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Raymond G. Zechoski, 87, of Cloquet passed away on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 in Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet. Private family services will be held. Burial with military honors will be in New Calvary Cemetery, Cloquet. Memorial contributions may be made to Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Arrangements entrusted to Atkins Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet. To sign the guest book and offer an online tribute, see www.atkin snorthlandfuneralhome.com...
Friday night's football matchup between the Cardinals and the Raptors resembled a heavyweight boxing fight. Both teams dug their heels in and the outcome was in doubt until Cromwell-Wright managed a late touchdown to win the game 15-14. "It was a great back and forth defensive battle," said Cards coach Jeff Gronner. "Both teams had trouble moving and sustaining drives throughout the game and their offense and defensive lines were very big and hard for us to handle at times." The winning drive...
Friday, Oct. 9 Football Cloquet-24 North Branch-12 Reese Sheldon scored on a 42-yard touchdown run on his second touch of the football Friday night as the Lumberjacks took the road win in North Branch. Sheldon scored a pair of touchdowns, both in the first half, as the ’Jacks took a 16-12 halftime lead. The lone touchdown in the second half was a 63-yard scoring strike from Alec Turnbull to his brother Will Turnbull. Marshall Hayes added three two-point conversion runs to secure the win. “Our defense played well as a unit. I thought Deeken Fje...
The Lumberjacks varsity volleyball team started its season with a loss to Hermantown, winning just one out of four games Thursday, Oct. 8, but they came back strong Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Duluth East....
Last year, former Cloquet High School student and hockey player Mason Langenbrunner made an unexpected move away from the Lumberjacks to play his junior season with the Eden Prairie Eagles. He's been busy ever since. Langenbrunner helped lead the Eagles to their second straight state championship appearance. Shortly after his move to Eden Prairie, he committed to Harvard to play Division I hockey. Last Wednesday, Oct. 7, Langenbrunner's childhood dream came true; he was drafted by the Boston...
Vern Northrup selects a tomato from the Leaning Barn Farm stand at the Carlton County Farmers Market Saturday, while Ruth Jorgenson stands by to advise on produce and marvel at the remarkably large rutabagas this year. In addition to fresh produce, there are canned jams and jellies, dilly beans, handmade pottery and other various offerings available around the market in Cloquet's Premiere Theatres parking lot off Highway 33. The final day is 9 a.m to noon this Saturday, Oct. 17. It will reopen...
Haunted Ridge As the nights grow longer and Halloween approaches, there are some who gravitate toward the frightening and the macabre. And then there are those who don’t. A farm at 1781 County Road 1 (about halfway between Carlton and Wrenshall) aims to satisfy both inclinations. Home to two businesses operating side-by-side, Ru-Ridge Corn Maze offers wholesome family fun while the Haunted Shack — with its haunted hayride and haunted corn maze — offers shrieks and giggles after the sun goes down. In daylight, it is Ru-Ridge Corn Maze, a place...
Jim and Colleen Myhre have purchased the 29 Pines Golf Course in Mahtowa, closing on Sept. 4, and have renamed it Rugged Spruce Golf Club. "We had planned to keep the original course name," Jim Myhre said. "Outside experts" advised that it would be a good idea to change the 40-year-old name to better signify a fresh start. Roxanne Olson was the previous owner of the course. Jim grew up about two miles from the course. He thinks he first played there in about 1980. He played in a league there...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys soccer team wrapped up an undefeated regular season last Thursday with a 4-0 shutout win over the Proctor Rails, followed by an 11-0 win over Hibbing at home on Tuesday night in the opening round of the Section 7A playoffs. In the Lumberjacks' Tuesday night home playoff win, Joe Baker gave CEC a 1-0 lead just 30 seconds into the game. The score stayed that way until the 18-minute mark, when Drake Schramm scored the first of his two goals of the game on a penalty...
The Cloquet and Esko girls soccer teams wrapped up their regular season last week by playing to a 1-1 draw in Esko. Trailing 1-0 in the second half, the Eskomos got a corner kick that Ava Korby was able to drill into the net to tie the game at 1-1. "Ava's goal came off a corner kick and she was able to get a direct hit on it," said Esko coach Caitlin Lilly. "She's got a great knack for moving at the right time to where the ball will be. Her timing was key for the goal." Earlier in the game the...
Cardinals runner Noah Foster was the top Carlton County finisher in this week's Section 7A cross country championships, taking third place in the boys races on Tuesday. The Cromwell sophomore was happy with his time of 16 minutes, 59.2 seconds, a personal record for the season, and happy with third place, which was his goal, according to his dad. He was facing stiff competition as the first-place winner, Geno Uhrbom, captured his fourth straight section title in 15 minutes, 58.7 seconds...
Community Education is a department of the public school that helps connect school to community. We promote learning for all age levels. Our mission at Cloquet Community Education is "To promote, provide and facilitate learning opportunities and social activities to serve individuals and families, while bridging generations, inspiring collaboration and building community." In Cloquet, we are fortunate to enjoy a very robust community education department. We offer a broad, diverse range of...
Lisa Donelson, former Cromwell-Wright teacher, author, and former resident of Floodwood will present a program, “Signs of Encouragement,” at the Floodwood Baptist church at 7 p.m. Oct. 17. Many of you in the area may recall the huge sign in her yard featuring many sayings and quotes over the years. Everyone is welcome to attend. With the resumption of fall sports activities, the Cromwell- Wright football team played its first game last Friday and won in thrilling fashion, 15-14, over Car...
Peter Cox MPR News More people soon will be able to visit loved ones in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. The changes are set to go into effect on Saturday, Oct. 17. Right now people can visit elderly relatives at some nursing homes outside, through a window or as an essential caregiver. That means people can visit a family member in their room and do caregiving tasks for them. Not long ago, the state added indoor visits to that list, as long as the facility had not had a COVID-19 exposure in 28 days and spread in the surroundi...
Jim Huhta Jim Huhta District 8 Covid has altered all our lives with social distancing and limited contact with essential service personnel. Some activities still demand attention in spite of precautions implemented over the past months, and providing power to our Lake Country Power members is one of those activities. Communication, however, has been adversely affected with our member meetings suspended, and some of us “oldtimers” having an aversion toward electronic devices, hindering useful updates and information. Newspapers still remain a r...
Elizabeth Shockman MPR News Minnesota educators are stressed, overwhelmed, and worried — and 29 percent of them are considering quitting their jobs. That’s according to a survey recently published by Education Minnesota, the state’s largest teacher union. Denise Specht, the president of Education Minnesota, said low educator morale is the result of a pandemic that has forced the majority of the state’s students out of full-time in-person learning and virtually all educators to change the way they teach. “They’re especially worried about their...
Loren Miles, 78 of Esko went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth. Visitation: Noon until the 1 p.m. funeral service Monday, October 19, 2020 in the Atkins Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet. Military Honors will be accorded by the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard. Burial will be Tuesday at 12:00 Noon at the Lindford Cemetery in Littlefork, Minn. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. To sign the guest book and offer an online tribute, see www.atkinsnorthlandfuneralhome.com...
When you think about the Nemadji Watershed, what comes to mind? Maybe it is hunting and fishing in the Nemadji State Forest or one of the watershed’s many trout streams. Maybe it is where you call home or where your food is grown. Or you might think of the red waters that flow to north to Lake Superior. The Nemadji Watershed is a diverse place, with many valuable resources for our local economy and abundant land for recreation. Over the past year, a group of passionate people worked together to create a comprehensive watershed management plan f...
