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The 2019 girls swimming season came to an end recently and the Lumberjacks predict a bright future. With several swimmers making the state girls swim meet in recent years and state champion Makayla Suominen off to college in Alaska, it was a rebuilding season for Cloquet-Esko-Carlton. "In 2018 we had 12 girls qualify in the top 16 for our section meet, eight of whom qualified in individual events," head coach Rachel Peterson said. "In 2019 we had 13 girls qualify in the top 16 for sections with...
The Carlton County Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary would like to invite everyone to dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Whether you come to eat or to volunteer or both, all are welcome to the free community meal from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28 at Cloquet's Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave. In addition to the sit-down meal, deliveries are available to homebound residents between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. People who want delivery should call Zion at 218-879-4647... Full story
More than 100 years ago, a member of the Fond du Lac band pitched six innings for the Chicago White Sox … the same year he was deemed “unqualified” to play for the Cloquet baseball team. His name was William Cadreau. The right-handed pitcher is listed in the 1889 Census Roll of the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa, a 1-year old boy born to Antoine Cadreau and Louisa Naganab on Sept. 2, 1888, in Cloquet. William’s lineage appears to show he is the grandson of Chief Naganab of Fond du Lac, who sig... Full story
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Nov. 22 1995 A merger of giant railroad companies creates the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The Burlington Northern had long been a major railroad in Minnesota, itself the result of mergers between the Great Northern Railroad, the Northern Pacific Railway, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Nov. 25 1903 Olive Fremstad, pictured, makes her debut with New York’s Metropolitan opera, singing the role of Sieglinde in Wagner’s “Die Walkure.” Born in Sweden, she gre...
While the Carlton and Wrenshall school boards continue slow-moving consolidation talks, some students in the neighboring school districts say they want to be one school district already. “The kids said they won’t play the Jug game,” Community Ed director Julie Jacobson told the Wrenshall board Monday. “They’re done competing against each other.” Senior Randy Wimmer said that’s been a discussion point among his teammates. A football player on the inaugural Carlton/Wrenshall Raptors football team this fall, Wimmer is transitioning to basketball...
Interim Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College president Stephanie Hammitt got the job. She is FDLTCC president after serving as interim president for nearly 18 months. “Stephanie Hammitt has performed admirably as interim president,” said Devinder Malhotra, chancellor of Minnesota State. Malhotra said Hammitt is navigating the college through re-accreditation and the initial accreditation of the associate of science nursing program. “She has earned overwhelmingly positive support from key p...
This year the U.S. Marine Corps celebrated its 244th birthday, and a birthday ball was hosted by the Hebert Kennedy Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3979 in Cloquet. Cory Johnson, director of the State Veterans Cemetery in Duluth, was the guest of honor. The oldest marine present was Lance Corporal Ronald Guy Johnson, center, born Jan. 26, 1936, who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1961. The youngest marine present, who also played "Taps," was Lance Corporal Bryce Moe, left. The oldest and youngest... Full story
Development on Big Lake, the future of the sanitary district, cooperative zoning and boat enforcement all entered the discussion at an Oct. 28 meeting between the Fond Du Lac Reservation Business Committee members and officials from Carlton County. The county was represented by Commissioners Dick Brenner and Tom Proulx, zoning and environmental services administrator Heather Cunningham, zoning inspector Dave Hurst, and county coordinator Dennis Genereau. The agenda of the meeting and observations were presented at the Carlton County board meeti...
Only one of three candidates for the Cloquet City Administrator job - Tim Peterson - made it to a second interview, held prior to the City Council work session Tuesday. Peterson, the current city administrator in Moose Lake and previously deputy clerk in Proctor, displayed a good understanding of both the issues and strengths of Cloquet, in a question and answer session with councilors that went both ways. Peterson asked councilors what they see as priority projects for the city. Answers ranged...
A Cloquet man faces murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed his friend after a night of drinking last weekend. Thomas Allen Micklewright, 43, was arrested Nov. 9 and charged in St. Louis County Sixth District Court Thursday, Nov. 14 with second-degree felony murder, without intent. Judge Dale Harris denied Micklewright’s application for a public defender. Micklewright posted a non-cash bond for $125,000 the next day, Friday, Nov. 15, so he is no longer in custody. According to the c...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is warning residents that ice is still in the early stages of forming on waterways across Minnesota. It’s not safe to be out on it; you run the very real risk of falling through or being caught on a sheet that separates from shore. Ice thickness is highly variable and subject to the whims of Mother Nature. Emergency responders already have responded to incidents where anglers have fallen through thin ice or been stranded on ice sheets that broke off from the shoreline due to heavy wind. It will t...
As a locally owned newspaper hyper-focused on local news, with local owners and support from local neighbors, no one understands the concept of supporting a local business more than we do at the Pine Knot News. Our owners subscribe to the local papers including the Proctor Journal, the Moose Lake Star Gazette, the Hermantown Star and the Duluth News Tribune. Heck, we even get the competing Pine Journal, even though most of their stories are recycled Duluth stories with just a small amount of unique local news. That’s because we are true l...
As a divorce attorney, I find myself asking my clients a lot of questions that really don’t have anything to do with the legalities of their case. I like to know why the parties got married in the first place. I ask if the client has a new “friend” or if the parties are still living together. I even ask how the couple met, sometimes, because it helps put the client’s relationship in perspective. When things get tense, I often remind my clients that they married their spouse for a reason....
Great article on the “Y”’ in the Nov. 8 issue but one important ingredient was left out. Every Friday night, come rain, snow or bitter cold, we had what was called Dri-Nite Friday. The whole gym became a dance floor with Terry and His Pirates (a high school dance band) playing beautiful music from 8 to 12. Without fail, 200 or so would always show up. It was a tradition we all enjoyed. Of course Dri-nite meant no drinking allowed and when the band played "I’ll See You In My Dreams” everyone... Full story
Thomson Township held another Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Nov. 12. The “commission” is board-appointed and consists of eight “citizen” members plus board member and resident Ruth Janke as board liaison; township clerk and resident Rhonda Peleski; nonresident township zoning officer Dan Stangle; and nonresident attorney David Pritchett, totaling 12 members. At the previous October meeting, four other Thomson Town Board members (minus member Jason Paulson) were present and participated at the table. The same scenario happene...
It's a good season for church bazaars. You can find one-of-a-kind handmade items and artworks, edible lovelies and lightly used items. I'm used to silent auctions. But I've never lived in a community where a congregation hosts its auction live. Every November, the women of Cromwell's Bethany Lutheran Church hustle to solicit contributions, sort and arrange them for best viewing, and price items not for auctioneering. Two Bethany members, brothers Billy and Rob Switzer, were emcees at last...
I grew up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" series in Japan. For me, a young girl growing up in a small country surrounded by oceans, the series was a window into a pioneer family's life on a vast continent I had never seen before. I was particularly fond of all the sensory details (from blowing up the hog's bladder like a little balloon to making molasses candies on the snow) as well as the feistiness of Laura's character, a quality we shared. The "Little House"... Full story
The Cloquet High School production of "The Little Mermaid" last weekend was both spectacular and record-breaking. The first fall musical in the newly renovated CHS auditorium sold out all four shows for the first time in theater department history. According to director Kevin Hamre, the auditorium holds 520 seats and they added 24 more folding chairs to accommodate the overflow. "We sold out to the max and more each night," Hamre said. "People didn't care where they sat. They just wanted to be...
Alexandria Technical & Community College and Melrose Metalworks hosted Cloquet, above, and Barnum, top, high school students November 6. The high school students were given a walk-through presentation of manufacturing and construction careers. Students were able to visit with instructors and students in the manufacturing and construction and transportation and mechanics divisions. The event was an opportunity for students to explore the distinct environments of the region's advanced...
A honor roll Grade 9: Brody Anderson • Robert Anderson • Travis Anderson • Ashley Austin • Luke Barney • Mason Beck • Amy Blais • Kollin Bonneville • Aili Buytaert • Roena Diver • Patrick Dunaiski • Alec Erickson • Ellise Evenson • Austin Farleigh • Miles Fischer • Eva Flovick • Mariah Fonoti • Isabella Genereau • Garrett Gordon • Sophia Green • Francesca Halverson • Macie Hoffmann • Tirsa Horton • Lauren Johnson • Araya Kiminski • Lance Konietzko • Josiah Larson • Nicholas Lassard • Timber Latvala • Bailey Lehto • Connor Lindstrom • Emil... Full story
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College was honored with two Medallion Awards for excellence in public relations, marketing, and communication in the 2019 National Council for Marketing and Public Relations District 5 Medallion Awards competition. The regional Medallion Awards recognize outstanding achievement in marketing communication at community and technical colleges in NCMPR District 5, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, the Canadian...
Moose Lake Area senior goalie Jo Wekseth made 50 saves, but in the end that was not enough to hold off the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Lumberjacks who came away with a 2-1 win over the Rebels in Cloquet. Wekseth and her teammates managed to keep the game scoreless through one period despite being outshot 16-5 in the opening period. "Moose Lake Area is a very hardworking gritty team, and that showed in the game," said CEC coach Courtney Olin. "I thought they did a great job in their defensive end...
Second-year Cloquet-Esko- Carlton boys' hockey coach Shea Walters says he's been impressed by his players' commitment to improving their craft this off-season. "The kids stayed very active in hockey all summer and fall, including some players who competed in the Elite League," said Walters, who guided CEC to a 14-12-1 record last season and a Section 7AA semifinal appearance. Last season, CEC was built for a strong run in the playoff, led by a handful of high-end players including three-year...
Harold Maki, 82, Resident of Cardinal Court in Cromwell, Minn., died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 in St. Luke’s Hospital. Visitation is scheduled from 1-2 p.m., followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23, at Atkins-Northland Funeral Home in Cloquet, Minn. Inurnment will be in Leonard Cemetery in Kettle River, Minn.... Full story
Marlene Hufford, 70, of Genoa, Wisconsin, passed away Nov. 20, 2019 after a three-year battle with a brain tumor. Marlene was born on May 15, 1949 in Bruno, Minnesota to Albert and Gwenyth Jorgensen. She graduated from Moose Lake High School in 1967. She graduated from the Methodist-Kahler school of Nursing, Class of 1970, as a registered nurse and became a U.S. Navy Nurse. Marlene married Terry Coil of Moose Lake on Jan. 2, 1971; they lived happily until his passing in 1983. She worked at... Full story
