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On June 28 the Cromwell Area Community Club hosted its fourth annual midsummer steak fry, silent auction and variety show. It was a lovely evening. Some people remained well past the events, enjoying the Kaleb Anderson Memorial playground. Our silent auction solicits one-of-a-kind donations from community members who have designed and made things themselves: paintings, photographs, sculpture, quilts, weavings, table runners, placemats, homemade jellies, pickles, breads and soaps, handmade...
Wrenshall is the land of milk and honey — literally. Two weeks ago we celebrated milk production in Wrenshall with Breakfast on the Farm at the Laveau Dairy, and this week I got to taste fresh honey straight from the comb. The Food Farm provides fields for local producer Christian Dahm’s bees to forage. His bright, multicolored boxes are located on the northwest corner of our farm and offer a cheery sight for folks coming and going on County Road 1. On Sunday, Dahm was out checking on his col...
Coffee Chat with Mayor Maki at the Cloquet library 1 p.m. Friday, July 12. Hear Mayor Maki’s plans for our city. Mayor Maki recently attended the annual conference of the League of MN Cities with the governor and nearly 600 city officials from across Minnesota. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Cloquet Library. Music and dancing at the Cloquet VFW Karaoke with Jackie 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Friday, July 12. Two for the Road 1-4 p.m. Sunday, July 14. Senior dance with Lindy’s Band 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, July 17; potluck, $7 cover. Smear Lea...
A raft of new measures from this year’s legislature officially became law July 1. Summaries of all laws passed by the Legislature in regular and special sessions are available online from nonpartisan House Public Information Services at house.mn We continue a synopsis of those bills started in last week’s Pine Knot News. Housing The $15 million funding increase in the omnibus agricultural finance law is evenly divided between housing development and redevelopment efforts, and prevention and efforts to end homelessness. Programs where inc...
Esko grad reflects on Stanley Cup Former Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey standout Karson Kuhlman has had a storybook run since leaving Esko High School to pursue a career in hockey. The star forward polished off an amazing two-year run by winning a national championship at the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2018 and nearly winning a Stanley Cup this spring with the Boston Bruins. "The whole experience was pretty surreal," Kuhlman said in an interview last week. "You go back to last spring...
Despite threatening weather on Wednesday night, the Fourth of July weather conditions were nearly perfect Thursday morning for the annual running of the Sawdust 5K road race in Cloquet. Runners began filtering in to Pinehurst Park at 6:30 a.m. Close to 430 runners toed the starting line by 9 a.m. under partly cloudy skies and a light breeze. "The conditions turned out to be absolutely beautiful with partly cloudy skies and about 75-degree temps by the time the race started," race director Jeff...
With summer in full swing and the Fourth of July in our rearview mirror, the Cloquet Legion baseball team is preparing for a district tournament right around the corner. "We are a very young team," fourth-year head coach Bruce Baker said. "Our roster features only three seniors from the Lumberjack roster this season and one player, Tim Pokornowski, who graduated in 2018 from Cloquet." Pokornowski - the former Cloquet three-sport standout and now a UMD football and baseball player - is a welcome...
The basketball courts at Pinehurst Park were awash in action and testosterone Friday, packed with young men playing basketball, or bantering as they hung out along the fence waiting for their next turn to play. For three hours, the courts were constantly in motion, with 3-on-3 games going on at both ends, 10 minutes each or the first team to get to 21 points in the first-ever Cloquet Fourth of July 3-on-3 basketball tournament, held a day later due to heavy rains the day before. Cloquet High...
I have always had an eye on the old sheds sitting in the meadow at North Cloquet Road and Midway Road. They are so photogenic in different lights each day. So, with the camera in the car and tooling around after the Fourth of July parade in Cloquet, I came across two turkey vultures perched on the shed closest to the road. Perfect opportunity. They caught my eye because one had just alit onto the peak, tucking its wide wings to its side. It looked like the two were just having a conversation,...
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will hold its annual Veterans Powwow Friday through Sunday, July 12-14, at the powwow grounds at 1150 Mission Road. The free event recognizes the sacrifices of veterans still with us and those before them. Activities kick off Friday with a 7 p.m. grand entry ceremony and the first round of special dances. On Saturday, the grand entry is at 1 p.m. followed by the honoring of veterans at 1:30 p.m. There will be a 5 p.m. feast and grand entry again at 7 p.m. On Sunday, participants can enjoy...
A number of local organizations are holding events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. At the Cloquet Public Library, local astronomer John Cavanaugh will present new information about the moon landing starting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 15, with a special introduction by Steve Korby in his "homemade" space suit. The presentation is targeted at anyone ages 8 and older. Those with memories of the moon landing are encouraged to attend and share. The library will also...
Julianne “Julie” (Sanda) Dennison, 74, recently passed away unexpectedly in her home in Miami Beach, Fla. Julie was born June 19, 1945, in Cloquet, Minn. to Toivo and Helen Sanda. She graduated from Cloquet High School and attended the University of Minnesota. She married David Dennison and together they lived in Africa, France, and all over the United States. Julie was an avid reader and a gifted writer, but she also stepped away from the pages and lived an extraordinary life. Among her man...
Frank L. Carter, 75, lifelong resident of Cloquet, Minn. passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 in his home. He was born June 22, 1944 to Douglas and Lorraine (Proulx) Carter. Frank was a 1963 graduate of Cloquet High School. Frank worked for the Cloquet Community Memorial Hospital, retiring in 2005 as a maintenance engineer. Frank previously worked for the Cloquet Public Schools as a janitor and Pacific Northwest Paper Company. In retirement and throughout his life, he was a handyman who could fix...
