congrats to Zevvus Smith and Natalee Hakamaki for keeping this fine tradition going. There is a complete list of all the homecoming royalty on the trophy case by the school office. The school reports that there is an increasing amount of reported and confirmed Covid, influenza, and o...
Photographer Amy Arntson took a few shots of the 10-year anniversary celebration at Rendezvous Sports Bar & Grill in Scanlon Saturday, including owner Ross Swanstrom with Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders. “Big D,” Danyelle Williams, seen here drinking water, won the Buffalo wing eating contest: 41 wings in 10 minutes. Next to him is a smiling Bryan Broten....
