A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
Sorted by date Results 26 - 40 of 40
The Cloquet Middle School MathCounts team placed second overall in regional Arrowhead competition in February and qualified for state competition as a team. Devin Cary was first overall, qualifying as an individual as well. Pictured here are team members Patrick Radosevich, Devin Cary, Matthew Mangan, Adriana Mondati and coach Arne Maijala. The state contest in early March included 125 middle-schoolers from across the state who took part in math-skill games to get acquainted and then took three...
There were a lot of smiling people at the dentist in Carlton last week, as the Lake Superior Community Health Center (LSCHC) celebrated the completion of its dental practice expansion, along with a new chiropractic center. With the expansion, the nonprofit health care center will now be able to offer double the services for dental patients. The difference between LSCHS and most other dental practices in the area is the Carlton clinic serves primarily a low-income population. "Anybody is welcome...
Salute Dispensary, a health and wellness retail store for CBD and THC products — including beverages, gummies, tinctures, vapes and other products — opened Thursday, April 20 in the former Randall’s Heating & Cooling building at 902 Olympic Drive in Cloquet. Co-owned by Josh Mynatt, Nick Montanari and Joey Cook, the opening comes nearly one year after the passing of HF 3595, a law that took effect in early July 2022, in which people in Minnesota can purchase up to 5 milligrams of THC per serving, limited to edibles and drinks speci...
The Ma & Pa Kettle Days meeting is 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 7. We encourage people to come to the meetings. We need volunteers to help keep the event going. There are several area where help will be needed for an hour or two. Sympathies to the families of Gerald Marsyla and Sonia Rowe. The Finnish luncheon is 12 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 at the Kettle River senior center. When I was about 15 or 16, we bought some stemmed sherbet glasses for my mom. There were 12 glasses in the box, and they were $2 per box. One summer day, my sisters and I decided...
The lawn in front of the Wright post office looks like a dried-up desert with all the weird trails the voles made as they crawled under the snow this winter. As soon as the snow melted, this phenomenon was revealed. Now you will have to wait until this latest snow melts before you can see it again. Our yard is so covered with pine needles and broken branches after this winter. It’s really a mess and will have to be picked up before any mowing can be done. By the way, remember “No Mow May.” Let’s let the pollinators have the dandelions and suc...
Lillian F. Davis, 91, of Carlton passed away Friday, April 14, 2023 at her home with family by her side. She was born March 27, 1932, in Crosby, Minnesota, the daughter of Melvin and Gladys (Wolford) Bayliss. Lillian graduated from Aitkin High School. She was a longtime member of Bethesda Lutheran Church in Carlton, having joined in 1958. Lillian was the first woman to chair the Bethesda Church Council and remained active there through the years with women's groups, quilters, teaching, and as...
John Leonard "Jack" Frost John Leonard "Jack" Frost, 87, of Esko went home to be with His Lord and Savior on April 12, 2023. Jack was born on April 2, 1936, in Virginia, Minnesota to Edward and Gladys Frost. After graduating from high school, Jack was united in marriage to Alyce Larson. Jack served four years in the U.S. Army, and retired from the Georgia-Pacific Superwood plant in Duluth after 32 years. Jack and Alyce enjoyed traveling with the Sky Pilots Gospel team as well as ministering to...
Gregory Paul Elstad, 76, of Carlton died suddenly at his home on April 15, 2023. He was born July 2, 1946 in Hallock, Minnesota. Greg graduated high school in Franklin, Minnesota in 1964, and went on to the University of Minnesota, graduating with a bachelor's degree in forestry. Later he studied silviculture at Oregon State University. After college, he entered the U.S. Navy and worked on the USS Saratoga in the Tonkin Gulf during the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1973. Due to his exposure to Agent...
Don Oman was born in St. Paul on July 29, 1951, to Carl and Gertrude Oman. He was their second son, and the third of six children. Don worked for 25 years at American National Bank in downtown St. Paul until going on disability in March of 1996. Don was a very active volunteer. Both he and his wife served weekly as volunteers at the Gillette Children's hospital for 10 years. Don was on the board of directors of the Friends of Gillette and auxiliary. Don also volunteered for several television...
Donald "Don" Hoyt, 69, of Duluth passed away April 16, 2023, at St. Luke's in Duluth. He was born in Superior Township to Leo and Emma (Beeman) Hoyt on March 7, 1954. He grew up in a rural setting with his four brothers and four sisters. He attended Northwestern High School and graduated Class of 1972. He began his military career at age 17, enlisting in the National Guard in 1971. He attended basic training and became a wireman. Shortly thereafter, he went on active duty with the U.S. Army,...
Noah Jerry Feehan, 39, of Cloquet passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in his home, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with glioblastoma. Noah was born Sept. 20, 1983, to Randy and Holly (Olson) Feehan in West Burlington, Iowa. He grew up in Iowa and Illinois before moving to Minnesota in 1997. He graduated from Cloquet High School in 2002. He attended St. Cloud State University and Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College before joining the U.S. Air Force in 2005. Noah was a...
Roberta Ann (Goad) "Birdie" Olson, 77, of Cloquet passed away April 13, 2023, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born May 21, 1945, in Cloquet, the daughter of Roy and Dorothy (Sheppard) Goad. Roberta graduated from Wrenshall High School in 1963. She was united in marriage to Dennis R. Olson on April 29, 1967, and had worked in the general offices for Northwest Paper Company. Roberta was an active member at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. She was a devoted...
Geraldine Greta "Gerrie" Sortedahl was born on Feb. 29, 1928, to Henry Dietrich and Greta Grace (Peterson) Weigel in St. Paul. She was baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Raised in St. Paul, Geraldine and her siblings grew up poor, but never knew it. She often talked about her love of figure skating during her childhood and spending time with her sisters, who were also deemed her best friends. Through her unity in marriage to Harland M. Sortedahl, she was blessed with...
Nancy Ann Maslowski, 79, of Cloquet passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at St. Luke's in Duluth. She was born April 1, 1944, in Esko to Hugo and Norma Johnson. She was raised and attended school in Esko, graduating in 1962. Nancy married Gerald Maslowski on August 16, 1969, in Scanlon. Nancy attended Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College as an adult and earned a chemical dependency counselor degree. She also owned the "Just for You" sewing business. She was a guardian ad litem in...
Leonard Lawrence Obeidzinski, 94, of Carlton passed away March 8, 2023, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Leonard was born Jan. 1, 1929, and grew up in Cloquet. At age 15 he began working for his brother-in-law, Harry Andrews, delivering groceries for Jack Andrews' grocery store. He could drive the delivery truck only three times a week because of the gas rationing during World War II, so the rest of the week he delivered groceries via horse and buggy. At age 16, also...
