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Three of Carlton County's rural school districts were rocked by unexpected developments Monday. Members of the Barnum and Carlton school boards learned their administrators were proposing consolidation talks, while Wrenshall officials were surprised to find their partner in ongoing consolidation talks - Carlton - seemed to be abandoning them for another district. The news sparked anger, dismay and curiosity, along with a healthy dose of skepticism. Carlton school board member Ryan Leonzal was...
A 51-year-old woman who was reported missing Oct. 13, was found deceased just after 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, by the St. Louis County Rescue Squad members during search efforts. Nori Pribble was located in a wooded area off of a logging road south of the 8800 block of McCamus Road in Brookston. The incident remains under investigation by the Fond du Lac Police Department and the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. Cause of death is pending medical examiners findings. At this point in the investigation, Pribble’s death is not believed to hav...
Esko High School students are putting on a production of the mystery murder play “Clue” beginning Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the school theater and running through Sunday, Nov. 3. Show times are 7 p.m. Werdnesday and Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. The play is based on the 1985 film of the same name, which is based on the classic board game Clue. Guests show up at a mansion under mysterious circumstances and soon the host turns up dead and everyone is a suspect....
A collared gray wolf, a young female from the First Bridge pack on the Fond du Lac reservation, was found dead this month. Mike Schrage, wildlife program manager for Fond du Lac Resource Management, said the wolf was likely killed by a wolf from a neighboring pack. “Necropsy showed trauma in her throat, armpits, hips and along her back,” Schrage said. “Her collar locations and the collar locations from one of the wolves in the neighboring pack put them both in the field where we found her on the same night.” Wolves have been part of a trackin...
Quilts have been in the news this month. Above, quilters wave at passing vehicles as they walk across the Minnesota Highway 33 bridge over the St. Louis River Oct. 12 as part of a "quilt walk," to let people know about the art of quilting and what can be created. Despite a low turnout for the first walk, they got lots of honks and waves from people driving by, said Kris Keppers of the Wood City Quilters....
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development recently announced its latest round of broadband development grants, which will distribute over $50 million in grants to support 26 projects around the state next year. The $2,127,530 in projects to be completed by Consolidated Telephone Company and will bring broadband access to portions of the City of Wrenshall and City of Carlton and portions of Silver Brook, Blackhoof, and Twin Lakes townships....
The Carlton County Sheriff’s Office is once again part of the Law Enforcement Scholarship Program. Sheriff Kelly Lake said the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association has established a scholarship fund for up to 18 $2,000 scholarships. The MSA gives special recognition to the financial needs of students attending the peace officer skills course, or one of the two- or four-year law enforcement degree programs around the state.Application forms are available at the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office or www.mnsheriffs.org and are due by Nov. 25....
Carlton County will hold its National Prescription Drug Take Back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 in the Cloquet Walmart parking lot at 1308 Minnesota Highway 33. This is a one-day event offering residents free disposal of unwanted medications in a safe, convenient and environmentally sound manner. A day earlier, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District will host a free collection event for unwanted or expired medications at its regional household hazardous waste facility (at 2626 Courtland St., Duluth) from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....
Sign up for a free community suicide gatekeeper training session 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4 online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QPR11424 or by calling Carlton County Public Health at 218-878-2846. During the training, community members will learn myths and facts about suicide, learn warning signs for a suicide crisis, as well as the QPR method: How to Question a person about suicide; Persuade them to get help; and Refer them to the appropriate resources. All community members over age 16 are invited to attend as we are all in a position...
Come the Nov. 5 general election, voters in Wrenshall will be saying hello to three new school board members. Barring a successful write-in campaign, the new faces will be the three candidates on the ballot - Jon Beck, Ashley Laveau and Erin Riley. The trio has gotten to know one another, and agreed to put all of their names onto one campaign sign. "Three open seats for three people," Riley said, "we figured we'd save resources." "We've all kind of talked and feel like we can work well...
This is a list of candidates that area voters can expect on their ballot now until Election Day, Nov. 5. State Representative District 11A (elect 1) Jeff A. Dotseth, Republican Pete Radosevich, DFL Judge Sixth District (elect 1) Gunnar B. Johnson Shawn Reed County Commissioner District 1 (elect 1) Sarah Buhs Caleb Dunlap District 3 (elect 1) Tom Proulx District 5 (elect 1) Alex French Dan Reed Soil and Water Superivisor District 1 (elect 1) Michelle Boyechko Barbara Dahl District 4 (elect 1) Gary Peterson District 5 (elect 1) Bruce Heikes...
It’s been a year since the city of Cloquet denied the transfer of some state aid to the Cloquet Area Fire District for the purchase of a vehicle exhaust removal system. Now, using levied funds, the CAFD’s three stations will soon be outfitted with the equipment since the board approved a quote at its Oct. 16 meeting. Battalion chief Mike Garberg, who did the research on installation companies, said the removal systems work by attaching a flexible pipe to the exhaust of the fire engines while idling or in operation at the station. The hose aut...
Lyric Opera of the North opens its 20th anniversary season with a comedy double bill. Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. At the St. Louis County Depot in Duluth. Tickets available at loonopera.org or by calling 218.464.0922. Mozart’s “The Impresario” is LOON’s homage to its founder, Ruth Jacobson, and to all who have worked to create opera through the ages. This one-act opera has a new script from Jeffrey Madison, who also co-stars in the opera. After intermission, and 100 years later, a different fictional opera company...
The Duluth Ski and Snowboard Club ski and snowboard swap is back for its 53rd year this weekend at Spirit Mountain’s lower chalet off Grand Avenue. The event hosts hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts each year over the course of four days, offering used ski and snowboard equipment at a reasonable rate and for a good cause. Used equipment can be donated, resold or purchased at the swap with a portion of the commission being donated to the club to help fund the upcoming season. It’s the club’s largest fundraiser of the season. The chalet will be op...
Veterans, military members and descendants take note. The Pine Knot News will again publish a special section recognizing local veterans and military personnel on Friday, Nov. 8. But we need your help to do it with a deadline of noon Monday, Oct. 28. Please send or drop off photos of your veterans and military personnel along with their name, branch of service, rank, years and dates of service if available, and conflicts they participated in. Extra details, memories or stories from their years of service are encouraged.Mail to or drop by the...
A 37-year-old pipeline worker from Waubun, Minnesota was charged with multiple felony-level assault charges Friday, Oct. 18, after allegedly stabbing a coworker in the home they shared on Reservation Road, outside Cloquet. Randy Allen Hagen Jr. was arrested Oct. 17, after Cloquet police first responded at 11:30 p.m. Oct. 16 to Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet, where they found the victim of a stabbing being treated by an emergency room nurse applying pressure to the wound. Hagen was charged with felony first-degree assault-great bodily...
Eight local news outlets across Minnesota are among 205 grant recipients in a historic funding round from Press Forward, a nationwide campaign to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news. The Pine Knot News is one of two traditional newspapers among those grantees. Editor Jana Peterson said staff at the small local newspaper - which turned six years old this month - is ecstatic. Over the next two years, the Pine Knot will receive $50,000 a year in grant funds, along with access to...
Freiberg family members tie ribbons on a banner to be carried at the front of the annual Suicide Awareness Memorial Walk, which happened in a light rain Oct. 12 in Carlton. Pictured from left are Tom, Jaxon, age 8, Jamie, and Jace, age 9, along with niece Jordyn Belden. Jamie said she survived a past attempt and participated in her first walk last year. "I put it on the calendar for this year and we came," she said. "I wanted to bring my kids. It's a good thing." People walk in memory of loved...
With the surprise entry of Barnum into the Carlton School Board consolidation talks this week and the uproar that followed, it would seem that consolidation really is on the ballot in Carlton on Nov. 5. While there is no formal question for voters, there is a clear choice between the five candidates for Carlton School Board in terms of whether or not they support continuing consolidation talks with Wrenshall. Board members pretty much staked out their positions during Monday’s Carlton School Board meeting. Chairwoman and candidate Julianne E...
During one of my law enforcement ride-alongs, I heard an officer advise driver that “if you don’t want to give the State of Minnesota any more money, slow down.” This comment resonated with me. I surmise that most folks who speed and disregard other traffic controls are the “Law and Order” type. Yes, this includes local elected officials and legislators, who have blown right through controlled intersections. Since I became a school bus driver and returned to being an active first responder, my attention to driver behavior has increased...
My campaign sign was stolen last week. I had driven into Duluth to get the sign and I had to use my pick up as it was a fairly large sign. I placed it in a spot that was out of the way but in a spot where people could see it. It was not improperly placed on the road right-of-way. It was my land and my sign so I thought that I should be able to express my preference for the candidate of my choice without any concerns. Somebody else presumably with a difference of opinion from mine thought something other than I did. I wonder what that person...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College welcomed runners and walkers back to the beautiful FDLTCC campus for the 19th annual Pumpkin Run & Walk 5K Saturday, Oct. 19. A total of 201 runners and walkers finished the Pumpkin Run and Walk 5K and 36 finishers completed the Ring Road Fun Run. Overall winner Scott Behling of Duluth finished with a time of 15:38.6. Joe Johnson finished second in 19:33.8 and Jackson Wichtendahl was third with a time of 19:38.0. The first finisher of the women's...
Although a notice about the public accuracy test of voting equipment is published in the legal notices of the paper, I doubt that most people notice it. As a former election judge, I have done the testing myself in our township and I have had to ask people to come because rarely does anyone show up. For those who doubt the validity of an election, they should attend this testing and see for themselves how hard it would be to rig an election. It may be too late for this election since some of...
Two years ago Pete Radosevich and Jeff Dotseth participated in a debate. Pete gave a quality response providing background information and then explaining his answer. Dotseth didn’t seem to match such quality. Now it appears that Rep. Dotseth has chosen to not debate in Moose Lake, the only Carlton County candidate forum where the candidates would have sat in the same room. I wonder why. Does he not want to defend his performance in the state legislature? This might suggest it’s time for a change. If you have read Pete Radosevich’s colum...
“Use your words” is what my daughter would say to her infant son when he would act out. Good advice for politicians. We know them by their words and their deeds, private and public. Generally we don’t know the skinny on their deeds — the details of their votes or of their personal lives. They give us words about those. Or not. If the words are few or vague, they’re not leveling with us. I think it’s a mistake to consider politics a team sport, where you vote for your team, whether it’s right or wrong on the issues. But to vote on the issues, t...
