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A milestone for Cloquet's Alexa Snesrud marked the peak of a thrilling back-and-forth basketball game Tuesday as the Cloquet girls pulled out a 67-66 win over the Duluth East in Cloquet. Leading the 'Jacks to the win were Snesrud and Kiley Issendorf, who had 21 and 16 points. During the game, Snesrud nailed a three-pointer from the right corner late in the game, giving her 1,000 career points. Issendorf later made the go-ahead basket on a three-pointer to give the 'Jacks a late lead they would...
If the Cloquet boys basketball team was looking for a tough schedule to start its season, the Lumberjacks found it. The Lumberjacks opened on Friday, Dec. 2 against Hermantown, a state tournament team last season, and will play Duluth East and Esko on Friday. All three are expected to be in their respective sectional finals again this season. "It certainly is a tough way to open the season," said Cloquet coach Steve Battaglia. In Friday's opener against the Hawks, the Lumberjacks got a chance...
The Cloquet Nordic Ski Club will conduct a ski-jumping clinic and competition Dec. 29-30 at Pine Valley recreation area. The clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 29 across two sessions. Coaching will be available on the 10-, 20- and 40-meter jumps. Lunch will be provided. Cost is $50 to attend. There will also be Nordic ski lessons available. The next day’s competition will feature training from 9-11 a.m., and a competition at noon on the 5-, 10-, 20- and 40-meter jumps. A nordic combined race will follow the jumping c...
A stellar week found the Minnesota Wilderness atop the standings, while saying a temporary goodbye to one of the team's premier playmakers. Defenseman Gustavs Ozolins will play Friday's game in Chippewa Falls before leaving to join Team Latvia for the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, which begins in Canada the day after Christmas. Ozolins will fly to Riga, Latvia's capital city, to prepare with the national team, before moving on to Moncton, New Brunswick for the tournament. It's the...
Bonnie DeBondt and her husband, Bill, brought their two youngest grandchildren to Santa's Home for the Holidays festivities on Saturday in Cloquet. The children, Karsyn DeBondt, 7, and her cousin Ryken Robinson, 3, decorated cookies, climbed onto their grandparents' laps and sat rapt as "Magic Bob" made Christmas tree supplies appear from a cardboard chimney set up in the Wood City Motors showroom. "We moved to Cloquet to be with the grandchildren," Bonnie said. "This is what makes it so...
Beth Marianna Terp, 71, of Cloquet passed away in her home Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. She was born May 22, 1951, in Duluth, the daughter of Edward and Beatrice (Ehrman) Johnson. Beth graduated from Cloquet High School in 1969 and was proud to be a majorette. Beth worked at Black Bear Casino and at K1 Sportswear as a quality inspector. She enjoyed listening to windchimes, camping and four-wheeling, and spending time with family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Beth was a member...
The Thomson Township Board of Supervisors is once again accepting applications for an open seat on the board. In an effort to self-correct after the Minnesota Department of Administration ruled this month that the board violated open meeting law during its previous appointment process, a special meeting Thursday, Dec. 8 was used to reset the process. At the suggestion of township attorney Dave Pritchett, newly appointed Thomson Township supervisor David Sunnarborg resigned from his seat during a special meeting. The decision allowed the board...
The National Weather Service office in Duluth has upgraded its Winter Storm Warning to a Blizzard Warning for all of Carlton County, southern St. Louis County and areas along the western shore of Lake Superior all the way to the Canadian border. the warning is in effect from 6 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 13) until 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. Here is the warning posted at 1:39 p.m. today: ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations of 10 to 17 inches,...
After decades of playing in the state’s largest hockey class, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team will likely move to Class A next season. Cloquet High School activities director Paul Riess told Cloquet school board members at their meeting Monday that the change has been a frequent topic with supporters. The Lumberjacks girls team made the move five or six years ago, then played their way to second place in the 2019-20 season’s Class A state tournament. The last couple years, Riess sai...
