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On a warm Saturday afternoon at Lakeside Cemetery, southwest of Wright, more than 90 offspring and partners of Isaak and Maria Haukkala Walli gathered to celebrate their Finnish ancestors who gave them life. A handsome, new engraved metal plaque bearing both the American and Finnish flags celebrates the cemetery's establishment in 1906 and acknowledges Isaak and Maria's donation of the cemetery land. Isaak (1854-1918) and Maria (1845-1919) married and had seven children in Wassan Lanni,...
The Cloquet VFW baseball team finished its regular season Tuesday with a disappointing loss to Proctor, but second-year coach Greg Thompson said the young team has continued to improve. "We wanted to improve from last season and we did just that - finishing the regular season with a 6-14 record," Thompson said. The team split a doubleheader with West Duluth Monday. Joe Baker pitched the team to an 11-7 win in the first game, but the Cloquet team dropped the second game by a score of 7-3....
It's been a busy few weeks for the Esko U-16 girls softball team. Sponsored by USG, Esko played nine games in two days last weekend to capture third place in the Minnesota Softball Fastpitch Championship state tournament in Big Lake, Minn. The team had wins over Big Lake, Monticello, Browntown, Medford, Mankato, Jordan and Richfield. "It was a great weekend for our girls," said Esko coach Merle Kelley. But it was also a long one. The team was scheduled to play starting at 9:30 a.m., but a 2 &fra...
Cloquet City Administrator Aaron Reeves is resigning to take a job in Hudson, Wis., Cloquet Mayor Roger Maki confirmed Friday. Reeves was also due to have finalist interviews for a city administrator job in Hastings, Minn. July 26-27. Reeves is leaving after less than two years in Cloquet; he started in October 2017. Prior to that, he worked for the city of Rochester for nearly four years as assistant city administrator and city clerk/ development coordinator. He has also served as city...
Over the years I've fished them all. Collectively referred to as the "big four" reservoirs north of Duluth, they include Wild Rice, Fish, Island and Boulder. They all have their own personalities, and they fish a little differently, but collectively they are pumping out a lot of fish this summer. Honestly, I stumbled onto this bite. The main goal was to escape the heat. This past weekend, I shuttled boatloads of our own kids, neighborhood kids, and nieces and nephews, along with their parents to...
Latest reports from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers. Jacob Willis (Brookston) spent most of this week at Camp Ripley as part of the Division Use of Force Team conducting required in-service training for officers. Training was also given to conservation officer candidates currently attending the academy. Calls regarding nuisance beavers were also handled. Dustie Speldrich (Willow River) handled two wolf calls. One involved cattle getting run through fences when two adult wolves and four pups were seen on the...
Skaters and neighbors are invited to celebrate the new Cloquet skatepark on 14th Street on Friday, July 26. Featuring 3rd Lair skatepark and skateshop. Free demo at 12 p.m., clinic for new riders at 12:30 and contests and games 1:30-2 p.m. Volunteers are needed for cleanup following the event; contact Joy at [email protected] with any questions. History of Hip-Hop 3 p.m. July 26 at the Cloquet library. Celebrate the grand opening of the new skate park in Cloquet with teaching artist DJ Kool Akeim, who will be teaching the history of hip-hop. P...
Indiana resident Pete Peterson drove his 1939 Dodge Phaeton from Indiana to Cloquet last Wednesday to visit family, but decided to enter his one-of-a-kind convertible in the Rendezvous car show Saturday. He took first place. (Full disclosure: Peterson is the father of this Pine Knot News writer.) More importantly, Peterson said, he got to mingle with other car lovers. Those included Cloquet's Norman Eastman, who parked his 1930 Model A next to Peterson's car and took second place at the show....
