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Wednesday, May 22 Softball Section 7AAA Cloquet 7 Grand Rapids 4 Baseball Barnum 12 South Ridge 9 Esko 10 Cloquet 0 Crosby-Ironton 6 ML/WR 3 Thursday, May 23 Baseball ML/WR 23 Cook County 8 ML/WR 12 Silver Bay 8 Cherry 8 Barnum 1 South Ridge 7 Hinckley-Finlayson 0 Cromwell-Wright 5 MIB 4 Grand Rapids 8 Esko 0 Softball Section 7AAA Rock Ridge 2 Cloquet 0 Hibbing 4 Cloquet 1 Section 7AA GNK 4 Esko 2 Esko 8 Aitkin 3 Rush City 6 Barnum 5 Barnum 5 Hinckley-Finlayson 2 Section 7A Cherry 4 Carlton/Wrenshall 3 Carlton/Wrenshall 3 Cromwell-Wright 2...
Moose Lake/Willow River is the only local team left as the Section 7 girls softball tournaments are winding down to state tournament time. After beating Cherry in a semifinal Tuesday, the Rebels advanced to the Section 7A championship for the third consecutive season. ML/WR opened the section tournament May 23 in Grand Rapids with an 8-0 victory over North Woods following a bye in the opening round of the playoffs. After the win over the Grizzlies, the Rebels topped Ely, 5-1. ML/WR had defeated...
The Section 7 boys baseball playoffs got into full swing Tuesday. Lots of local eyes were focused on defending Class AA state champion Esko as they opened 7AA play with victories over Two Harbors and Greenway-Nashwauk/Keewatin (GNK), scoring 25 runs in two shutout victories. Esko rolled through the regular season, dropping only two contests: one to section rival Duluth Marshall and the other to Grand Rapids. Jackson Peterson stuck out six batters in the 12-0 win over the Agates. Jamis Halverson...
Carol Lou Sedor, 90, of Cloquet passed away May 22, 2024. She was born Aug. 7, 1933, to Oscar and Elaine (Anderson) Berg. Carol graduated from Cloquet High School. She was married to Donald Sedor on Aug. 3, 1957, and they were blessed with four children. Carol was a true caregiver to her family, always working hard to provide for them and make sure their needs were the priority. Throughout her life, she was so grateful to see her family grow, and treasured the opportunity to spend time with her...
Caroline Ruth Elmer, 85, of Cloquet passed away May 16, 2024, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton, with her daughter Denise by her side. Caroline was born July 16, 1938, the daughter of Eino and Jennie Paarni. She was raised in Cloquet along with her two siblings. Caroline owned her own beauty shop in Cloquet and retired after managing an apartment complex in Brainerd. During her lifetime she enjoyed downhill skiing, social time with friends, furniture refurbishing and knitting clothes for...
George Louis Henschel, 85, passed away Jan. 15, 2024, at his home in Gilbert, Minnesota. He was born to George and Lottie (Gallup) Henschel on Feb. 11, 1939, in Duluth. George loved life, his family and his canine family members. He loved old cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, boats, camping and trailering with his RV and fifth wheels to Texas, Arizona and Nevada. He wanted to see many places and to experience many new adventures throughout his life. You could see George throughout the years in...
Maurice Fred Bandle, 96, lifelong resident of Wrenshall, passed away on May 28, 2024, at his home. He was born on Dec. 20, 1927, to Fred and Laura (Matten) Bandle. He graduated from high school in 1947. During his school years he was employed with the Great Northern Railroad, and he went on to work at Potlatch in Cloquet for over 40 years before retiring. Maurice was united in marriage to Luella Ruhnke on Sept. 2, 1950, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Wrenshall, where he was a member until its...
The great migration from rural to urban living in the past century brings a nostalgia for farm life, which is met, in part, by agritourism. With the internet, organizations such as FarmStayUS, Hipcamp, and others can draw people from all over. Hosting strangers for a few days can be a cash stream boosting a working farmer’s livelihood. But certain ambitious organizations use farm visits to knit relationships that last. Renewing the Countryside (RTC), a Minnesota nonprofit, pursues the mission of “connecting people interested in sustainable rur...
Our sympathies to the family of longtime Wright resident Edna Samuelson, 91, who passed away on May 18 in Duluth. A funeral was held for her on May 24. The volunteers at the Villa Vista/Cardinal Court were thanked at a breakfast on May 22. They were treated to egg bake, muffins, fruit, coffee and juice. There are many ways to volunteer at our care facility, just stop in and ask if you can be of help in any way or take the time to visit the residents. As most of you may have noticed, the...
The Barnum Area Community Club announced this week that Bill and Irene McKay from Mahtowa are the grant marshals for the Spring Fever Days parade on June 8. Bill and Irene moved to Mahtowa when a hobby farm with acreage became available. The couple raised five daughters - Jenny, Amy, Heidi, Colleen, and Maurita - and now 10 grandchildren come to visit often. Bill has held jobs at Diamond Tool, USG, Inter-Faith Care Center, and ended his career when he retired from Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake. I...
Chad Richard Timonen, 43, of Apple Valley, Minnesota, passed away at Fairview Ridges Hospital on March 28, 2024, with his family by his side. Chad was born June 14, 1980, at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and was raised in Beaver Township. He graduated from Moose Lake High School in 1998. Chad worked in various industries, including farming, the railroad, truck driving, logging, over-the-road heavy haul, driving tow trucks and, most recently, for Castle Rock Contracting and...
Benjamin R. McLain, 38, of Superior, Wisconsin, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Ben was born June 19, 1985, in Cloquet, Minnesota to Dee (Blunt) and Brian McLain. He was employed at various places over the years and always liked to keep busy. Ben was a jack of all trades and master of none. He loved the outdoors hunting and fishing with his family and friends, ice fishing was his favorite, and always drilled more holes than necessary. Ben loved to cut wood and would often supply...
Darlene R. MacMillan, 77, of Carlton, Minnesota, passed away Sunday May 26, 2024, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. She was born June 10, 1946, the daughter of Charlie and Myrtle (Moe) Olesiak, and grew up on the family farm in Sawyer, Minnesota. Darlene graduated from Carlton High School and married Danny MacMillan in 1965. They raised three children on the farm in Atkinson, and she also worked as a nurse's aide in Cloquet until retirement. Darlene was devoted to caring for others, always willi...
Photographer Kalin Kauppila shared this adorable owlet photo earlier this month. His family has a pair of Barred Owls that nest on their land in the Blackhoof area, using a nest box his father built over the past couple years. "This is the first time I was able to get a good shot of an owlet emerging from the box (new lens last year)," Kauppila wrote. "As I was leaving, the mom came back into the area and was giving some warning calls to me and/or the baby. To my surprise a second baby popped...
