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The funeral service for Alice Yainske, 98, will be held at Como Park Lutheran Church in St. Paul. She passed away Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in Carlton. Alice Berniece Lindstrom, daughter of Carl and Mabel Lindstrom, was born Nov. 23, 1924, in Litchville, North Dakota. She was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church, graduated as valedictorian from Litchville High School in 1942, and worked for the Litchville State Bank for a year-and-a-half before attending Fargo Business College. On Oct. 2...
Penny Diane Johnson, formerly of Cloquet, passed away peacefully on Aug. 24, 2023, with guidance from the Colorado medical-aid-in-dying program. Penny had family and friends at her side. She had childhood roots in Cloquet, and then moved to Colorado in the 1970s. She called Bailey home for the last 28 years, where she was a Realtor and volunteered with the VFW auxiliary, Mountain Do-ers and a coffee club. She was preceded in death by Cloquet native Larry W. Johnson: a husband, dad, decorated...
Rose Mary Anderson, 92, of Cloquet passed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2023, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. She was born Oct. 21, 1930, to Louis and Helena (Schuster) Enderle in McGregor. She graduated from McGregor High School in 1947. In her teens, she spent a great deal of time at Ole's Resort, working and helping her sister, Irene, care for her children. It was there she met her future husband, Lawrence. They married on May 7, 1949. They moved to and raised their family of seven...
Michael Leroy Kettner, 73, passed away on June 4, 2023. He was born in Gary, Indiana to Arletta Rae Hubbell and William Stolle on Oct. 22, 1949. He grew up in Cloquet and attended high school with the class of 1968. Mike was a traveling man and experienced many adventures traveling across the country by foot or on motorcycle. Mike shared four children, Jenna, Matthew, Kaitlyn and Nathaniel, with his wife of 5 years, Cheryl Voorhees, and a son, Raymond, with Jill Grabau. He took great pride in...
Donald Robert Anderson passed away Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, from medical and health complications. Don was 84 years old. Don was preceded in death by both of his parents. He is survived by wife, Patricia Anderson; brother, Richard Anderson; his kids, Keven Anderson, Steven Anderson, Philip Baker, Julie Bailey, Janey Stiener, Jamey Brigan and Tammy Waite. Don loved planting vegetable and flower gardens, along with fishing, scrapping metal and being with his loved ones. The family will be holding...
Casey Kenneth Wright, 75, of Wrenshall passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 in Duluth. He was born to Kenneth and Beatrice Wright on Oct. 30, 1947, in Proctor. Casey was a Vietnam veteran. He was a welder and enjoyed building things with his hands and putting puzzles together. Casey was predeceased by his parents and brother Bradford Wright. He will be missed by his children, Melissa Kurtz, Mary Anne Wright, Leslie Wright and Steven Pederson; sisters, Mary LaFave and Beverly Peacock; brothers Mark Newell and Blaine Newell; and 13...
Dixie F. Johnson, 69, of Munger died peacefully on Aug. 20, 2023, at Barnes Care in Esko. A Celebration of Life will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24 at the Munger Town Hall. Paul Francis Arthur, 64, of Duluth passed away on Sept. 4, 2023, at his home. No public services will be held. Arrangements have been entrusted to Nelson Funeral Care in Cloquet....
Because of Labor Day weekend, I had to get this news out earlier than usual so thought I’d bring you up to date on my medical issues. I’m back home now for a few days. I’m wearing a drain for my mastectomy, which has to be emptied two or three times a day. I have to record the amount of drainage so the doctor can tell when it’s time to remove it. The drain on my colon was taken out during the mastectomy, so at least I have only one to worry about. Now I have to wait for the doctor’s report on...
Quilting at Holy Trinity is at 9 a.m. every Wednesday. Everyone is invited. Donations of new cotton fabric, thread or crochet cotton are appreciated. The next city council meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the Senior Center, 3977 Main St. Everyone is encouraged to attend the meetings. The Ma & Pa Kettle Days meeting is at 12 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Kettle River Senior Center. Everyone is encouraged to come to this meeting. The Finnish Luncheon starts at noon Wednesday, Sept. 20. The last Finnish luncheon for the season will be in...
For more than a century, Cloquet has celebrated Labor Day with parades, picnics and other forms of revelry. That continued Monday, despite a severe lack of volunteers to run the event. Still, organizer Chad Tuura was happy. "For a nonpolitical year, it turned out pretty well," he said. Both U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber made the trip to the Cloquet for the parade, along with State Senator Jason Rarick and State Representative Jeff Dotseth. Grand marshal Pete Radosevich...
A Wright man died Saturday morning after his car was hit broadside by a train near Sawyer. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, Brock Hascall, 22, was driving south on Lammi Road when his vehicle was struck broadside by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train traveling westbound, parallel with Hwy 210 just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. Hascall was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants in the car and no BNSF personnel on the train were injured. This remains an ongoing...
For the first 50 years or so of Cloquet’s existence, the West End of Cloquet was the beating heart of the city, particularly in terms of government. Spanning avenues B, C and D from Broadway Avenue to the other side of Arch Street, it was packed. City Hall and the jail were here, the Pine Knot newspaper and lots of different stores were all located in the West End, including banking and commerce, Odd Fellows and the Masonic Temple and the train depot. Traffic flowed from Dunlap Island up Arch S...
