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Articles from the June 30, 2023 edition


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  • Wright/Cromwell news

    Jennie K. Hanson|Jun 30, 2023

    A Celebration of Life service for Ralph Reed Abrahamson, 73, of Brooklyn Center, formerly of Cromwell, will be at 4:30 p.m. on July 21 at the Cora McCorvey Health & Wellness Center, 1015 N 4th Ave, Minneapolis with food and refreshments following at Elsie’s. All area residents are invited and encouraged to continue to share their thoughts and ideas on the Harvest Festival. They are also in need of volunteers to help with parade planning, steak fry, kids’ and adult games, pie social, bingo and...

  • DAV members to be honored in Fourth parade

    Jana Peterson|Jun 30, 2023

    For the second year in a row, the Carlton County Disabled American Veterans Chapter 18 is the grand marshal for the Cloquet Fourth of July parade. They got a do-over because last year's parade was canceled due to weather. "Here's hoping lightning doesn't strike twice, a year apart," said July Fourth co-coordinator Ivan Hohnstadt. "We'd really like to see the DAV get a moment in the spotlight, since they are so often the ones quietly making things happen." The more than 600 members of the DAV...

  • Barn was bursting with people at film festival

    Mike Creger|Jun 30, 2023

    Things were busy last Friday and Saturday night at the Free Range Film Festival in rural Wrenshall. The act of watching a series of short films inside a barn built more than 100 years ago continued to draw people from the region and from the Twin Cities area. Both nights saw a standing-room-only crowd. Aside from the whimsy, there is also real value. A $10 donation was a suggestion only, and drinks and movie snacks were only $2 and $1, like way, way, way back in the day. Sandy and Betsy Dugan...