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Thomas “Tom” Flynn, 85, of Cloquet passed away Friday, April 29, 2022, at Diamond Willow. He was born Feb. 2, 1937, in Cloquet, the son of William and Irene (Bodway) Flynn. Tom graduated from Cloquet High School in 1955. After graduating, he joined the U.S. Army, serving in Korea. Tom worked at Northwest Paper and the Potlatch Corporation as a millwright. After retirement, he worked as a driver for Kolar and Cloquet Ford Chrysler. Tom enjoyed hunting, snowmobiling, going to the shack and the...
Colleen Dennie, 72, of Duluth passed away in her home May 6, 2022, with her husband Mitchell by her side. She was born Jan. 14, 1950, the daughter of Raymond and Sira (Strand) Gray. Colleen attended Brookston Elementary and graduated from AlBrook High School. Colleen married Mitchell Dennie on June 25, 1988, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Duluth. She worked for University of Minnesota Duluth for 48 years in numerous positions, retiring as administrator director for the School of Fine Arts in...
The wacky track and field event invented in 2010 by Cloquet coach Tim Prosen was launched again last week as athletes from around the region competed in co-ed relays, a steeplechase with hay bales and pole vaulters sprinting with poles in tow. The Cloquet Relays have become a favorite break in what can be a compact season....
On Dec. 27, 2021, John David Clawson, loving husband and father of five children, passed from this earth into the arms of Jesus at age 87. John was born on Aug. 28, 1934, to Ray and Daisy (Shroyer) Clawson. He graduated from Proctor High School in 1952, then joined the Army National Guard where he began his training as an auto mechanic, and was honorably discharged in May of 1963. He worked as a mechanic until his retirement. John married his second wife, Margarite (Lee-Strand) in April of...
Robert Henry Botz, 89, of Cloquet passed from this world peacefully Nov. 27, 2021, surrounded by loved ones who will continue to honor his legacy by living their lives with kindest and loving care. Robert grew up in St. Joseph, where he attended the St. Joseph parochial school. After high school, he earned a degree in drafting and design from Lake Superior Technical College in Duluth. He had an accomplished career at St. John’s Printing, Pittsburgh Iron Ore Shipping, Superwood and the M...
Friday, May 13 Golf Cloquet girls at Princeton, 8:30 a.m. Cloquet boys at Lakeville South, 1:30 Softball Cloquet at Princeton, 4 Cloquet vs Chisago at Princeton, 6 Barnum vs Silver Bay, 4:30 Carlton/Wrenshall vs Hinckley-Finlayson, 4:30 Esko vs Rush City, 4:30 ML/WR at Cherry, 4:30 South Ridge at Ely, 2:30 Baseball Cloquet at Chisago Lakes, 4:30 Barnum vs Silver Bay, 4:30 Esko vs Roseau, 3 South Ridge at New York Mills, 1:30 and 3:30 Wrenshall at Cromwell-Wright, 4 Track Carlton/Wrenshall, Esko, ML/WR, South Ridge boys and girls at Denfeld,...
The road to the Robertson Cup for the Minnesota Wilderness has been bumpy. A week ago the Wilderness fought out of a two-game deficit to eventually eliminate Fairbanks, setting up a second series with another Alaskan team, the Anchorage Wolverines. That meant another trip to Alaska that resulted in the Wilderness coming home Monday down two games to one in the best-of-five series. In Friday’s 4-1 loss to the Wolverines, the Wilderness opened with a strong first period in which they outshot t...
Trumpeter swans celebrate earlier this spring after successfully chasing another pair of swans from their territory at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge near McGregor....
Ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic - including shortened and canceled sports seasons - contributed to the end of Jerry Erickson's 50-plus years of coaching youth sports. The Cloquet legend successfully coached both boys and girls basketball and high school baseball well into his 70s. In the 1970s, Erickson coached two Cloquet baseball teams that made it to the Minnesota state high school tournament at Midway Stadium in St. Paul. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Cloquet...
When a contest needs triple overtime to determine a winner, it's usually been well-played and exciting for everyone, and maybe a little luck was involved. That's exactly what happened last Friday morning at the fifth annual Battle of the Books held in the Cloquet High School auditorium. Fourth-grade students from Cloquet's Washington Elementary, Churchill Elementary, and a group visiting from Ely gathered to compete in front of more than 100 audience members. After about 40 minutes of...
Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea shares both her music and her musical journey with Churchill Elementary School fourth-grade students Tuesday. Lea visited Churchill on Tuesday and Washington Elementary in Cloquet on Thursday as part of YourClassical MPR's Class Notes program. Class Notes artists are professional musicians who visit elementary and middle schools not only to perform but to also discuss music, composers and instruments. Read all about it in next week's Pine Knot News...
Barnum High School Quarter 3 A HONOR ROLL Grade 7 Tessa Bednarek Eli Berger Faith Bernhardson Marlene Budge Natalie Carlson Emma Dahl Lily Dahl Ruth Dinger Connor Ferrin Lillian Genereau Jillian Grott Piper Johnson Halle Kauppila Arie Koecher Ali Laveau Lucy Maher Reuben Olson-Williams Nora Piri Miah Sandberg Lauren Soukkala Elijah Wendt Jlind White-Wyman Grade 8 Alizondra Collelo Cadence Fanning Lucy Franek Sophia Frank Grace Grover Eoghan Heaslip Michael Hoover Evan Mundell MaKenna Nordstrom Morghan Nynas Ava Nyquist Iris Polecheck Isabelle...
Spring has finally arrived. The sun has been shining, the temperature has been decent and I have finally been able to get my Christmas yard decorations put away. The plants in my flower beds are starting to peek through the soil, reaching for the warmth of the sunshine. It is time to start checking out The Greenhouse, our local greenhouse located right here in Carlton. Happy planting! The Carlton community cleanup will be held Thursday, May 19, starting at 8:30 a.m. Carlton High School students...
Our sympathies to the family of Marion Larsen, 80, who passed away May 6, 2022. Her memorial service will be on May 31. Her full obituary can be read in next week’s Pine Knot News or on the Atkins Northland website. There is a “No Mow May” movement for not cutting local lawns in May to protect the dandelions so the bees in our area can survive and thrive. Participate in yoga at the Cromwell Pavilion every Monday from 11 a.m. to noon. $3 a person covers city rental. Gear provided. The junio...
Cloquet is one of four northeastern Minnesota sites slated for treatment of spongy (gypsy) moth infestations this summer. The four proposed treatment areas include approximately 75 acres in the city of Duluth, nearly 500 acres in Cloquet, and two areas in Lake County totaling approximately 45,100 acres. Spongy 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...
The National Weather Service in Duluth has issued a flood warning for the St. Louis River at Scanon until 1 p.m. Wednesday. Moderate flooding is forecast. At 10.5 feet, minor flooding occurs near Scanlon. At 1:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 10.1 feet. According to the NWS, the river is expected to rise above flood stage late Friday evening to a crest of 11.4 feet Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Wednesday morning. This crest compares to a previous crest of 11.2 feet on...
