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Sorted by date Results 26 - 29 of 29
Merry Christmas to all of you Pine Knotters! Time passes so quickly, 2019 will soon be upon us. Our last adventure required time travel as we investigated the origin of the red clay that is carried by the Nemadji River. Our new adventure requires us to get small, but I happen to have a shrinking machine. Miss Frizzle would be proud. This time we are examining the root-beer-colored water of the St. Louis River. This brown-colored water is also common in most of the north shore streams that spill...
Northwoods Credit Union donated $4,500 this week to help the Carlton Amateur Hockey Association fix a leak in the cooling system of their refrigerated rink at the Carlton Four Seasons. Earlier this fall, the refrigeration system began to fail at the facility. When the Carlton Area Hockey Association started putting in the ice, they located a leak in the brine system which circulates refrigerant throughout the floor. This leak led to other necessary repairs and delayed any ice rental for more than two weeks, resulting in a loss of income to the...
Sheets, plates and pans of cookies were everywhere in the log home of Paula Engstrom on the shore of Sand Lake Saturday, Nov. 17, as two families gathered for their annual three-day cookie baking session. Christmas music played in the background. "We make 8,000 cookies in 21 varieties," said grandmother Joan Morehouse, in an interview while Paula and Joan's daughters and granddaughters baked and rolled Mexican Wedding Cakes in powdered sugar on the kitchen island counter. "Katie Stevenson, who...
Following a closed Cloquet City Council meeting Tuesday, Cloquet Police Officer Scott Beckman will no longer work for the city - although he will technically remain "on leave" and collecting a paycheck until September 2019 - and scores of cases he worked on in the past are being reviewed. According to the Carlton County Attorney's office, at least 18 cases Beckman was involved in have been dismissed. In at least one case, charges were dismissed after the defendant pleaded guilty. Assistant...
