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Section 7A is one of the largest sections in the state for track, with 22 teams with boys and girls competing to qualify individually for the week's state track meet. A plethora of Carlton County talent was headed south to St. Michael Thursday through Saturday after the May 30 section meet at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Esko won top honors in both the boys and girls divisions with the Esko girls narrowly squeaking by Two Harbors by a point and the Esko boys with an easy victory over the...
Team makes third straight appearance Dwight Cadwell [email protected] The third time may be the charm for the Moose Lake/Willow River girls softball team as the team captured its third straight section 7A title and advanced to the state girls softball tournament in Mankato this week, June 5-7. The Rebels season was different from the past two seasons. "We may have flown under the radar some as we played a tough schedule and had more losses than people were accustomed to," head coach Kelly...
A spectacular first season came to a close for the Cloquet- Esko-Carlton boys lacrosse team Thursday as the No. 4 seed Lumberjacks fell 16-8 to the No. 5 seed Centennial Cougars at Members Cooperative Credit Union Stadium in Cloquet. "They are a big, physical team and they took advantage of some matchups that were in their favor," said CEC coach Luke Mehelich. The first quarter was a back-and-forth affair and ended in a 4-4 stalemate. After giving up the first goal just three minutes into the...
Two artists in residency, Michelle Defoe and Moira Villiard, worked with Cloquet students to create two murals — one at Cloquet High School and one at Cloquet Middle School — over the past few months. Cloquet High School art teacher Julie Deters was thrilled with the residency and the final high school mural — a round mural that utilized three-dimensional cutouts of Ojibwe florals and pollinators, framing the northern lights as they dance across blue waters. The murals reflect the natural world...
Barnum Schools Second semester honor rolls. A Honor Roll Grade 7 Owen Bailey Macy Berg Jacob Bernhardson Morgan DeCaigny Rachel Dinger Avery Graftaas Hailey Ikola Moses Jurek Braxton Laveau Lindy LeDoux Clover Moerke Kamryn Pearsall Tyler Schatz Aiden Seboe Carli Stevens Addison Webb LeeRoy Wyatt Grade 8 Olivia Bigelow James Budge Julia Campbell Logan Charboneau Julian Class Braylon Collelo Brady Ferguson Piper Genereau Jaxson Halverson Ethan Heaslip Mia Hurst Alyssa Isham Kohltan Johnson Abigail Lahmayer Ingrid Lund Isabella McCall DeAhnna...
Congratulations to all the 2024 graduates in the area. Good luck and best wishes in your future endeavors. Let the graduation parties begin. This is the time for families to celebrate and honor their graduates’ accomplishments. Mark your calendars, this year’s Carlton Daze will be held July 26-28. More to come in the next Carlton Happenings column. Carlton Community CleanUp was held May 17. Despite the rainy and damp weather, 121 students and 13 staff braved the elements to rake 10 yards and...
Lois Grace Lennartson of Midway Township went to her heavenly home Saturday, June 1, 2024. Lois was born June 3, 1927. She died just two days before her 97th birthday. Lois was the daughter of George and Hedwig Thorburg. She was one of four daughters, with Lindus being her identical twin. Lois married Elmer Lennartson on July 30, 1949. She and her husband had three sons, Paul, David and Mark. Lois was a 1945 graduate of Proctor High School. Lois and her identical twin Lindus were cheerleaders...
Darlene R. MacMillan, 77, of Carlton passed away 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 retiring. Darlene was devoted to caring for others, always willing to help family...
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 &...
Benjamin R. McLain, 38, of Superior, Wisconsin, died unexpectedly on May 29, 2024. Ben was born June 19, 1985, in Cloquet 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 he always drilled more holes than necessary. Ben loved to cut wood and would often supply family neighbors...
Charles Edward Williams, 73, of Duluth passed away on May 3, 2024, at Hilltop Healthcare Center. He was born Jan. 9, 1951, in Duluth, the son of Edward and Hazel (Schultz) Williams. Charles graduated from Cloquet High and served in the U.S. Air Force. He worked as a cab driver for Yellow Cab in Duluth for many years. Visitation: 12 p.m. until the 1 p.m. memorial service Wednesday, June 12 at Nelson Funeral Care in Cloquet. Inurnment service will follow at the Maple Grove Cemetery. Pine Knot...
Warren E. "Andy" Anderson, 88, of Cloquet passed away June 4, 2024, at his home. He was born May 9, 1936, in McGregor, Minnesota, the son of Elmer and Mary (Meacham) Anderson. Andy graduated from Cloquet High School in 1954 and from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1958. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Cloquet and enjoyed woodworking, fishing and traveling. Andy was preceded in death by a daughter, Annette, and a granddaughter, Amanda. He is survived by his wife, Sandra...
Gertrude Miriam (Kerttu) Erickson passed away April 23, 2024, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. Visitation: 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. memorial service Monday, June 10 at Journey Christian Church in Cloquet. A luncheon will follow. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/jcN8z3q1Ypk....
They did it the hard way, but the Esko baseball team is the 2024 Section 7AA champion again. The defending state champs fell to Marshall Wednesday 9-0 but climbed back into the championship game and won a trip back to State. They had to beat Marshall two games in a row Thursday to do it, but Esko came through when it mattered most, winning 10-3 and 4-2. Read all about it in next week's Pine Knot News....
