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With the Great Recession firmly in the rearview mirror, local governmental bodies are eyeing and undertaking building projects that many say are long overdue. In most cases, they're correct. Still, the question of how to fund a public building boom has elected officials scratching their heads, and taxpayers worried that property taxes are going to make their homes unaffordable. In Carlton County - and particularly Cloquet - there are so many big-dollar current and proposed projects, it can be...
Linda M. Berthiaume, age 66 of Cloquet, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2019 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth with her loving husband, Mike and family by her side. She was born November 21, 1952 in Duluth to Paul and Frances (Hart) Lindquist. Linda graduated from William Kelly High School in Silver Bay. She started her long nursing career by attending DAVTI, now Lake Superior College, graduating with her LPA Degree in 1975. She later earned her RN Degree in 2001 from N.Y. State University in... Full story
The Carlton County Farmers Market is open for the season, and we enjoyed beautiful weather for our first few Saturday morning markets in Cloquet at the Premiere Theatres parking lot. Our Tuesday evening market in Carlton starts June 18. It runs 4-6 p.m. outside the Four Seasons Sports Complex. Vendors and customers greeted each other like old friends on opening day. We welcomed several new vendors to the Cloquet market. Lori Little will be there a few times a month with her colorful glass art...
With nine holes to play at the Minnesota State Class AA Boys Golf Tournament, the Cloquet-Esko Lumberjacks trailed Hill Murray by four strokes for third place Wednesday afternoon. Led by senior Keegan Poppenberg, the 'Jacks rallied to beat the Pioneers by 17 strokes and just fell short of second place - ending one stroke behind Detroit Lakes. "I think we were a little tight on the front nine on Thursday," said Cloquet head coach Jon Horbacz. "I think we were trying to hold onto that third...
A young man with an outsized personality and impact on the Cloquet theater world died Saturday, while gardening at his home in Cloquet. Landon Hall, 23, a 2014 Cloquet High School graduate and the director of the past two fall musicals, "Legally Blonde" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" was so big in the world of CHS theater that he even has a hallway named after him, in bedazzled letters: the Landon Hall Hall. Family, friends, students, fellow actors and alumni, and fellow students at the College... Full story
Seated at the console of the beloved pipe organ she has played for more than six decades, Marge Stillwell paused for a moment. Her mind rolled through the catalogues of favorite music and fondest memories of past concerts and services, choir directors and organ instructors who helped her along the way. Stillwell, 87, has served as organist for the Presbyterian Church of Cloquet for the past 63 years. She was 24 when she started to play. The church organ was the instrument that she learned to pla...
Following the airing of a Fox 21 news story about a backlog of rape kit investigations in Duluth and the success of related prosecutions, an unnamed Cloquet Area Fire District firefighter is no longer on the job. The firefighter, age 29, was not named in the Fox 21 report, which detailed two different sexual encounters that he claimed were consensual and which the women said were not. In one of the cases, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted, telling investigators that she eventually complied with the man because he wasn’t going to l...
An artifact display, slideshow and lecture on "Artifacts of the Fur Trade along the St. Louis River and Carlton County" will be presented by David H. Peterson, lecturer for the Minnesota State Park system, at the Carlton County Historical Society starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 18. Peterson will look at the French, British, and American trading along the St. Louis River, Knife Portage (now Cloquet) and Carlton County from 1650 to 1850, when every major North American fur trade company and...
An Aitkin woman was arrested June 3 after a police officer found methamphetamine in the car she was sitting in. Teresa Anne Wells, 36, was charged with felony first-degree drug possession in Carlton County Sixth District Court on June 5. According to the criminal complaint, an officer from the Fond du Lac Tribal police department received a tip regarding a vehicle on a deadend road in the area of Black Bear Casino that contained controlled substances. When the officer went to the only deadend...
U.S. Congressman Pete Stauber announced that Lake Country Power will receive $52 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. This investment will be used to finance 1,400 new consumer connections, build and improve 249 miles of line, and invest $17 million in smart grid technologies across Minnesota’s 8th District. Lake County Power provides service to approximately 49,000 customers across 8,319 miles of line in Koochiching, Carlton, St. Louis, Cass, Aitkin, Lake, Itasca and Pine counties. “This grant wil...
Tim Franklin sold his group of northern Minnesota weekly papers to Northstar Media, Cambridge. Included in the sale were the Moose Lake Star Gazette, the Hinckley News, the Pine County Courier in Sandstone, the Askov American, the Evergreen shopper and the Minnesota Flyer aviation magazine, along with Hinckley Print and a variety of related web and mobile sites, events and niche products. Franklin said he was thrilled to find another family owner to purchase his publishing business. Northstar is owned by Gene and Carter Johnson. They run a...
This photograph postcard from 1912 shows the Thomson Dam area between Carlton and Thomson. The bridge is the automobile and footbridge over the St. Louis River. The dam is in the background. The buildings are part of the St. Louis River Slate Brick Company Street and Road Macadam. According to the book "Carlton Chronicles," published by the Carlton County Historical Society, the slate brick plant was built by Jay Cooke interests in the 1890s. The plant used waterpower to grind slate into mud...
Recently, newly elected Cloquet councilor Dakota Koski announced that he must resign his seat, as he is moving out of his ward and will no longer be eligible to serve. First, congratulations to Dakota, who is buying his first house. And cheers to him as well, for stepping up to run for council in the first place. We applaud his civic commitment and hope he stays involved as he has so far. But more cheers go to the Cloquet City Council for agreeing to hold an election for Koski’s replacement in Ward 3. In the 2018 election, three candidates file...
“Dear Evan Hansen” is a popular Broadway musical that centers around young people and how they deal with a suicide among their peers. Sound like an odd theme for a musical? Well, in some ways, it is. The musical is funny, romantic, tragic and thought-provoking. It’s also shallow, overwrought, ironic, and sentimental. But it’s been wildly popular, especially with young people. The story centers around a young man, Evan Hansen, who just started his senior year in high school. Evan has an emotional issue, unidentified in the story because it’s not...
I was disheartened by the Cloquet City Council’s recent 5-1 vote to approve rezoning of the lot adjacent to Sammy’s Pizza from R-1 (single-family resident) to RC (highway commercial) in order for the owner to put a parking lot on a former residential lot. The planning commission, of which I am a member, had twice considered this issue, and twice rejected the change. Indeed, the council had considered it in their prior meeting but, after receiving erroneous information that the commission had rejected based on a misunderstanding, had sent it...
This past Saturday night, my wife and I were lucky to have been invited to join some professional colleagues in the Green Bay Packers executive suite at Lambeau Field for the Paul McCartney concert. Several individuals told me they wouldn’t be caught dead at Lambeau Field, even if their Lord and Savior, Donny Trump, were there, due to their devotion to the Purple and Gold. I reminded each of them they were idiots because they are and sometimes idiots need reminding because they readily forget. Because they’re idiots. Inside the suite, the...
Every year on June 15, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is commemorated in America and around the world to raise awareness of older adults who experience elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. Older Americans are vital, contributing members of our society and their abuse or neglect diminishes all of us. Elder abuse includes physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, neglect, and abandonment. Perpetrators include children, other family members, and spouses—as well as staff at nursing homes, assisted living, and other f... Full story
A trivia questionnaire was part of the Farmers Cooperative 100th anniversary event June 1. There was a tie for high score: Ervin Pettit and Bob Stewart had 21 points each. Bob declined any prize because he was a past manager. It was fun, a real good conversation piece for the occasion. Here is a small sampling of questions and answers for the contest: Q: Who was the first manager? A: John Knutilla. Q: Who was the longest-tenured manager? A: Ellen Peterson. Q: How many different buildings has the co-op store operated out of? A: Three. Q: The...
Carlton, Cloquet alums graduate from college Chelsie Tischer of Carlton graduated cum laude May 4 from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering. She is the daughter of Brenda and Mike Tischer. Cloquet alumnus Gabriel Berg was among the 532 students to graduate from Gustavus Adolphus College during the school’s annual commencement exercises Saturday, June 1. Berg received a bachelor of arts degree in theatre with honors. Area students make university dean’s lists Cloquet’s Desiree Hache...
"I remember clearly: I had been having a terrible week of hearing really hard cases and I got up early to go at it again. When I was driving out of the farm, the sun caught the angle on my split rail fence and I could see a mother bluebird with her four babies perched along the wood. It was transcendent. Nothing else could bother me that day - it was a 'Bluebird day.'" ~ Judge Dale Wolf Wrenshall's own Dale Wolf is to bird houses what Johnny Appleseed is to U.S. fruit trees. If you have driven...
When practice started in March in the Cloquet Middle School gymnasium, the Cloquet girls softball team had high hopes. Returning eight starters from last year's section runner-up team, the coaching staff and players felt they had a chance to make something magical happen. The Lumberjacks did not disappoint, as they won the section tournament and marched on to take third place in the Class AAA state tournament while nearly knocking off the tournament's top-ranked team for a chance to play in the...
The South Ridge Panthers were rolling on a hot streak when they entered the girls state softball tournament last week at Caswell Park in North Mankato, with Malania Madill throwing 33 scoreless innings throughout the section tournament. The Panthers were hoping for the success to continue into the state softball tournament. The Panthers looked like they might have had that same good luck entering the state tournament, as they opened up the game against New York Mills by jumping out to a 1-0 lead...
The Esko Eskomos made their fourth consecutive appearance at the Class AA girls state softball tournament last Thursday in North Mankato, but this one was somewhat different than the previous three appearances as the Eskomos were not the section favorite to make it back to State. In fact, Esko was not even in the discussions to be in the section hunt after losing four seniors from a season ago, but then they proved everyone wrong by winning their way back to the state tournament. Hopes were...
Don't look now, but South Ridge is fast becoming a top local school during the spring sports season. After the softball team made the state tournament for the first time in school history a week ago, the baseball team is making its second straight state appearance this week. The Panthers won the Section 7A title last week under coach Tyler Olin with a pair of wins over the Ely Timberwolves. "It wasn't easy this time around," said Olin this week. "Ely was tough and there were several solid teams...
Playing in their seventh section 7AA playoff game last Thursday in Proctor, the Esko Eskomos knew it was an uphill battle facing Duluth Marshall. They were right. The two-time defending section champion proved to be too much for Esko to overcome as the Hilltoppers defeated Esko 9-0 to capture a third consecutive section title. Senior Brent Benson threw a complete game against Esko, giving up only five hits, as his teammates pounded out 11 hits, aided by four Eskomos errors in the nine-run victor...
