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Congratulations to Noah Foster, Nathan Eliason, Dylan Nyberg, Sascha Korpela and Andrea Pocernich for being selected to play in the April 4 all-star basketball game in Two Harbors. Congratulations to Emaleigh Olesiak for receiving an “Excellent” rating for her flute solo recently at the state music contest. Congratulations also to Megan Smith for receiving an Excellent for her solo; to Alaina Lind, Andrea Pocernich, Augustas Poskus, Michael Zoeller, Aurora Gervais, Silvia Serban and Grace Swe...
Do you live or vacation near a lake or stream? Is your shoreline eroding more and more each year? Would you like to beautify your yard with showstopping flower blooms and grasses while protecting water quality and attracting turtles, frogs, songbirds and beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies? Whether you've lived on a lake or stream for a year or 50 years, we encourage you to think about what we call your "buffer zone." This area between your backyard and the lake is very important....
The Carlton Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a new workshop in its efforts to protect property owners from forest fires. The “Learn to Become Firewise” program will take place 6:30 to 8 p.m. on April 26 at the Cloquet Public Library. The Firewise program addresses the risk of wildland fires to homes in wildland and urban areas. As more homes are built in the woods and fields of Minnesota, the current firefighting resources are less able to protect everyone's property while trying to control wildfires. Homes close to eve...
The Carlton Soil and Water Conservation District and the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program, in partnership with Northland Farm Supply, Widdes Feed & Farm Supply, and Federated Co-ops of Moose Lake, are all gearing up for the Cover Crop Field Days April 26-28. Field days highlight how farmers from across the county are incorporating cover crops into their farming practices. Cover crops have been used by farmers in Minnesota for decades and provide benefits to the farmer and the land they are planted on. The tour...
Carlton County master gardeners are hosting two family garden-party-style classes in the next month. They are free and open to everyone, but space is limited, so registration is required. The first session is 10-11:30 a.m. April 28. The second is at the same time on May 12. Both will take place at the Carlton County Government Services Building at 1307 Cloquet Ave. in Cloquet at the outside green space area. Activities will move inside in case of bad weather. The first party on April 28 will feature planting seeds in a greenhouse kit that is...
Robert “Bob” Bomier, 73, of Barnum passed away April 1, 2022, peacefully at The North Shore Estates in Duluth. Bob was born May 1, 1948, in Flint, Michigan, the son of Bernard and Lois Bomier. He graduated from Grand Blanc High School in 1966. He earned a bachelor of professional arts degree in photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. He met his wife Angie on the ski slopes in Colorado and they had a Victorian wedding in Leadville, Colorado the sum...
Renee Genevieve Kinnunen, 83, of Cloquet passed away on April 1, 2022, peacefully at Sunnyside Health Care Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Renee was born on Dec. 27, 1938 in Cloquet, the daughter of Keith and Evelyn Hunter. She graduated from Cloquet High School in 1956, and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Fred Kinnunen, brother Keith Hunter, son Kevin Rodd, and daughter Julie Rodd. She will be deeply...
Gerald L. Lizotte, 82, of Cloquet passed away April 3, 2022, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. He was born Jan. 24, 1940, in Crookston, the son of Rene and Rita (Theroux) Lizotte. Jerry graduated from Melrose High School and received his master’s degree from the University of Minnesota. He was united in marriage to LouAnn Wehlage on Sept. 9, 1961, in Melrose. Jerry played basketball, football and baseball in high school as well as the trombone in high school through college. He taught i...
Robert Russell McMillan, 89, known as "Mac" or "Bob," passed away in the early hours of April 1, 2022. All who really knew him will miss his humor, storytelling, letters and poems. Bob was born July 27, 1932, in Marshfield, Missouri to Harold Wilbur McMillan and Flora Mae Ricketts McMillan, the second son of five siblings. In his formative years, the family loaded their earthly belongings into a small truck and left Missouri in 1937, fleeing the Dust Bowl. They made their way to Wright,...
Glenna Lee Peterson, 69, resident of Moose Lake, went to be with the Lord Friday, April 1, 2022, in her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on March 20, 1953, to Kenneth and Florabel (Skoglund) Lundquist. She grew up in the area and attended school in Barnum, graduating in 1971. She married Jerry Peterson on Nov. 14, 1996. Glenna had a passion for operating their Century Farm, raising beef and dairy cattle. Glenna loved sitting on the porch with her...
