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Christmas will be here before we know it, and Cloquet's Dave Johnson wants to make sure nobody is left out. Everyone is invited to the 26th annual Cloquet Area Community Christmas Day dinner at 2 p.m. Christmas Day at Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave., Cloquet. No money? Don't worry, it's free. Need a ride? Someone will pick you up. Can't leave home? Volunteers will also be delivering meals. Anyone who wants transportation or a meal delivered must call the Zion Lutheran Church by noon...
Miriam Colburn passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 at Oak Hill Assisted Living in Grand Rapids. At age 106, she was an "old soul," but she was young at heart right up until the end. She renewed her driver's license at age 101, lived at home until 105, and drank champagne on her 106th birthday! She was well known for her kind spirit, her sense of humor and her Finnish determination. Miriam was born Sept. 18, 1913 to Jacob and Sophia Jurvelin on a farmstead in rural Floodwood, the youngest daughter o...
Rickey Allen Grimm, 63, of Mahtowa, Minnesota, passed away Dec. 9, 2019 after a six-week battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Rick was born to Helen (Ostby) and Robert Grimm, the third of seven children. He graduated from Barnum High School in 1975. He and Joy Skog were joined in marriage June 2, 1979, celebrating 40 years this summer. He retired as a cement mason for Local 633. Since retiring eight years ago, he enjoyed spending time having coffee with family and friends, daily trips to...
Philip Lippo Philip Lippo, 78, of Cromwell passed away in his home Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, with family at his side. Phil was born near Frederick, South Dakota, to Matt and Lola Lippo. He grew up and attended school in Cromwell. He joined theU.S. Marine Corps in 1960 and served with the military police at Lemoore, California, until he was honorably discharged in 1964. Phil and Delores “Dee” Peterson Bridge were married in Cromwell in 1970. They farmed near Tamarack and operated Dee’s Café in Cro...
Open this present from the Pine Knot News and you’ll find letters to Santa written by elementary students from the area along with photos from Santa’s visit to the newspaper office earlier this month. There was a packed house as children relayed their Christmas wishes to the jolly old elf in person. Enjoy. Merry Christmas. Find letters and photos in the PDF copy online or the print edition of this week's Pine Knot....
Ski jumpers and Nordic combined racers from Chicago, the Twin Cities, Coleraine and Ishpeming, Michigan made their way here Saturday to compete in the first Central Division competition of the season at Cloquet's Pine Valley. Out-of-town jumpers were astounded by the amount of snow in northern Minnesota. St. Paul's Joe Berens was the official Central Division coach on site Saturday, and called the conditions "wonderful." More than 2 feet of snow was certainly a good thing for jumping, as the...
One step at a time. That's the approach one consulting firm is recommending for repairs and renovations to the city's ice arenas, in particular The Barn. After spending close to $50,000 in October to replace the R-22 refrigerant that had leaked out of the aging pipes and ice plant at the more-than-40-year-old facility, determining options for fixing and replacing the cooling systems at both facilities has become a priority for the city. It's more complicated than systems simply getting old....
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Dec. 21 1998 Television’s original Betty Crocker, Adelaide Hawley Cumming, dies in Seattle. Cumming starred in the Betty Crocker Show beginning in 1949 and remained General Mills’ advertising icon until 1964, after which she taught English as a second language in Seattle. Dec. 23 1846 A bill is introduced in Congress to create a territory called “Minasota.” Although the bill fails, this is the first legislative use of the name. 1926 Robert Bly is born in Madison, Minnesota. A poet,...
The Wrenshall school board certified its 2020 levy Monday night that shows a 43-percent increase in taxes for residents of the district. While that is a huge jump, it wasn’t unexpected as the board this fall approved a nonvoter-approved $9.3 million bonding project that will cost taxpayers more than $400,000 a year for 20 years. The bonding will improve air quality at the school. If there hadn’t been bonding, the tax increase for next year would have been about 6 percent. There were a few people at the Truth-In-Taxation meeting that took place...
The Pine Knot News will go to press early over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. That means deadlines will come early for the Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 issues. For the Dec. 27 issue, please email all letters to the editor, press releases and other editorial submissions to news@Pine KnotNews.com by noon Saturday, Dec. 21 and advertising requests to [email protected] by noon Sunday, Dec. 22. Call or stop by with any questions on Monday, Dec. 23. We will reopen Dec. 26-27. For the Jan. 3 issue, please email letters to the editor, press r...
Brighten faces of children in our area and recycle quality items at the same time. Bring new or gently used toys, movies, books and games for all ages to Common Ground Coffee Bar and Deli 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 19-20. Cash to buy new toys will also be accepted. The toy giveaway is Saturday, Dec. 21. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and the giveaway starts at 9 a.m. and continues until everything is gone. Common Ground is located in the old Chief Theater at the corner of Avenue C and Broadway in West End Cloquet....
The REACH mentoring program, based in Cloquet, won the second Season of Giving award of $5,000 from Grand Casino in Hinckley after a Facebook competition on Tuesday. REACH had 421 votes to Stable Pathways’ 350, according to REACH executive director Dakota Koski. “We are truly grateful for all of the community support in liking, sharing and voting for REACH to receive this donation,” Koski said. “It was great to see everyone’s comments with kind words and support. Now all we need are community leaders to step up as volunteers once a month to...
Everyone is invited to the 26th annual Cloquet area community Christmas Day dinner at 2 p.m. Christmas Day at Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave. in Cloquet. No money? Don’t worry, it’s free. Need a ride? Someone will pick you up. Can’t leave home? Volunteers will also be delivering meals. Anyone who wants transportation or a meal delivered should call Zion Lutheran Church by noon Monday, Dec. 23. Volunteers are also asked to call Zion so organizers can plan for the big event. “We can always use volunteers,” said Dave Johnson, who’s bee...
Skaters enjoy a sunny winter day at Cloquet's Pinehurst Park skating pond circa 1950 in this photo from the Carlton County Historical Society. Today the city freezes a rink in the parking lot of the city park for hockey players and brave pleasure skaters....
In response to concerns from parents of students who would normally walk to school this year, the Cloquet School District is trying a “winter-only bus route” to pick up Washington Elementary, middle school and high school students who live too close to school to qualify for busing. The bus route started Monday, just in time for a cold snap that sent temperatures to -15 degrees Wednesday morning. Superintendent Michael Cary said he has not heard any numbers yet, as the service just started, but explained that the district sent the inf...
MNsure open enrollment will end next week. Minnesotans have until 11:59 p.m. Monday to enroll in coverage through MNsure. After then, Minnesotans will be able to enroll in private health insurance coverage through MNsure only if they qualify for a special enrollment period. “We strongly encourage all Minnesotans to come back to MNsure.org and compare plans to ensure they are getting the best deal and the best coverage for their family,” said Nate Clark, MNsure CEO. “Financial assistance to lower premium costs is available, and the majority of M...
In January of this year, the council tabled a request from the Cloquet police department to purchase 26 Heckler & Koch VP9 (9mm) handguns at a cost of $17,277 after requesting additional information. On Tuesday night, they passed the same request - 26 H&K VP9 handguns - but this time the cost of the guns was significantly lower, at $12,974, a reduction from $688 per gun to $499. It was, however, still a more expensive bid than the second gun considered by the department, the Glock 19 (9mm)...
It’s a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon: Bentleyville Tour of Lights was born in Carlton County in 2001 and is now a huge, nationally recognized Christmas season event in Duluth’s Bayfront Park. It’s a lovely setting for the amazing display of lights, snowflakes and holiday cheer. Santa is available for questioning, by children and grownups alike, and if you’ve been nice he’ll give you a Bentleyville stocking cap. There are Christmas cookies, cider and hot chocolate to enjoy as you stroll through the displays or warm yourselves by the fire pi...
The Minnesota Board of Pardons is planning to issue its first ever posthumous pardon to a black man convicted of rape in Duluth. Many of you already know the story: In 1920, six black circus workers were arrested after being accused of rape and burglary against a white woman and her boyfriend. The outrage, probably due to commonly held racist beliefs at the time, was intense. A mob stormed the jail and eventually hung three of the men, in public, along First Street in downtown Duluth. A...
Kevin Olesen of Wrenshall replied on the Pine Knot Facebook page to Dave Chmielewski’s Dec. 6 column advocating for people to support a two-site solution in the upcoming Carlton/Wrenshall survey: Nailed it. ... without a positive outcome on the survey, at the legislature, and in a potential referendum vote next August the Raptors are in jeopardy of becoming extinct again. You should see what I saw [at the Carlton vs. Wrenshall basketball game] last night ... kids from both schools sitting together, laughing together and cheering for their f...
Denise Locke Cassidy, 64, died from heart disease Nov. 25, 2019 in her Duluth home. She was born Dec. 27, 1955 in Cass Lake, Minnesota. Visitation: 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. Celebration of Life Saturday, Dec. 21 at Nelson Funeral Care, 1004 Cloquet Ave. in Cloquet....
As I was mailing a package from the Duluth post office this week, the woman behind the counter noticed my address. "Wrenshall has the best burgers around, hands down!" she said. "I worked at that post office for a while and I would run across the street for Brickyard almost every day, although I had to start cutting back to once a week." I wholeheartedly agreed with her and promptly ordered takeout for my family that afternoon. A reminder that you can get your burgers and breakfast this...
In offering workshops and programs at Cloquet Library, the Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District seeks to better connect with residents with the goal of building up an understanding of all the conservation possibilities and growing community knowledge. This is mostly a new avenue for us. We do host events through the year, like watershed tours or Walk in the Woods, but they vary and typically are specific to grants or a project. These are great, but have limited scope. And...
This may be my last news column for a couple of weeks, as I had a total knee replacement scheduled for Dec. 16 at Cloquet Memorial Hospital. I do hope to be well enough to get back home to my computer to do the news, but who knows? Our sympathies to the family of Philip Lippo, 78, of Cromwell, who passed away in his home Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 with family at his side. A memorial service was scheduled for Dec. 19. Phil’s obituary appears in today’s edition of the Pine Knot News. Our sym...
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