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Kenneth F. Illikainen, 33, of Jordan, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, at his residence in Jordan. Kenny was born on Feb. 9, 1986 in Long Beach, California, the son of Warren and Patricia (Reynolds) Illikainen. Kenny loved being around water, especially the beach and ocean with his California brothers and sisters. He liked summer camps with kids, playing basketball, and hard labor jobs. His time up north at Grandma Reynolds’ farm was special to him. Kenny enjoyed his friends, and ha...
Nicholas Martin Burggraff, 92, of Scanlon died Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 surrounded by his family at Barnes Care in Esko. He was born March 1, 1927 to Jake and Helen (Trettel) Burggraff in North Prairie, Minnesota. Nick served in the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He returned home and was employed for 44 years as a millwright at Potlatch. retiring in 1985. Nick married Bernadette Waldorf on June 14, 1947 in Cloquet, Bernadette died in 1981. He l...
Lee Alan Angell, 60, of Moose Lake, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 in his home. He was born Aug. 12, 1959 in Cloquet to Kathryn and LeRoy Angell. At birth Lee was diagnosed with the rare Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Lee was raised at home in Cloquet until 1981. After several moves, he made his home in Moose Lake in the Agate House in 1991. There he experienced loving care, satisfaction and fulfillment in his later years. Lee was preceded in death by his parents, LeRoy and Kathryn Angell. Lee is survived by his sisters Susan Angell...
Larry Slater shot this 10-point, 210-pound buck in Carlton County Nov. 14 while hunting in the Mahtowa area, where his family and friends have hunted for decades. Share your Big Buck photos and relevant details, along with your favorite way of cooking venison at [email protected]. Contributed photo...
Kiana Bender, Dea DeLeon and Taylor Nelson may attend different local high schools, but the trio have at least two things in common. The first is that all three play hockey for the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Lumberjack girls hockey team. The second is the fact that all three signed National Letters of Intent this past week to play sports in college. Bender and DeLeon will play softball at UMD and Nelson will play Division I hockey at Bemidji State. "I wanted to stay close to home and UMD was also the...
In my 17 years of living, I’ve had a hard time finding anything that interests me for very long. School, boring. Reading, boring. Waterparks, boring. Shopping, boring. Hikes, boring. Watching movies, boring. Someone shooting an off-balance, 25-foot shot before it splashes into the net or sprinting 20 miles an hour, jumping up and extending their body to catch a ball by their fingertips as they come crashing to the ground, somehow managing to hang onto the ball — now, that’s something I can get into. Sports has always fascinated me. Ever since...
Girls hockey • CEC vs Grand Rapids at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 • CEC vs. International Falls at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 Boys hockey • CEC at Chaska at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Junior hockey • Minnesota Wilderness vs. Austin Bruins at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 • Minnesota Wilderness at Austin Bruins at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29 Girls basketball • Cloquet at Esko at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 • Cloquet vs. Bloomington Jefferson at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 • Wrenshall at North Lakes Academy Tuesday, Nov. 26 with time TBD • Carlton vs. Denfe...
Cloquet senior Markus Pokornowski was selected to play for the North All-Stars team in the 2019 Minnesota Football Showcase game at 1:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at U.S. Bank Stadium. Additionally, several Cloquet senior football players were named to the 7AAAA Coaches All Section Team: Trey Harkins (RB/DB), Conrad Kiehn (DE/TE), Aaron Peterson (LB), Derek Rengo (LB), and Luke Sandy (LB)....
It was a tough couple of games for the Minnesota Wilderness this past weekend. The North American Hockey League Wilderness dropped back-to-back games to the Minot Minotauros by scores of 6-3 and 4-3 at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. In opening-game action on Friday, the Minotauros steamrolled to a 3-0 first period lead with18 shots on the Wilderness net. "We just came out flat in the first period," said Wilderness head coach Jon Vaillancourt. "They are a very good squad; they outskated us and...
Hello, to all the electricity users out there, and that includes most of us. Hopefully, your coffee maker went on this morning, your cell phone was charged, the toaster worked, and your car headlights went on during your dark morning commute. All of these activities most of us depend on are driven by the movement of small subatomic particles called electrons; there is a reason the words "electron" and "electricity" are related to one another. How in the heck do we get these tiny, negatively...
Sometimes you can’t wait for perfect, you just have to jump in. A week-long vacation in Canada slamming walleyes? Sounds nice. Two weeks bow hunting elk in Montana. Sign me up. When I’m retired. Most of us are under varying degrees of a time crunch. Jobs, families, finances, responsibilities all take up large chunks of our time, as they should. When it comes to the outdoors, it’s not about having the time, it’s about making the time. The night I got a crack at my biggest buck is a prime example....
Hot on the heels of Thanksgiving comes Cloquet’s annual “Santa’s Home for the Holidays” festivities Dec. 4-7. The festivities kick off Wednesday, Dec. 4, with Elf Bingo for kids and a free chili feed at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church from 4:30-7 p.m., sponsored by the Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments and Carlton County United Way. Bring a food item to donate. On Thursday, kids are invited to enjoy Storytime with Santa 10:15-11:15 a.m. at the Dunlap Island shelter, along with ice skating...
Larry Hamren was laid to rest Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Wright Public Cemetery following a wonderful funeral service with scripture, tributes and songs. Larry left Wright on Oct. 14 to visit his brother Glen and his family in Indiana, with a promise to return to his duties at Bethlehem Church on Nov. 17. Well, he kept his word and was in church for the last time on the 17th. Many of his classmates, friends, and family were there to pay their final respects. Pastor Deb Hanson-Carlson and three...
The phrase Wrenshall resident James Sheetz keeps coming back to is "Now, what just happened?" His sister, Diana Sheetz Carlson, died by suicide in 2013. "It's still there, like every once in a while you get a jolt," he said. One of the ways that Sheetz has dealt with his grief over the last six years is through music. "It just touches your soul in a way that just words can't. It's like the music starts and everything just shifts." Sheetz is a trained musician and conductor and produces regular...
December. Christmas. And what country is more in tune with Christmas than Finland, the home of Santa Claus. Take some time this month to explore online the Santa Claus Village near Rovaniemi with your children or grandchildren by going to www.santaclausvillage.info. You can see live video from the Arctic Circle, visit the reindeer, see Mrs. Claus’ little cottage, watch the elves, and view lots of pictures and videos of life with Santa Claus. Here are some of the celebrations that Finnish groups in the region are hosting. The Knights and L...
ST. PAUL — Felony drug charges are expected in the coming days for two men following their arrests last night during a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) narcotics investigation. BCA agents arrested the men during an undercover operation in Duluth that the Carlton County Sheriff's Office assisted with. Both were booked into the St. Louis County Jail on probable cause drug charges. Raymond Valentino Bowser, 35, of Chicago, Illinois. Denzel Lavon Hale, 29, of Duluth. During one of three search warrants also executed in Duluth during last n...
An early morning water emergency Saturday left a man dead in the Saint Louis River in Scanlon, according to a press release from the Cloquet Police Department. At approximately 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Nov. 23, officers were clearing a call at a local bar and were notified of the sound of someone calling for help. Officers discovered a person had fallen through the ice on the Saint Louis River, south of Minnesota Highway 61 in Scanlon. Emergency personnel attempted to reach the victim using a nearby boat, rope lines and throw rings, but were...
Curtis R. Wilson died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. He was born Dec. 8, 1951 and raised in Cloquet, Minnesota by Roy Curtis and Jane B. (Fay) Wilson, who predeceased him, he is survived by the love of his life, Lisa Wilson, whom he married May 25, 1991, and their daughter, Zoë Rose Wilson, and her fiancé, John A. “Alex” Reinman. A graduate of Cloquet High School, and the University of Minnesota with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, where he played hockey, Curt worked for v...
Ryan William Hill, 34, died tragically due to an accident on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. He was born on June 22, 1985 in Cloquet, Minnesota. Ryan graduated from Cloquet High School in 2003. He started his journey with the love of his life, Ashley Clark, in May of 2004, and they were married on May 1, 2010 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Cloquet. Ryan had been employed at Savanna Pallets for the past 15 years. He was truly a family man who loved his wife and boys deeply. Ryan loved just about eve...
Victoria B. Diver, 68, of Cloquet, Minnesota, passed away Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 at Bayshore Nursing Home in Duluth. She was born Jan. 30, 1951 in Cloquet to Charles and Marie (Pattee) Peterson. Vicky was a 1970 graduate of Cloquet High School and a graduate of Lake Superior College. She was a homemaker throughout her life and was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Vicky was preceded in death by her parents; maternal grandmother, Pearl Pattee; brothers Charles and Robert Peterson; and s...
