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Esko High School Quarter 4 Honor Roll GPA between 3.650 and 4.0 Bella Abrahamson Will Abrahamson Emma Adkins Ashley Aker Parker Anderson Joshua Antonutti Lucye Backstrom Ellahna Barnes Ellynor Barta Joel Barta Lucy Barta Alena Beare Harper Benedix Aspen Berg Cadence Berger Cairin Berger Cuinn Berger Wyatt Bergstedt Genevieve Bohlman Leah Borden Ahna Brekke Addison Bucsko Priya Carey Jordyn Carpenter Samuel Cheslak Ayden Chopskie Jordan Chopskie Megan Chopskie Ty Christensen Stefan Ciuca Liberty Clifford Aoife Cook James Cornell Paul Cornell...
Six area students were each awarded $1,000 scholarships from Cloquet's Community Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for their pursuit of an education in healthcare. The awardees, in the back, from left, are Dana Jones, Bradley Untiedt, Spencer Strand, Jessica Pagelkopf, Andrew Kosloski and Erica Kosloski. In the front are scholarship committee members Rosemary Tobin, Phyllis Ducey and Barb DeLovely....
We’re lucky to have an abundance of clean fresh water to drink, bathe, cook and wash with here in Carlton County, but it’s not something to take for granted. While the majority of folks in the county get their water from municipal water sources, a large portion of the population gets the water they use every day from their own private wells. As long as the water doesn’t smell or taste funny, or isn’t an odd color, you might not think anything of it. It’s important that you have the resources to protect your drinking water from contamina...
The Kaleb Anderson walk and pancake breakfast at the Cromwell Pavilion on July 1 was a huge success.Thanks go out to all who donated time and money, walkers and runners, and the city for having the space to hold such a huge event. They say one person can’t make a difference, but Kaleb sure did in his short lifetime. Thank you, Anderson/Koivisto family, for keeping his memory alive. A lovely memorial service was held for Elouise Lucking on July 1. Elouise was a wonderful artist and several of h...
Janelle Marie Bryant, 64 of Cloquet, died on Feb. 5. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, July 15 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cloquet VFW. Inurnment will be at New Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Care in Cloquet....
Cornelia Marjorie Ballou, 91, of Barnum passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2023, at New Perspective in Barnum. Cora was born June 14, 1932, in Kettle River to Steven and Adelaide Tomczak. She began learning in the one-room school in Kettle River, later attending and graduating from Moose Lake High School in 1950. Cora lived in Duluth and married Leland Ballou on Dec. 27, 1955, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Split Rock Township. She was employed by Kelly Furniture as a bookkeeper. The couple later...
Elizabeth "Betty" Bonham, 97, of Duluth, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at St. Ann's Residence. She was born Oct. 15, 1925, in Duluth, the daughter of Nicholas and Bertha (Giesen) Faustich. Betty graduated from Morgan Park High School in 1943 with honors. She worked for Marshall-Wells for five years and then for MetLife Insurance until marrying F. Warren Bonham on July 29, 1950. They lived in the Woodland neighborhood of Duluth for five years and moved to Sunnyside in Cloquet where they...
Kurt L. Nelson, 58, of Duluth, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023, at his home. He was born July 11, 1964, in Cloquet, the son of Kenneth and Gladys (Konsti) Nelson. Kurt graduated from Cloquet High School in 1982. He worked for Potlatch and Sappi in Cloquet for more than 33 years. Kurt enjoyed hunting and fishing and working on small engines. He grew up attending and was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Cloquet. Kurt was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Nelson; niece, Kacey...
Roy E. Dickison, 89, of Cloquet, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the Franciscan Health Center in Duluth with family at his side. He was born April 3, 1934, in Cass Lake, Minnesota, the son of Howard and Eva (Strong) Dickison. Roy served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and received the National Defense Service Medal and a Purple Heart. He was a past commander and continuing member of the Carl Anderson American Legion Post 262 of Cloquet for 68 years. He worked many years with...
Debra "Deb" Slatten, 63, of Midway Township, died suddenly Thursday, June 29, 2023, of a cardiac event. Deb was born April 1, 1960, in Cloquet to Theodore and Marjorie (Seboe) Hillman. She was thin, athletic, and seemingly in perfect health when something went catastrophically wrong. Deb's law enforcement career started at the age of 15, with the Carlton County Sheriff's Office as a clerk. Deb graduated from Wrenshall High School and earned a law enforcement degree from Bemidji State...
What a Fourth of July it was! Crowds of people lined Cloquet Avenue rows deep in the morning as an unmissable military flyover kicked off the parade. They stood hands on hearts while the Cloquet Area Honor Guard passed, gasped at live wrestling on a trailer and tapped their toes to the live music. Children waited eagerly for more candy, scrambling to grab every last piece. Then it was on to Veterans Park. There they found wiffleball, tiny train rides, inflatables, face painting, magic, balloons...
