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Cloquet school board members got good news about the district budget Monday, when district finance director Candace Nelis announced that a possible $400,000 deficit for fiscal year 2019 (July 2018-June 2019) will be closer to $80,000. Moving funds out of the transportation fund and additional special education revenue are two of the reasons for the reduced deficit, along with a grant that wasn’t included in the original budget as adopted. She said the district kept enough in its Fund 3 to cover...
Minnesota has a new state record lake sturgeon so large that anglers had to drill five holes to fit the 6 1/2 foot long fish through the St. Croix River ice. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has certified the fish as a state catch-and-release record. Early on in the effort to catch the fish on Feb. 9, record holder Darren Troseth knew he had something special on the line. "I've seen a lot of big sturgeon in my life, but I was stunned when I got a look at it," Troseth said. Troseth...
Mark Cool of Split Rock Private Trading, a locally owned investment firm, has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies. The AIF designation signifies specialized knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and the ability to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care. The designation is the culmination of a rigorous training program, which includes a comprehensive final examination, and agreement to abide by...
Dianne Siltanen of RE/MAX Cloquet received the RE/MAX 100 percent award. This honors highly successful real estate agents nationwide within the RE/MAX network. A small number of agents receive the 100 percent award each year. "As a real estate agent with RE/MAX, I'm fully committed to helping my clients buying or selling to find the home that is right for them," Siltanen said. Siltanen has been serving her community as a local real estate agent for RE/MAX Cloquet for more than 20 years and has...
Wise woman, cultural anthropologist and author Margaret Mead once said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world." This describes what the Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has been attempting, but recently it has undergone big changes of its own. At the end of 2018, Carlton SWCD bid farewell to three board supervisors who left SWCD service: James Nynas, Mark Thell, and Joe Lambert. "We are sad to see Jim, Mark and Joe leave...
Low-salt diets are a common recommendation for many adults these days. Doctors have individuals adjust the consumption of foods and seasonings to limit their intake of sodium and in turn have healthier lives. Recently, a similar diet is being recommended for Minnesota water bodies. Professionals from organizations like the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Freshwater Society, who keep a close watch on the quality of water in the state, are advocating for waterways to have a low-salt...
Tony Lourey hasn't forgotten the rural areas he served as state senator. On one of his first road trips as Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner, Lourey - along with agricultural commissioner Thom Petersen - called a "town hall" meeting in Cloquet last week to discuss proposals put forth by Governor Tim Walz to create broader access to health care coverage and mental health care. Attended by mostly healthcare professionals along with media, the meeting covered the ONECare...
There is so much negative communication out there today that I just want to share a positive one regarding this area of Minnesota. I have lived in northern Minnesota all my life, and this area of Carlton County for most of it. I have been a pastor in the area for over 20 years. I am sure all who are reading this have heard people complain about this area. They complain about the weather, the economy, the politics, the schools, and the list can go on. At times I have even been one of those...
Top seeds prevailed Tuesday in Section 7AAA girls basketball games. Cloquet, the No. 4 seed, knocked off Chisago Lakes, and No. 2 Hibbing downed North Branch and the No. 3 Princeton bounced Hermantown out of the playoffs. Top seed Grand Rapids had a first round bye. The semifinal games take place Saturday at Duluth Denfeld High School. CLOQUET-62 CHISAGO LAKES-58 The host Lumberjacks led at halftime 30-24 and extended that lead to as much as 14 points in the second half before allowing a late su...
Cloquet junior Tyler Harms-Synkiew advanced to the state wrestling tournament last weekend with a second-place finish in the Section 7AA wrestling tournament in Hibbing. Harms-Synkiew lost in the championship match in 138-pound weight class to David Platt of Hibbing. The top two finishers in each class qualified for the individual state wrestling meet underway this weekend in St. Paul. Harms-Synkiew had an opening round bye and then defeated Derek Haggberg of Mora by a 5-4 decision. Tyler...
Esko, Moose Lake-Willow River and Barnum were set to play in the Section 7AA girls basketball tournament Thursday to secure a quarterfinal round game at UMD's Romano Gym on Saturday. Section 7AA features 16 teams divided into two subsections. Subsection 1 includes Esko, ML-WR, Barnum, Pequot Lakes, Pillager, Crosby-Ironton, Aitkin and Duluth Denfeld. Subsection 2 includes Eveleth-Gilbert, Virginia, Greenway, Proctor, International Falls, Duluth Marshall, Two Harbors and Mesabi East. The top...
The Section 7A girls basketball tournament kicked off with three play-in games Monday. Seven quarterfinal games were scheduled for Wednesday, including No. 1-seeded Cromwell-Wright. Play-in game action Monday saw Northeast Range, Wrenshall and Chisholm all picking up wins. Northeast Range downed Nashwauk-Keewatin 49-33, Wrenshall narrowly slipped by Silver Bay 36-35 and Chisholm ended the season for Fond du Lac Ojibwe by a score of 56-40. Cromwell-Wright hosted Northeast Range Wednesday. The...
The regulations, they are a-changin' .... Starting March 1, on the Rainy River and Fourmile Bay of Lake of the Woods, a catch-and-release season will be in effect until April 14. This will discourage some anglers from making the long trek north. But despite the new regs, my annual Rainy River spring walleye trip will continue as planned. Two things draw me north. One is just to get the boat in the water. In the dead of winter, I catch myself staring out my kitchen window at my Lund. It stares...
Conditions for snowmobile riding in many parts of the state are as good as they’ve been in a long time, prompting what Department of Natural Resources conservation officers call the biggest number of riders in years to hit the state’s 22,000 miles of snowmobile trails. While zipping around on a sled is a great way to experience Minnesota’s snow-covered outdoors, law enforcement officials remind riders to leave the booze on the shelf or in the refrigerator until after they’re done riding. Alcohol is a factor in more than 70 percent of snowmob...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team came out buzzing against Duluth East in the first period Saturday afternoon in the Section 7AA boys hockey semifinal game at Amsoil Arena in Duluth. Unfortunately, the 'Jacks were not rewarded for a quick start. As play moved forward, a very physical Greyhounds team was able to connect for a goal at the end of the first period and then pulled away to a 5-2 victory and a spot in the championship game on Thursday against Andover. "In hockey there is that...
The wind chill factor was developed by a fellow named Paul Siple in the late 1930s while he was on a research assignment in Antarctica for the U.S government. We knew we’d be getting into World War II, so Siple was assigned to develop winter gear and survival strategies for the military. Look him up sometime. He was involved in a lot of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. In the early days of my 25-plus-year weather career, I ran into a lot of oldtimers from before Siple’s time who didn’t belie...
Couple find adventure, kindness in snowstormWhat do you call a white-out snowstorm with the sun shining? My wife and I found out last weekend when a "ground blizzard" in the I-90 corridor east of Rochester turned us into refugees spending 20 hours with scores of others in a church social hall. As we were heading west through Winona County, high winds were blowing deep snow that had fallen the night before into drifts several feet high on the road; ice had already formed on the surface from rain...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Isle March 5-15 Section 7A Tournament Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Proctor March 5-14 Section 7AAA Finals Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, March 1 7:15 pm vs. Nashwauk-Keewatin March 4-15 Section 5A Tournament Esko Eskomos Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Virginia Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag March 5-7 Section 7A Tournament Wrenshall Wrens Friday, March 1 7:15 pm vs. Ely March 5-15 Section 7A Tournament GIRLS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Through March 7 Section 7A...
