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Cloquet football assistant coach Mike Klyve works with the offensive line during Monday's opening day of practice at Cloquet High School. Teams at schools across Carlton County started practice this week for what is expected to be a more normal fall slate of games, matches and meets. For more on that, and a full schedule of activities through October, see today's Extra section, on Pages 11-13. Find More sports phots online at www.PineKnotNews.com...
The Karppinen Construction baseball team won the Quad City 9U Gold Division in Cloquet last weekend by beating Minnesota Wilderness 6-1. All three Cloquet teams (Holiday, Wilderness, and Karppinen) were among the last four teams standing. South Ridge A out of Alborn rounded out the semifinalists. The championship teams includes, in front, left to right Gavin Moreland, Kade Karppinen, Ryan Sorensen, Kayson Karppinen, James Carlson; back, coach Dustin Moreland, Emmett Nelson, Skylar Kuss, Will...
The Cloquet Educational Foundation's 17th annual golf tournament was a huge success. Winning the traveling trophy was the team for State Farm-Lenny Conklin Agency, which included Brayden Tyman, Dane Stoyanoff, Aaron Moore, Keagan Poppenberg and Andy Acers....
Although summer is winding down, we can still enjoy the warm temperatures and our favorite ice cream treat. I thought back to when I was a kid and my mom would buy one pint of ice cream from Bystrom's Grocery on the corner of Highway 33 and Freeman Road in Sunnyside. That pint of vanilla ice cream would be divided into five slices and served on homemade apple pie or cantaloupe for a Sunday evening treat for my family. In those days we bought ice cream in small amounts because the freezer...
The Carlton County Fair is this weekend and I am still looking for volunteers to work at the Little Red School through Aug. 22. Call me at 218-357-2385 if you can spare a couple of hours volunteering. Stop by the Pine Knot News exhibit at the fair, Aug. 19-22. Ann Markusen and Jennie Hanson are regular contributors to the weekly editions. Pick up a free copy of the paper and consider subscribing. Reino "Ray" Walli, 91, the youngest of Jacob and Sophia Walli's 12 children, passed away on Aug. 5....
It has been 100 years since Finland natives John and Hannah Konu bought and moved to land west of Moose Lake near the Kettle River. Their grandson, Gerry, and great-grandson, Mark, are carrying on the family tradition of farming the land despite the continued decrease of small family farms. Gerry and Mark Konu will be honored at a reception at the Carlton County Fair on Saturday, where they will be presented with the award of Carlton County 2021 Farm Family of the Year from the University of...
Carlton County fair manager Lindsey Larson is excited to bring back the fair after it was canceled due to the pandemic last year. They are taking some pandemic precautions, she said, including more hand washing stations. Masks are optional so far. Despite taking over in 2020, this will be Larson's first fair....
The Lakehead Harvest Reunion returns next weekend for its 60th annual show with daily activities from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug, 27-29 at 70 E. St. Louis River Road near Esko. Old steam engines will roar and splutter, moving tractors or pulleys that power other types of machinery. There will be threshing, shingle-making and rock crushing and a sawmill, all powered by steam. Lakehead Harvest is an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the past, with a focus on local farming, harvesting, and general farm life throughout...
Carlton County is asking residents with online access to go online and fill out a survey a www.surveymonkey.com/r/Broadband. This survey asks what the citizens of Carlton County have for broadband and their review of the service. The data will be used for verifying where there is high speed internet....
To help ensure public safety and protect natural resources, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources expanded burning restrictions on Tuesday. Burning restrictions will now cover 34 counties where intensifying drought has elevated the potential for devastating wildfires, including Carlton County and 13 other counties. The burning restrictions include the following: -No campfires are allowed for dispersed, remote, or backcountry camping on all lands. - No campfires (with or without a ring) are allowed on any DNR-managed lands. This applies...
People gathered to celebrate Ma and Pa Kettle Days last weekend in Kettle River....
The University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center is holding an "open house" - actually a 1.5-mile self-guided walking tour - from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 175 University Road. Staff will be on site 4-7 p.m. to provide tour materials and answer visitor questions. Can't make it on the 25th? No worries. The self-guided walking tour is available through September. Visitors who make it to eight of 12 tour sites will be eligible for raffle prizes at the end of September. Find a map of the...
