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We miss you, library patrons, but we still have plenty to offer while we are all sheltering at home. Many of these web pages require a library card, but don’t worry, if you don’t have a card you can apply for one online. There is a link on the card catalog page on our website, www.cloquetlibrary.org. Check out our web page for links to great resources for learning and entertainment. • Ebooks: Overdrive/Libby are the same thing but Libby is a friendlier interface. You will need your library card to access ebooks and audiobooks. When downl...
Some of the funniest memes I’ve seen lately have revolved around parents having to share in their children’s day-to-day education and learning. Nobody seems to be questioning the summer break that teachers take to plan and revise curriculum now that the classroom experience is taking place inside the home. This is Week 2 of online learning for Wrenshall schools and I reached out to Superintendent Kim Belcastro to hear how the transition is going. “You have to learn and adapt in these situa...
Community Memorial Hospital and the CMH Raiter Clinic are asking people who think they should be tested to call the Nurse Hotline at 218-499-6799. A nurse will help decide whether or not someone should be tested, and arrange a time to come to the ambulance entrance to the emergency room at CMH, to avoid making any other patients sick. Leave a message if needed on this 24-hour hotline. Other healthcare hotlines include Essentia Health at 1-833-494-0836 or St. Luke’s at 218-249-4200. The Minnesota Department of Health has set up a COVID-19 p...
A statewide crisis hotline called Day One helps people suffering from domestic abuse at home: Call 866-223-1111 or text 612-399-9995. Locally, the Fond du Lac Human Services Division is providing supportive services at the Brookston, Cloquet, and Sawyer Community Centers. Behavioral Health, Social Services, and Substance Use Disorder staff will be available to provide support to the community. The Behavioral Health Department is open and taking referrals, call 218-879-1227. Fond du Lac Social Services Advocacy Program offers caring,...
There are many ways to help out locally. Following are just a few. COVID-19 Local Relief Fund The United Way of Carlton County created an emergency fund called the COVID-19 Local Relief Fund. The purpose of this fund is to provide immediate support for Carlton County residents who need basic, everyday survival items by sending grocery cards through the mail to local families who request help. The COVID-19 Local Relief Fund is open and accepting donations. To donate, text UWCARLTON to 41444 or...
Despite a "stay at home" order from the governor in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 cases in the state, spring as we've always known it, does go on in Carlton County, like snow melt this week in Jay Cooke State Park, far right, as witnessed by Pine Knot News editor Jana Peterson. Above, Peterson found Father Justin Fish on Palm Sunday morning handing out palm fronds to those who drove by Queen of Peace Church. And, while not that many of us are driving a whole lot these days, gas prices...
On April 14, Diocesan Administrator Father James B. Bissonette extended the measures the Diocese of Duluth has taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic through May 4. In a letter to the clergy and faithful of the diocese, Father Bissonette said public celebration of Mass will continue to be suspended, the obligation to attend Mass continues to be dispensed, and gatherings of more than 10 people are canceled. However, priests will continue to celebrate private Masses, churches will be open at times for individual prayer, confession is to...
