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Clarence Charles Smith Jr., 88, of Cromwell, Minnesota passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 in Cardinal Courts in Cromwell. He was born May 7, 1931 in Mt. Vernon Township, Minnesota, the youngest of 11 children born to Clarence and Ina Smith. The family moved to Cromwell in 1940, where he lived the rest of his life. Clarence married Ruth Maki Jan. 20, 1951 and together they raised eight children on their dairy farm. He was also an electrician at Conwed/USG for 44 years. He loved high school...
When Esko football player Jackson Pfister collapsed during a varsity game last week and died of heart failure, it shocked and saddened people across the school district, the township, nearby towns and neighboring schools. The messages flooded out across social media, on the phone and face-to-face within hours, offering prayers to his family - parents Matt and Brooke, younger brother Nolan - support to the team, and counseling for the students. The grief over Jackson brought people together....
The Cloquet-Carlton girls soccer team notched three straight shutouts to open play in the Section 7A tournament this week. That win streak set up a championship showdown with No. 1 seeded Chisago Lakes at 7 p.m. Thursday in North Branch. It's been quite a roll through the playoffs so far for the No. 2 seeded Lumberjacks, which opened with a 4-0 win over Princeton last Thursday, followed by a 5-0 victory over Two Harbors Saturday in Proctor. In the 7A semifinal game Tuesday night at Public School...
Last Saturday morning marked the fourth time in five years that the Borske family — mom Samantha, daughters Dallas, Makayla and Alexis — and their friends and family made their way to Carlton for the annual Suicide Awareness Memorial Walk. It’s a short walk, but a long journey for nearly everyone there. They come together each fall at Carlton High School in memory of loved ones who have died by suicide. Nearly 200 people participated in this year’s walk around downtown Carlton, which was col...
After upsetting Legacy Christian Academy last Thursday in Andover, the Lumberjacks boys soccer season came to a cold end with a 2-0 Section 7A playoff loss to Hermantown on a wet, rainy, and windy Saturday afternoon. It was CEC's third loss to the top-seeded Hawks. Like every other time the rivals faced each other this year, it was a close and fiercely competitive game. The 'Jacks did snap their recent round of bad luck in the first round against Legacy Christian. Entering the 7A tournament, CEC...
Another impressive rushing game for the Cloquet football team gave the 'Jacks their sixth win of the season Friday night as they steamed past Proctor 42-8. "We are running the ball really well and the passing game has developed enough to give us some balance," said Cloquet head coach Tom Lenarz. "We are playing very good defense as well." Cloquet averaged 8.2 yards per play from the line of scrimmage against the Rails while giving up just 3.8 yards per play on defense. The Lumberjacks opened...
South Ridge-25 Silver Bay-6 South Ridge continued its winning streak with a big road win over the Mariners. Connor Bushbaum broke a scoreless tie with just 41 seconds remaining in the first quarter when he bolted 50-yards for a touchdown, making it 6-0 Panthers. The Panthers built the lead to 14-0 in the second quarter on a Nick Larson eight-yard touchdown rumble and a two-point conversion run by Larson. The Mariners fought back to cut the lead to 14-6 before halftime, when Mason Ollman scored...
It was a matchup of two unbeaten teams Friday night - each with a 6-0 record - as the Carlton/Wrenshall Raptors faced the Ogilvie Lions. Only one emerged unscathed. True to their namesake, the Raptors started fast and held on at the end to defeat the state's sixth-ranked 9-man team by a score of 34-32 at Carlton's Jim Erickson field. In a contest which saw each team punt only once on the night, offense prevailed. With the win, the Raptors captured the first football district or conference...
Swimming Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m. vs. Duluth Denfeld Thursday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. invitational at Superior Saturday, Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. at Mesabi East Girls soccer sections The Cloquet-Carlton girls team was scheduled to play Chisago Lakes High School in a Section 7A championship game at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 at North Branch High School. The winner will advance to the Class A girls soccer state tournament. State quarterfinal games will begin between Oct. 22-24, with final schedules and locati...
Hazel B. Olson, 77, passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 at Inter-Faith Care Center, Carlton. Visitation: 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 at the Fond du Lac Gymnasium and continuing throughout the evening. Funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18. Interment will be at the Old Holy Family Cemetery. Clarence Charles Smith Jr., 88, of Cromwell passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 in Cardinal Courts in Cromwell. Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 and 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. memorial service Saturday, Oct. 19, all in the Atkins Northland...
Remember when the Ben Franklin store was located at the corner of Cloquet Avenue and 11th Street? More recently, a Goodwill store drew shoppers there until its closure in December 2018. The newly renovated building is now home to Paradigm Therapy Services, which celebrated its grand opening with the law offices of Terri Port Wright and Matthew Miller on Sept. 20. Photo contributed by the Carlton County Historical Society...
Todd Hamilton Peyton, 24, of Cloquet passed away October 11, 2019. Todd was born October 25, 1994 in Duluth to Todd and Marie Peyton. Todd had many passions and talents in life and so much that he loved. If Todd ever made you a meal, you were lucky. If he shared one of his favorite restaurants with you, you were full. If you’ve traveled with him, you’ve experienced childlike wonder and adventure. And if you’ve spent any amount of time with Todd, you’ve laughed, known a good prank and likely...
Jackson Joseph Pfister, 15, of Esko, passed away from natural causes on Friday, October 11, 2019. He entered our world on October 19, 2003. Jack was a sophomore at Esko High School, a member of the Student Council, and was active in the football and baseball programs. He also played on the Duluth Diamond Jaxx, a select travel baseball team. He was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church and its Confirmation class. Jackson had an unwavering faith and was blessed with many gifts. He will...
Charles D. Lindquist, 83, of Cloquet, Minn. passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. Charlie was born May 24, 1936 in Cloquet to Erick and Jenny (Johnson) Lindquist. He served in the U.S. Navy 1954-1958. He was united in marriage to Joyce Peil on Oct. 25, 1963. Charlie worked for the Wood Conversion Company and Conwed Corporation, and retired from USG in May of 1998. Charlie loved golfing at Big Lake Golf Club and numerous golf courses across Minnesota and...
David J. Bottem, 64, of Barnum passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 12, 2019, in Essentia’s palliative care. David was born on September 6, 1955, in Triumph, MN, to Donald Jay and Laverne Marie Bottem. He grew up and attended school in St. James, MN, and graduated in 1973. He attended Concordia College in Moorhead where he majored in Elementary Education. David sang in the Chapel Choir at Concordia, where he and Debra Nelson met their sophomore year, and they were married on August 21, 1...
The Minnesota Wilderness had another packed weekend of hockey with three straight games over the weekend, all in Minnesota. Thursday night, the Wilderness battled Austin on home ice in Cloquet. Kimball Johnson and Nate Horn netted goals in regulation against the Bruins for a 2-2 tie. With no goals in overtime, the teams ended the weekday night with a shootout. Wilderness goalie Kaleb Johnson shut out the Bruins attempts and Zach Michaelis ended the game for the Wilderness, scoring the only shootout goal of the night. The following night, the...
Caterpillar and snowplow fans in general will gather in celebration of the revitalized Thomson Township D8 Caterpillar-powered snow plow starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Esko Museum. The D-8 tractor and snow plow, homed at the museum and out of operation since restoration was completed in 2002, will be started up at about 11:30 a.m. The public is invited. Members of the Minnesota Chapter of Antique Caterpillar Owners plan to be present for the event. Refreshments provided by the...
A shooting during a funeral in the Fond du Lac reservation community center gymnasium today left one victim with a gunshot wound to the head and the suspect in custody. Immediately after the shooting was reported at approximately 9:46 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, the entire tribal campus was placed in lockdown for at least two hours. Interim Cloquet police chief Derek Randall said initial reports indicate that other people at the funeral "grabbed the suspect" and held him until law enforcement arrived...
The second floor of Cloquet’s historic Chief Theatre is marking its grand opening with lots of music and good clean fun as the “Music Circus” tour comes to town. In keeping with the building’s mission to provide a safe place for people to get together, a collective of Christian music groups — Colton Dixon, Manic Drive, Tru-Serva and Landers Music Co., with guest speaker Josh Brewer — will perform 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 upstairs at the Chief, 103 Ave. C in Cloquet’s historic West End. Rec...
Join Agate Encores Community Concerts at the Moose Lake area high school at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 as they open a new season with a performance by the Twin Ports Wind Orchestra. The school’s auditorium will be filled with more than 60 of the finest adult wind and percussion players in the greater Duluth/Superior region. Currently celebrating its 30th season, Twin Ports Wind Orchestra performs exceptional symphonic band literature ranging from marches and traditional pieces to creative new works....
Cloquet’s newest apartment building is open and is inviting the community to visit. On Thursday, Oct. 24, the Cloquet Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) will celebrate the grand opening of White Pine Apartments at 930 14th St. in Cloquet, with a 1:30 p.m. open house for the public, along with guided tours of select units, and refreshments while supplies last. White Pine Apartments is Cloquet’s newest high-quality, affordable rental community, located just north of Aspen Arms on 14th Street. The building includes 35 units total, inc...
Mary Alice Carlson of Mahtowa has compiled a series of her most memorable stories in “Under the Pine Boughs — Short Stories of Homespun Living.” Carlson will hold her first book signing at the Carlton County Senior Health Fair on Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Esko. Carlson has been a featured writer in The Senior Reporter with her personal memoirs for over 10 years. During that time she has won multiple national Awards of Achievement from the North American Mature Publishers Association. The book contains...
Cloquet school district officials want you. Or rather, they want your opinion and input on a new strategic plan for the school district, in exchange for a light dinner and the promise of continuing to educate our young people. Superintendent Michael Cary said the district will be working with community members in a strategic planning session Monday, Nov. 4, with a light dinner scheduled for 5 p.m. and the planning session for 6 p.m. in the Cloquet High School cafeteria. Free childcare is available. All dinner attendees must RSVP by Oct. 28 to...
Tuesday’s Cloquet City Council meeting marked the move of the “public comment” portion to the beginning — rather than the end — of the meeting. The council changed the process to allow public input on issues before voting, rather than after. The city installed a digital timer to keep comments under 3 minutes, and some rules about the mayor’s authority to limit comments, if necessary, were read. The new system did not get a trial, though, as no citizens were present to make comments at the meeting. The city got good news on the search for...
The Cloquet City Council heard a presentation on a proposed ordinance on tobacco sales from the Carlton County Public Health and Human Services Department at its Oct. 15 work session. “Tobacco 21” is an initiative backed by the health department to reduce tobacco use — including smokeless options such as vaping — by restricting sales of the products to those under 21 years old. “So far, 36 cities statewide, and eight counties, have passed ‘Tobacco 21’ ordinances in Minnesota,” said Alli Mueller, who made the presentation with Meghann Levitt,...
