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With only a few days left until Labor Day, Central Labor Body president Chad Tuura is bouncing between excitement over what he’s predicting will be a large parade and worry, because this important local event basically rests on his shoulders. He was giddy Tuesday night, after learning that Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon had agreed to be grand marshal in Monday’s parade, and after hearing from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party that Cloquet would likely see some “major polit...
Warren Hietala came full circle last month while working in the blacksmith's shop at the Carlton County fair. It was there that the Cloquet High School junior once escaped as a youngster while his parents were working in the art building. He'd become immersed watching blacksmith Steve Davis and others crafting red hot metal into tools and trinkets. "My parents would never let me touch the pictures, because they were worried I would break them or something, so I would come in here and watch...
The city of Cloquet will host a mountain bike race featuring as many as 600 youth participants later this month. But such a large race coming so close to the ski season at Pine Valley has the local ski club concerned. "We know it's a multi-use park," Cloquet Ski Club representative Ken Ripp said. "But let's not ruin one sport for another." The Minnesota Cycling Association's race series for sixth- through 12th-graders is coming to the Pine Valley Recreation Center on Sept. 24-25. "At this point...
Pine Knot editor Jana Peterson spied these pinkish-white Indian Pipe flowers along a trail at the Cloquet Forestry Center last week. Also sometimes called a "ghost flower" or "corpse flower," the Indian Pipe can grow in the darkest forests because it has no chlorophyll and doesn't depend on photosynthesis. Not a fungus, it is a parasitic plant that survives by using nutrients from decaying plant matter and other plants, according to gardeningknowhow.com and other websites. This relative of the...
• The spelling of Cheryl Ankrum’s name was incorrect in the Aug. 26 story, “Wrenshall disciplines someone, but who?” on Page 7. • The caption for the Anderson family was out of order in last week’s century farm story on Page 21, “Cromwell farm earns prestigious century label.” Family members as pictured, from left, were Joan, Guy and LeeAnn Anderson. • The Aug. 26 Cloquet Educational Foundation golf tournament brief on Page 16 listed last year’s winner by mistake. In reality, Team “Uptown Funk” took home the 2022 tournament trophy. Capt...
A panel of court-appointed condemnation officials agreed with an $8,000 appraisal for Hotel Solem on Thursday, Aug. 25. The approval opened the door for the city of Cloquet to proceed with plans to redevelop the deteriorating 103-year-old building on the corner of Cloquet Avenue and 10th Street. "We believe we have established that is the actual value of the property that was taken and the amount that should be due to the owners," city attorney William Helwig said near the conclusion of the...
Moviegoers get a treat Saturday, Sept. 3, when Premiere Theaters in Cloquet will offer tickets to all movies, all day for $3. Premiere confirmed this week that it had joined the National Cinema Day movement adopted on a trial basis by the National Association of Theater Owners. The $3 tickets coincide with Premiere’s introduction of 369 new recliner seats, which are debuting this weekend. “It couldn’t be better timing for us,” general manager Adam Stowell said. “We’re excited. We expect it to be busy, and for people to enjoy experiencin...
“Expert” Riley Olesiak explains a Cloquet Forestry Center event punch card to Luke O’Neill. The cards were utilized to teach visitors some of the educational tools at the research and demonstration forest during an open house Aug. 24. Riley is accompanied by University of Minnesota Forestry employees, his mother Rachael (left) and Denise Volk. Many Cloquet and surrounding area visitors attended the center’s open house, which also included wagon tours of some of the forestry center trails....
The Cloquet Area Fire District is seeking a board member from Thomson or Twin Lakes townships to fill the seat vacated by Jason Paulson when he resigned from the Thomson Township and CAFD boards earlier this month. CAFD chief Jesse Buhs said an applicant must reside in either Thomson or Twin Lakes townships in the area the CAFD covers for ambulance service. “The easiest way to determine that is if they see us on their tax statement,” he said. The term would run through 2024; it is a volunteer position. Anyone interested in applying should con...
The harvest of wild rice on Fond du Lac Reservation lakes will be prohibited this year. The Band made the announcement last week. “Growing conditions were highly unfavorable this year and the decision was made to rest the on-reservation wild rice lakes for the season,” the announcement said. The Band encouraged members to utilize their treaty rights to harvest wild rice elsewhere in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Using a valid tribal identification card, members may harvest within Minnesota outside of the existing boundaries of the Fond du Lac, Whi...
The Pine Knot Gallery is calling for September/October exhibit pieces featuring cityscapes and townscapes. All genres considered: photos, paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and more. Please send applications to Ann Markusen at markusen.umn.edu by Tuesday, Sept. 6. Include a few images of your works. Haven’t yet visited our gallery? Stop by at 122 Avenue C, Cloquet, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. The new cityscape exhibit opening reception is planned for late afternoon Friday, Sept. 16 at the Pine Knot....
Due to the Labor Day holiday Monday and walking in the parade, the Pine Knot News office at 122 Avenue C in West End Cloquet will be closed Monday. The paper will also be closed Friday, Sept. 9. Please call 218-878-9332 and leave a message for delivery issues, or email [email protected] with feedback or suggestions. Unknown issues with the postal service contributed to the late delivery of the Aug. 26 issue. We apologize for any inconvenience....
It’s that time of year again: the Rat Rod Rendezvous is happening again in Mahtowa. Sept. 3 is “Shine on Saturday,” a day for more traditional classic cars and bikes with paint jobs that gleam in the sunlight, while Sept. 4 is “Rusty Sunday.” Think Rat Rods and other creative iterations of the past. Car shows run both days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with awards at 2:30 p.m. There will be live music Saturday from 2-5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also Sunday, a burnout and muffler rap contest and a pin-up contest by the Border Town Bett...
On Saturday, Sept. 10 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in downtown Mahtowa, the Mahtowa Covenant Church and T.J.’s Country Store is sponsoring a day of free community fun. Activities begin with the Stan Berglund Memorial Bike Ride at 10 a.m. from T.J.’s Country Store, followed by a picnic from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and yard games and a bouncy house from 1-4 p.m., along with live music and raffles for a meat basket or gift cards....
While the scarecrow contest and medallion hunt kick off Monday in Cromwell, the rest of the Harvest Festival activities are set for the following weekend, Sept. 9-11. On Friday, there’s a steak fry from 4-7 p.m. for $15 a plate for steak, $5 a plate for a hot dog, with a high school football game in Ely and bingo back home. Six balloonists will be showing at the school football field Friday night (lighted show) and two times on Saturday. They will offer tethered rides on Saturday. Saturday is the big day with a patriotic salute at 9:15 a.m. fol...
New and beginning farmers are invited to learn how to better understand a farm’s financial statements and utilize those to see financial success on the farm. Interested parties are asked to join on Sept. 27 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Carlton County Transportation building on County Highway 61, said a Carlton County Extension news release. Guest speaker Rob Holcomb, extension educator specializing in agricultural business management, will be discussing financial statements and how to best use the documents to realize success. There is no cost t...
Sometimes it helps to just talk about things and that’s what a Duluth-based nonprofit hopes will happen at its free Cloquet Area Inclusion Learning Cohort. Amber Lewis, Welcoming Community Program coordinator for Northspan Group Inc., said they want to bring people together for a series of seven workshops based around the idea of creating a more inclusive community. “We have people from a bunch of different backgrounds, generations, lived experiences, and sometimes that creates conflict, or sometimes people don’t feel like they belong,” Lewis s...
A 26-year-old Cloquet man was killed Monday, Aug. 29, succumbing to injuries sustained when the motorcycle he was driving crashed with an SUV. Hunter Thorman, of Cloquet, was pronounced dead sometime following the crash in Cloquet. The crash occurred at approximately 11:05 p.m. Monday, with the Cloquet Police Department responding to Carlton Avenue and 22nd Street, according to a CPD news release. Upon arrival, officers found a small red Honda CR-V and a motorcycle had been involved in a crash. Officers and Cloquet Area Fire District paramedics...
Remember the 500-year flash floods that ripped across the Northland 10 years ago, and the drought that had farmers and others praying for rain last summer? Cloquet city officials are hoping to make a plan for future climate change and they need help from the people who live here. City staff and the SEH consulting engineering firm are in the process of preparing an assessment of the stormwater infrastructure throughout Cloquet, something that was last done 40 years ago, according to assistant city engineer John Anderson. As part of the...
Following a closed meeting Wednesday that lasted three hours, the Wrenshall school board fired the school’s information technology director, Jaime Hopp, the Pine Knot News learned Thursday. Hopp had been the subject of a personnel investigation which began earlier this summer. The tech director was alleged to have profanely alluded to “killing” the district superintendent while in the staff lounge in June. Another district employee overheard the comment, which superintendent Kim Belcastro later reported to Carlton County authorities. Following...
Barbequed chicken served with coleslaw and potato salad ... roast chicken with baking powder biscuits and homemade gravy ... a whole chicken rubbed with a secret spice blend and smoked to perfection. Are you hungry yet? If you are ready to make a great chicken dinner, Eli Davis and Russ Rule can provide you with meat chickens raised in small, carefully tended flocks. Eli Davis is just 8 years old, but he has been selling at the Carlton County Farmers Market with his grandmother, Deb Davis,...
American buffalo have roamed Don and Marlene Solwold's farm near Esko for 48 years. Marlene died of Alzheimer's 10 years ago, but Don, 89, still has a small buffalo herd and enjoys spending time with them, spraying them with nontoxic fly spray, brushing their dark furry coats and talking to them. The Solwold family was named the Carlton County Farm Family of the Year and was presented with the award at the Carlton County Fair on Aug. 19. The Farm Family recognition program, which has honored Min...
THUMBS UP to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for making the hard, but seemingly necessary decision to prohibit wild rice harvesting on reservation lakes this season. The Band described growing conditions as “highly unfavorable” in deciding to “rest” the on-reservation wild rice lakes for the season. The plan, as one Band member told the Pine Knot, is to let the rice fall to seed and hope that the harvest bounces back in 2023. Ricing has deep cultural and historical significance, and it’s a wonderful fall treat for all of us. Ev...
This morning, we had a visitor. Aaron Aho, the son of the recently deceased Wright resident Marvin Aho, came by to speak with husband Rod Walli about the burial site and interment for Marvin’s father in the Lakeside Cemetery south of Wright. Rod, along with several others from Finnish immigrant families who settled and stayed in Wright, Minnesota, continues to serve on a committee overseeing the cemetery’s care and maintenance and observing rules for purchasing plots, and also locating and int...
I’m so fed up with all the changes in this area. First, the middle school wasn’t fit for students, but yet fixed up for apartments. Second, putting in turn lanes and sidewalks for Washington Avenue, cutting into our properties. Because of the sidewalks, we’ll have to risk standing in the street to get mail, almost getting hit. Cars going too fast. No parking for sales or family events. Dumb! Third, a new jail costing millions. It’s a jail, not the Hilton hotel. Ridiculous! Fourth, the stupid [roundabout] on 14th and Washington Avenue. Makes n...
