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Estelle "Jonni" Anderson died peacefully on Sunday, March 21, 2021, with family by her side. She lived with dementia for many years and, after quite a fight, succumbed to the final stages. Jonni was born July 4, 1937, to Claudia Panger and Irving "Squint" Johnson. She married the love of her life, Bill Anderson, on Oct. 6, 1956. They had five children together. They divorced and after several years of a marital hiatus, remarried Jan. 12, 1991. Jonni worked continually while raising her...
Scott "MIZE" Meisner of Scanlon bought his last round on March 18, 2021. He was born April 27, 1960, in Duluth, the favorite son of Frank and Patricia (Polvi) Meisner. Scott graduated from Cloquet High School and worked at Potlatch and Sappi forever. He was a member of the Potlatch Quarter Century Club, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1163, and had retired from the Scanlon Volunteer Fire Department. Scott was an avid Vikings fan and enjoyed hunting, ice fishing, motorcycling, and especially...
Both the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Moose Lake Area girls hockey teams bowed out of the Section 7A hockey tournament Thursday night. The Lumberjacks were chopp-ed down by the Hilltoppers and the Rebels were beaten 10-1 by No. 1 seed Proctor/Hermantown. Against Duluth Marshall, the Lumberjacks were dead-even and scoreless through the first 10 minutes of the first period, but a goal at 10:13 by Emelia McGiffert would be the only goal of the period and it gave the Hilltoppers a 1-0 lead. Any chance...
After opening the Section 7AA hockey tournament with a 2-0 home win over Duluth Marshall, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys team was bounced from the tournament Saturday afternoon by a 4-0 score at the hands of Grand Rapids. The Lumberjacks struggled to start the game and were outshot 13-3 in the opening period, but somehow they kept the game scoreless at that point. "We had a good game plan of getting out into the neutral zone to create some offense," said CEC coach Shea Walters. "They contained...
The Moose Lake/Willow River boys basketball team was set to face Pequot Lakes in the Section 7AA boys basketball championship game Thursday night, after the issue of the Pine Knot News was printed. To get there, the red-hot Rebels first defeated No. 14 seed Greenway 91-54 on March 17. Scoring for the Rebels against Greenway were Logan Orvedahl 8, Phillip Sheetz 22, Sam Dewey 6, Brady Watrin 19, Landin Kurhajetz 4, Conner Welch 3, Mason Olson 19, Jimmy Walker 3, Drew Danielson 3, and Carter...
In the Section 7AA girls basketball playoffs the No. 1 seeded Eskomos, not surprisingly, are still standing and were set to play No. 4 seed Crosby-Ironton Wednesday as this issue of the Pine Knot News went to press. Esko beat Eveleth-Gilbert 61-31 in the quarterfinals on Saturday after getting a bye in the first round. Jayden Karppinen had a huge night for the Eskomos by scoring 30 points and nearly outscoring the Golden Bears herself. If the Eskomos won Wednesday, they were set to advance to th...
In an odd twist of fate, the Cloquet boys basketball team played Hermantown in their final regular season game on Wednesday and then had to turn around and face the Hawks again on Saturday in the Section 7AAA quarterfinals. In both cases, the Lumberjacks came away with a win. After taking a 24-point win on Wednesday in the regular season, the Lumberjacks cruised to another win over the Hawks on Saturday - this time by a 79-59 score. A big key to the win was Cloquet causing the Hawks to turn the...
Barnum is the only local team in the Section 5A boys basketball playoffs still standing, after defeating McGregor and St. John’s Prep to get to the semifinal game against Upsala set for Wednesday night after this issue of the Pine Knot News went to press. In the second round, Barnum defeated McGregor 50-41. After upsetting the No. 5 seeded Cromwell-Wright Cards last week, the McGregor Mercuries tried to do the same against No. 4 seeded Barnum. However, the Bombers had just enough offensive f...
This year's annual Frozen Forester races at Pine Valley raised more than $2,000 to help with trail expansion and maintenance costs for the new bike trails at Cloquet's popular woodland park. Held on March 13, the unique race offered participants a choice between a 5.5K run/walk/snowshoe - as a family-friendly trails option - or a much more challenging off-trail run. They could also do a 15K fat tire bike ride on groomed trails, or go for both a bike and a run of their choice. Race turnout has...
Michael Olson, 10, (right) bounces a ball on his hockey stick while his Superior Blue teammates also burn off some energy between games during this weekend's squirt hockey playoffs at the Pine Valley hockey arenas in Cloquet. Parents said it was a way to stay physically distanced outside....
To get photos of the northern lights, photographer Carla Goldschmidt first had to become a hunter. Not in the traditional sense, rather hunting with her camera and her wits for the elusive and spectacular aurora borealis. "You can't just decide willy-nilly to go out and see the northern lights tonight," she said. "There's a lot of factors, so learning that was very helpful." Goldschmidt, who currently has an exhibit of her aurora and nature photographs on display at Cloquet's Common Ground...
"Arya The Protector," a children's picture book by Cloquet author Burton Laine, won a first-place children's book award in the 2020 Christian Author Awards. In the book, the sheep on a farm have no reason for fear, because Arya, a shepherd dog, is a protector that is always there to watch over them and protect them, a reminder that God keeps us safe. The book is illustrated with 24 photographs from the farm, of the shepherd dog interacting with the farm family and the sheep. The photography is...
At 4:37 a.m. on March 20, we officially passed into spring with the vernal equinox. We’ve tipped the scales and there is a little more light every day. Our family joined plenty of other folks around the area with a big fire in the backyard to boil down sap. I saw two trumpeter swans fly across the fields just as I was putting the maple syrup into jars. In the greenhouse, our onion seeds are up about an inch in their flats. After checking on the starts, I grabbed an onion from the root cellar o...
I am still doing some subbing at Floodwood school and I want everyone to know how great the students are there. You can be very proud of your students, educators and the whole staff for doing a great job of educating kids and keeping everyone safe during these difficult times. Our sympathy to the family of David Alan Tveit, 68, of Floodwood who passed away unexpectedly on March 14 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. In addition to working as a mechanic, David was a lifelong logger. Our sympathy t...
A hidden gem in Carlton County is getting some attention thanks to two vital grants. The Little Net River is a scenic trout stream near Holyoke. Starting in the Nemadji State Forest, the river flows north toward Lake Superior. The river cuts through some of the wildest parts of Carlton County, confined by steep forested banks. The combination of steep banks and unstable soils have led to some erosion problems, especially where roads cross this wild river. The Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program recently awarded the Carlton Soil...
This past week, while browsing my wife’s hometown newspaper, The Northern Star in Clinton, Minnesota, I came across a column by Lois Torgerson. In it she had this paragraph, which was just too good not to share. “A fellow was asked how his gardening skills had improved since the quarantine. He quickly answered: I planted myself on the couch and I’ve grown considerably.” I, for one, am sick of the couch and with the warmup outside, the itch to plant needs to be scratched now. With spring upon us and the advent of warmer weather, gardene...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and partner organizations are planning to tackle gypsy moth infestations this spring at 13 sites across the eastern part of the state, including a large area around Esko. Gypsy moths are ranked among America's most destructive tree pests. The insect has caused millions of dollars in damage to forests as it has spread from New England to Wisconsin in recent decades. Gypsy moth caterpillars can defoliate large sections of forest. The pests are common in...
