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Fond du Lac medical director Dr. Charity Reynolds had trained for public health emergencies as an undergraduate, during medical school and in her residency. "We trained for public health disasters and pandemics and you're thinking, 'This isn't really going to happen - I won't be in that situation,'" she said. "Then part of my job description when I was hired as medical director was 'if there's ever a pandemic or a health crisis, you'll be called upon.' I didn't expect that within a year of...
Political flags flying in Scanlon underneath an American flag have caused a lot of consternation in the community. At the corner of 22nd Street and Doddridge Avenue, which runs along the border between Scanlon and Cloquet, is a tall flagpole next to a home. It has three flags. At top is the American flag, second is a "Trump 2024" flag stating "F*ck your feelings," and third is a flag that says "F*ck Biden" and "F*ck you for voting for him." The Pine Knot News chose to not explicitly spell out...
AJ Miller was doing some drone photography high above the St. Louis River in Cloquet Sunday when he noticed the interesting patterns created by the growing stockpile of logs on the Sappi paper mill property adjacent to the river and train tracks. It was Miller's first time seeing the area from the air. Logging trucks trying to beat the spring thaw and road restrictions have filled storage areas all around the plant....
The future of the Carlton County Extension program services appeared up in the air Monday when the County Board shifted a vote on the proposed restructure to a Committee of the Whole meeting April 6, despite the presence of a number of County Extension committee members, people from the business community, plus staff from the University of Minnesota Extension. The board did not hear from any of the audience members before postponing the discussion. The Extension program has a long history in the county. It was set up as an educational outreach...
Two women died in a rollover crash in southern Carlton County Tuesday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol incident report, Angela Marie Severson, 35, of Pierre, South Dakota was driving a Chevy Blazer northbound on Highway 23 near County Road 8 at approximately 6:17 p.m. Tuesday when the vehicle left the roadway, rolled and hit a tree. Both Severson and her passenger, Jennifer Lynn Bokusky, 36, of Apple Valley, died in the crash. Neither was wearing a seatbelt and the airbags in the vehicle did not deploy. It is unknown if alcohol was a...
Effective Monday, March 29, the Carlton County coordinator’s office and human resources office will relocate from the Carlton County Courthouse to the old Cloquet City Hall building in Cloquet at 1307 Cloquet Ave. All business related to these offices will be conducted at the new location. Contact coordinator Dennis Genereau at 218-499-1573 with any questions....
Voting in the semifinal ended in the Great Minnesota Burger Bracket — sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio’s Warming House program — and the battle between Gordy’s Hi-Hat and the Rusty Nail in Battle Lake is over. The Rusty Nail will advance and the rest of us will just enjoy our favorite burger from Gordy's HiHat. To find out more, visit mprnews.org/thewarminghouse....
Local health care organizations are partnering with Aunt Bertha, an established network of nonprofits and social care providers, to provide a free online platform that allows anyone to easily find and connect with local free and reduced-cost programs. The program name is “Resourceful” and its goal is to make it easy for people facing social needs to find and make referrals to appropriate programs and services for food, shelter, health care, work, financial assistance and more. Visit weareresourceful.org for more onformation and to learn how...
Dawn French helped in an effort by St. Croix Hospice, Midwest Geriatrics, the United Way of Carlton County and B&B Market to fill enough reusable shopping bags for all 80-plus residents. The idea was to show support to those who have been especially socially isolated during the Covid-19 pandemic and to provide them with pertinent, helpful resources, French said. The bags contained a county resource guide, sanitizer, cake and cookies and other food items, pens, activity sheets, key chain wallets...
The Esko school board approved a revamped graduation party for its students that will be abbreviated from the traditional all-night event during its meeting Monday night. In previous years, graduates would board a bus after the ceremony and enjoy a cruise on the Vista Fleet in Duluth, while parents prepared the gymnasium for an all-night event designed to keep students in a safe environment. Last year, the event was canceled due to the pandemic. This year, the parent-run organizing committee...
In contrast to last fall’s “doom and gloom” budget forecast, Cloquet superintendent Michael Cary was almost optimistic about the revised budget numbers during Monday’s Cloquet school board meeting. It helps that the state budget office recently predicted a $1.6 billion surplus, swinging from a predicted $1.3 billion deficit. Cloquet school district finance director Candace Nelis walked board members through the revised figures and predictions for the next school year. She based next year’s...
Following the federal tax deadline extension, the Minnesota Department of Revenue has announced a grace period for taxpayers filing their annual Minnesota Individual Income Tax return for tax year 2020. Those taxpayers now have until May 17, 2021, to file and make their payments without any penalty or interest. “This grace period for the individual tax filing and payment deadline provides timely relief to Minnesota families,” said Gov. Tim Walz. “As we work to get through the Covid-19 pandemic together, my administration will do every...
Carlton County has been awarded $10,167 in state set-aside funding through the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. These funds are specifically designated for area food shelves and nonprofits serving Carlton County to help with food, shelter or utility needs. A Local Board of representatives from the Carlton County Board of Commissioners, United Way, Catholic Church and local ministerium, Fond du Lac Reservation, Salvation Army, Tri-Community Food Shelf, and Carlton County Public Health and Human Services will determine how the...
The Cloquet Housing & Redevelopment Authority will open the Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list on Thursday, April 1. The application forms will be available in the front entryway at Aspen Arms, at the CHRA office located inside the building at 950 14th Street in Cloquet, or online at www.cloquetcarltonhra.org. Completed applications must be returned to the Cloquet HRA office and will be entered onto the waiting list in the order in which they are received. Additional preference points are given for residents of Carlton County,...
Rates of Covid-19 in Carlton County continue their steady decline, with six cities around the county showing a zero increase in cases from March 11-18, including Carlton, Cromwell, Esko, Holyoke, Kettle River and Sawyer. Cloquet saw an increase of 10 over that weeklong period, to a cumulative total of 1,404, while Barnum increased by three, to 222, Wrenshall by one to 39 cumulative cases and Moose Lake by one to 417 total cases since last spring. There have been no new deaths in the past week, although the total number of cases increased from...
Despite receiving a petition from 27 area residents, the Thomson Township Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to push back the paving of East Riverside Road and Serenity Way to 2022 because of a planned building project that could negatively impact a new road surface. It’s not the first petition submitted to township officials. In 2014, residents submitted a petition, but it was rejected then because the township had a comprehensive plan for repaving. According to the petition, that plan stated that all roads would be paved by 2018, yet East R...
Kirsti Marohn MPR News The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says contamination from PFAS — so-called “forever chemicals” — has been detected in groundwater at nearly 60 closed landfills, at amounts higher than the state’s acceptable levels for safe drinking water. Fifteen of the closed, mostly unlined landfills have PFAS contamination at least 10 times higher than the state’s health-based advisory values. One — Gofer Landfill near Fairmont in Martin County — is more than 1,300 times higher. Carlton County’s former landfill near the current...
The signs of spring abound: the sun is shining longer; the snow is melting; people are out and about; summer is on its way. Another sure sign of spring is a winter’s worth of debris, litter, and road sand revealing itself as the snow recedes. Spring cleaning can’t be too far away. We encourage those of us who spend time in the city parks and public spaces to do their part to tidy up and get ready for warmer weather. In Cloquet, city crews will start cleaning the parks and sweeping the roads, as early as next week, maybe, according to eng...
There's no denying the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis is having an effect all over the state, including here in Carlton County. The issue has been politicized, pitting ultra-liberals who want to defund the police against super-conservatives who claim Black Lives Matter is a terrorist group. Of course, neither side is correct. These labels are just slapped on by the other side to incite otherwise-reasonable people, who, without the hyperbole of the extremists on either side, would probably...
Jodie Johnson Deputy clerk for the City of Carlton I couldn’t wait to grow up so I would finally be free of rules. No more parents telling me what to do. No teachers expecting me to do things on their timetable. Freedom. Hah. I still have just as many rules to follow and I have to make myself follow them or face the consequences. Sometimes I wish there were fewer rules. I mean, why are there so many? One of my first jobs with the City of Carlton (about 12 years ago) was to make an index for city ordinances. There were 343 pages of city c...
Our country is going through a trial that may redefine who we are as a nation. I feel our democracy is struggling by the hands of those who want to change our Constitutional freedoms founded and guided under God. World War II and Hitler’s Nazi antisemitism allowed many to turn their heads when certain groups were targeted, faith banned, employment denied, books burned, and the list goes on and on. Martin Niemoller, a German theologian and Lutheran pastor, reminds us of how quickly we can have these removed from those in power. His poem: “First...
Lake Country Power members in District 9 will be selecting a new board member during the virtual annual meeting in April. The selection will be made from among three candidates seeking the position, including Larry Anderson from Esko. I have known Larry throughout his adult life, beginning in high school. He has consistently demonstrated good judgment, good work ethics and good character. Larry is honest, forthright and forthcoming, all desirable qualities for individuals serving as board members. After all, they represent the distribution of...
Over our many decades of service Rotary International has supported global public health initiatives, the most significant being the more than 35 years of effort to eradicate polio. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we’ve reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. We have seen through the polio initiative and other public health efforts the success of vaccines to prevent and elimin...
Donald Daniel Haro of Cloquet passed away peacefully in his sleep at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth Thursday, March 18, 2021, at the age of 84. He was born in Gackle, North Dakota June 13, 1936, to Amos and Julia Haro and was raised in Carlton County. Don attended Kalevala grade school in Kettle River and graduated from Barnum High School in 1954. He married Norma Maki on Feb. 15, 1957, whom he met in grade school. Don served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1959. Don and Norma lived in...
Jeanne Evelyn Peter, 91 of Cloquet, passed away at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton on Sunday, March 21, 2021. She was born Feb. 27, 1930, in Minneapolis. Her parents later moved back to the family farm in Milaca, where she spent most of her childhood. Jeanne attended Gustavus Adolphus College, graduating in 1951. She taught business education in McGregor for several years before moving to Michigan to teach at Suomi College in Hancock. There she met Irvin Peter. They were married in 1957 and c...
