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The double whammy of winter storms on either side of Thanksgiving Day will surely be remembered by those who endured it. Some were lucky enough to be nestled with friends and family for what turned out to be a weeklong holiday for school kids. Others dealt with trying to dig themselves out and get to work or attend to other essential business as the blizzard that hit Saturday and into Sunday dropped 13 to 20 inches on Carlton County. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26-27, the first significant...
As Minnesotans, of course, you squeeze the bad and the good out of winter weather. The Pine Knot asked readers to send us their storm photos, and they delivered. Most of them are of people frolicking in the fresh snow Sunday and Monday. Most schools in the county closed Wednesday and some closed Monday (although not Barnum or Cromwell-Wright), as many roadways were still choked with snow. Other pictures show just how deep the snow was and the efforts made to clear it. Some shared their stories w...
Pine Knot News friend Mike Farmer shared his photo of a barred owl in rural St. Louis County. Farmer said the owls sound like they’re saying “Who cooks for you?” Personally, he said, he thinks they look and sound a bit mournful....
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Dec. 6 1815 Abolitionist, feminist, and newspaper publisher Jane Grey Swisshelm is born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She would move to Minnesota in 1857 and establish the St. Cloud Visiter and, later, the St. Cloud Democrat. During the Civil War she would move to Washington, D.C. and become a nurse before founding one last newspaper. She died in 1884. Dec. 7 1863 Richard W. Sears is born in Stewartville. While a railroad freight agent in Redwood Falls, he would buy an unclaimed...
These are busy days for Kris Kringle in Cloquet, but at least he should feel at home with all the snow turning Carlton County into a winter wonderland. Cloquet's Santa's Home for the Holidays festivities kicked off Wednesday with a little Elf Bingo and a free chili feed courtesy of the Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments. Thursday saw both stories with Santa at Dunlap Island and visits with Santa at the Pine Knot News office, as detailed in last week's Pine Knot News. Today, Friday, Dec....
Fond du Lac Band chairman Kevin DuPuis and tribal council member Roger Smith were in Washington last week to witness President Donald Trump sign an executive order creating a national task force to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. DuPuis spoke after the Nov. 26 signing, emphasizing that his own family has been part of the statistics. "Our women are the ones who raise our children," he said. "Our women are the ones who take care of our village. Our women are the ones...
On the bright side, Cloquet students got two extra days for Thanksgiving break due to the weather. On the not-so-bright side, all future snow days will likely have to be made up because the district has only two extra days built into the schedule. Cloquet superintendent Michael Cary doubted that schools will get another reprieve from the state legislature like they did last year, when legislators declared that districts didn’t have to meet the minimum number of days after nearly all the s...
Lakehead Harvest is putting on a winter hayride for the following two weekends, with hayrides, campfires, concessions and lots of kids’ activities in rural Esko. Cost is $6 for adults and kids ages 12 and younger get in free. Hours are 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 and 20, and 2-8:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15 and Dec. 21 and 22. Find out more at www.lakeheadharvestshow.com....
Ironically, the Nordic ski lesson registration at Spirit Mountain had to be postponed Sunday. The new time to register and get fitted for equipment is 4:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. Register online at www.duluthxc.com; click “programs” and then “other local programs.” The Nordic Spirit Youth Ski League offers cross country ski lessons at Spirit Mountain Nordic Center for kids 5-14 years old at an affordable price, with great volunteer teachers and ski equipment if needed. Ski lessons begin Sunday, Jan. 5 for six weeks. Have questions or want...
While the Salvation Army's Red Kettle fundraiser runs only through the weeks leading up to Christmas, the proceeds pay for local social services programs for the entire year, according to David Westerberg, Salvation Army case manager. That's why it's vitally important they get enough volunteers to staff the kettles, which are located at the Super One, L&M and Walmart stores in Cloquet. "A manned kettle with a bell ringer usually averages about $30 or $40 an hour, versus an unmanned kettle,...
The city of Cloquet will soon have a new leader at the top, and it’s someone who already knows a lot about the area and the unique challenges and advantages of living in Carlton County. Cloquet city councilors unanimously approved the hire of Tim Peterson as the new city administrator at Tuesday’s regular meeting. Peterson, the city administrator in Moose Lake and previously deputy clerk in Proctor, has been through floods, massive snowstorms and meetings with the state legislature reg...
What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. ~ John 1:3-5 As the autumn wanes and gives way to winter we enter a season of dying light. The days get colder and the nights grow longer. The church year shifts as well, to the season of Advent. To be sure, Advent is a time that looks toward the celebration of the incarnation of God becoming flesh in the baby in Bethlehem. However, at its core, Advent is also a season of deep longing for...
Cops and firefighters are a special breed. When crises erupt, they run into the danger while normal people like us run away and prefer to watch from afar. Public works crews have a similar spirit. Some seem almost giddy when it starts to snow, appearing to relish in the chance to use their big equipment and tools to unclog streets and highways. Two recent events highlight the dedication many government workers bring to their jobs and to our community. Last week, a drowning in Scanlon brought...
There’s so much misinformation over the impeachment proceedings, I thought it might be helpful to explain the process using more common terms and an analogy that should make sense to most of us. So, as a litigation attorney who has occasionally dabbled in criminal law, here’s my best shot: Let’s say Andy Capp (a fictional character used in this analogy) is driving down the road at 70 miles per hour, the speed limit, with a few of his co-workers on his way home from a conference in Duluth. Unbek...
I admit to being a lifelong winter lover. When voluptuous snow blew down from the north this past weekend, I watched whorls of powder surf off the garage peak. Coming home from the morning walk, I did outdoor chores with gusto. Hauling in a sled of peeled and split poplar from our shed. Shoveling our walkway. Filling three seed feeders, beefing up our suet offerings, and filling the nut butter tower that friend Arnold Collman made for us one Christmas. Stocked the wood stove and set it afire,...
A survey is being designed to determine what Carlton and Wrenshall school district residents will support. On the table is a consolidation with an elementary in Carlton and a high school in Wrenshall. Both districts have made investments in these respective buildings, and it makes financial sense to not throw them away. Improve on what you already have as an asset. It also gives each population center a school building. The current Carlton High School building and property would be sold to the...
Donna Olean, 85, of Carlton passed away May 8, 2018 at Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet. She was born Aug. 10, 1932, in Bemidji, the daughter of John and Esther (Pettis) Bachman. Alvin "Bud" Olean, 93, passed away Nov. 11, 2019 at Diamond Willow in Cloquet. He was born Feb. 20, 1926 in Finlayson, the son of Albert and Viola (Aslesen) Olean. They were united in marriage on Jan. 8, 1949 in Hinckley. Donna was a homemaker and devoted farm wife who loved her cows. She enjoyed cooking, baking...
Victoria B. Diver, 68, of Cloquet passed away Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, at Bayshore Residence and Rehabilitation Center 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...
Diocese of Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba died unexpectedly Sunday, Dec.1, after suffering cardiac arrest on his way to celebrate Mass at St. Rose Church in Proctor. "Bishop Sirba was a role model to all of us," said Queen of Peace pastor Father Justin Fish. "I've known him since I was in the seminary, and he will be missed. Father Sirba emulated what the priesthood is all about: preaching the gospel through not only his words, but his actions. He was a kind, joyful, and holy man." Bishop Sirba, who...
Glenn Edwin Weber, 81, of Carlton passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 in his home. Private family services will be held. Arrangements entrusted to Atkins Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet. Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s choice. George Olan Sheldon, 90, of Cloquet passed away Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 in New Perspective Assisted Living in Cloquet. To honor George’s request, there will be no services....
When I was a kid, my family used to hold weekly meetings to check in on how things were going and what was on the calendar coming up for the week ahead. We’d talk about some highlights from the past week and share what we were looking forward to in the week ahead. This month, there are a lot of things to look forward to in Wrenshall, so pull out a calendar and take notes. Basketball starts up again, and both boys and girls have home games in December. The girls play Cromwell Dec. 12 and East C...
Many area folks attended the memorial service for Harold Maki last week. Missing was his oldest brother Franklin Maki, but I got an email from his niece Mary Soyring, who said that he and his wife Ellen were both ill and couldn’t make it to the funeral. That was too bad. They live in assisted living in Forest Lake. I heard a lot of people at the funeral say Franklin was their teacher – fun. He was a great English teacher. He was also the teacher who suggested sending home a bulletin of sch...
The Christmas season is upon us, and I finally finished putting up my Christmas lights. Then the storm came with a vengeance and covered some of the reindeer and trees. I will do my best to clear things out before Christmas and the Carlton Holiday Market. Please take time to visit the Carlton Holiday Market Dec. 7. For more than 30 years before the holiday market started, we held a craft show at Carlton High School. At first, the Carlton Hockey Association organized it as a fundraiser to help...
An impressive shutdown defensive effort by the Cromwell-Wright girls basketball team helped to propel the Cards to a 76-17 win over the Bombers Monday night in Cromwell. "Our defense is the strength of our team," said Cards coach Jeff Gronner. "We have some skilled offensive players, but our overall strength of our team is defense and we showed that on Monday night." After Barnum cut the lead early in the game to 8-4, the Cards went on a massive 37-6 run to close out the first half and take a...
Michah Pocernich scored 21 points, including four 3-pointers, to carry Cromwell-Wright past Barnum in a high school boys basketball game Tuesday night at Barnum High school. The 6-foot-3 senior point guard led the Cardinals to a 62-57 victory over the Bombers despite being down 22-8. Pocernich was assisted by teammates Gage Zoeller and Taye Anderson, who scored 19 and 13 points respectively. After going down 4-0 to start the game, the Bombers scored 19 of the next 20 points, including a streak...
