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Times are p.m. unless noted Friday, Sept. 29 Football Cloquet at Proctor, 7 East Central at Barnum, 7 Carlton/Wrenshall at Laporte, 1 Nevis at Cromwell-Wright, 7 Two Harbors at Esko, 5 Hinckley-Finlayson at ML/WR, 7 Saturday, Sept. 30 Volleyball Cloquet, Carlton/Wrenshall at Mora tournament, 9 a.m. Boys and Girls Cross Country Cloquet, Esko at Lester Park Golf Course, 11 a.m. Boys Soccer CEC vs. Hermantown at Esko, 8 p.m. Girls Soccer Cloquet-Carlton vs Hermantown at Hilltop, 11 a.m. Girls Swimming and Diving CEC at Mesabi East Invitational, 9...
Justin Adrian Daniel Eller, 47, of Esko, a very proud U.S. Navy veteran, died unexpectedly in a tragic accident on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. He was born on May 31, 1976, in Moose Lake to Dan Eller and Susan Cartie. Justin grew up in Mahtowa and graduated in 1994 from Barnum High School with High Honors and proudly wore his cords during graduation. He played a variety of sports as a Bomber. On July 9, 1993, Justin joined the U.S. Navy on a delayed entry, which allowed him to finish high school...
A crash between a motorcycle and car in Mahtowa Wednesday night killed the motorcycle driver, identified as 47-year-old Justin Eller of Esko. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, Nicholas Berglund, 51, of Bruno, Minnesota was driving a passenger car and was turning left (south) onto County Road 61 from County Road 4. When his car entered the intersection, Eller and his motorcycle, which were traveling north on County Road 61, struck the passenger car. Eller was fatally injured. He was not wearing a helmet. B...
Esko and Barnum met in girls volleyball Thursday with Esko dominating its southern neighbor, and improving their record to 11-3 with the win. "So far so good," said Esko coach Pete Stasiuk. "We lost to Hermantown in the second week of the season - a game I thought we should have won - but since then we've been playing well, although I'd like to see some more consistency." While Esko has a deep team, the Bombers are entering a new era with a new coach. Amanda Nordstrom has taken over the program...
Friday, Sept. 22 Football Barnum at Braham, 7 p.m. Cromwell-Wright/Floodwood at Carlton/Wrenshall, 7 p.m. Rock Ridge vs. Cloquet in Proctor, 7 p.m. Pequot Lakes at Esko, 7 p.m. Moose Lake/Willow River at Mesabi East, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 Volleyball Fond du Lac Ojibwe at Northland Tournament Cloquet at Duluth East Invitational, 8 a.m. Cromwell-Wright/Floodwood, South Ridge at Rock Ridge tournament, 9 a.m. Girls Swimming Cloquet-Esko-Carlton at Denfeld Invite, 11 a.m. Girls Tennis Cloquet-Esko-Carlton at St. Francis Girls Soccer Chisago...
Justin Adrian Daniel Eller, 47, Esko, a very proud Navy Veteran, died unexpectedly in a tragic accident on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. He was born on May 31, 1976 in Moose Lake to Dan Eller and Susan Cartie. Justin grew up in Mahtowa and graduated in 1994 from Barnum High School with High Honors and proudly wore his cords during graduation. He played a variety of sports as a Bomber. On July 9, 1993, Justin joined the Navy on a delayed entry which allowed him to finish high school and also recruit...
With the help of wetter and colder weather, the County Road 11 fire in Barnum Township was declared 100-percent contained on Tuesday, eight days after smoke was observed in the area on Labor Day. On Wednesday, command of the fire was handed off to local firefighters to monitor hot spots, mostly in areas of shallow peat among the 82 acres of mostly swampland that burned. The fire spread quickly after a hot and windy Labor Day weekend but was mostly contained a day after the fire was reported. It...
Thursday, Sept. 7 Girls Soccer Cloquet/Carlton 3 Bemidji 1 Eden Prarie 2 Esko 1 Boys Soccer CEC 4 Hermantown 1 Swimming Hibbing 112 CEC 74 Volleyball Cloquet 3 North Branch 0 Cromwell 3 McGregor 0 Esko 3 ML/WR 0 Friday, Sept. 8 Football Cromwell-Wright 28 Bertha-Hewitt 0 Barnum 50 Chisholm 6 Hermantown 41 Cloquet 7 Ogilvie 83 Carlton/Wrenshall 20 Deer River 48 South Ridge 12 Esko 73 Proctor 6 ML/WR 26 Aitkin 0 Saturday, Sept. 9 Volleyball Esko 2 Carlton/Wrenshall 0 Howard Lake/Waverly 2 Cloquet 0 Northeast Range 2 ML/WR 1 Greenway 2 ML/WR 0...
Friday, Sept. 15 Football Barnum at Deer River, 7 p.m. Carlton/Wrenshall at Verndale, 7 p.m. Cloquet at Duluth East, 6 p.m. Cromwell-Wright/Floodwood at Sebeka, 7 p.m. Esko at Mora, 7 p.m. Moose Lake/Willow River at Crosby-Ironton, 7 p.m. South Ridg4e at Ely, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 Boys Soccer Cloquet-Esko-Carlton vs. Grand Rapids at Superior, 2 p.m. Girls Soccer Cloquet-Carlton at North Branch, 1 p.m. Volleyball Barnum at Crosby-Ironton, 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18 Girls Tennis Cloquet-Esko-Carlton at Grand Rapids/Greenway, 4 p.m. Girls Soccer...
A crash between a motorcycle and car in Mahtowa Wednesday night killed the motorcycle driver, identified as 47-year-old Justin Eller of Esko. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, Nicholas Berglund, 51, of Bruno, Minnesota was driving a passenger car and was turning left (south) onto County Road 61 from County Road 4. When his car entered the intersection, Eller and his motorcycle, which were traveling north on County Road 61, struck the passenger car. Eller was fatally injured; he was not wearing a helmet....
You could say that parts of Carlton County lucked out this past Labor Day weekend. Things could have been much worse. Days after a swath across northern Minnesota, including all of the county, was designated in the "extreme drought" category, we were hit with record high temperatures over the holiday weekend. Drought conditions lingering into the fall are not common in the region. Infamously, the region also received what would have been declared an "extreme" level of dryness in the fall of...
The Esko volleyball schedule was incorrect in last week’s paper, and the Fond du Lac volleyball and Cloquet cross country schedules didn’t run. We apologize for the errors. ** VOLLEYBALL ESKO Thursday, Sept. 7 vs ML/WR, 7 Saturday, Sept. 9 tournament at North Branch, TBD Thursday, Sept. 14, vs Barnum, 7 Thursday, Sept. 21 at South Ridge, 7 Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Cloquet, 7 Thursday, Sept. 28 at Hibbing, 7 Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Carlton, 7 Thursday, Oct. 5, vs Duluth East, 7 Saturday, Oct. 7 Esko Tournament, TBD Tuesday, Oct. 10, vs Proctor, 7 Tue...
When you can’t come to the library, your library on wheels will come to you. The Arrowhead Library System’s Bookmobile stops every three weeks at these locations in your area, with the next date listed: Esko, at Northwood United Methodist Church, 10:30-11 a.m. Sept. 25 ; Solway Town Hall, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Sept. 21; Wrenshall, Silver Brook Town Hall, 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Sept. 25; Kettle River, Main Street, 1:30-2:15 p.m. Sept. 25; Mahtowa, TJ’s Country Corner, 2:45-3:45 p.m. Sept. 19; Cromwell, City Park on Highway 210, 1-2 p.m. Sept. 19; Barnu...
Local football fans got a treat Friday when Barnum defeated Moose Lake/Willow River for the first time since 1998. It wasn't easy, but the Barnum defense got it done during a second overtime, stopping the Rebels at the 5-yard line to pull out a 28-22 victory. The brown jug finally made its way back to Barnum. "It was a lot of fun and a good game between two good teams," said Barnum coach Rob Minkkinen. "I was proud of how resilient our team was all game long. There were a few times where they...
Thursday, Aug. 31 Girls Soccer Alexandria 2 Cloquet/Carlton 0 Esko 15 Princeton 0 Volleyball Esko 3 Cook County 0 Cloquet 3 Duluth Marshall 0 Barnum 3 Moose Lake/WR 2 Football Esko 63 Duluth East 6 Mesabi East 52 South Ridge 0 Friday, Sept. 1 Football Barnum 28 ML/WR 22 Cromwell-Wright 35 Hill City/Northland 0 Sebeka 60 Carlton/Wrenshall 6 Two Harbors 40 Cloquet 8 Saturday, Sept. 2 Volleyball Esko 2 Albert Lea 0 Mabel-Canton 2 South Ridge 0 Esko 2 Rochester John Marshall 1 Byron 2 Esko 1 Chatfield 2 Esko 0 Tuesday, Sept. 5 Volleyball...
Friday, Sept. 8 Football Chisholm at Barnum, 7 p.m. Ogilvie at Carlton/Wrenshall, 4 p.m. Hermantown at Cloquet (in Proctor), 7 p.m. Bertha-Hewitt at Cromwell-Wright/Floodwood, 7 p.m. Proctor at Esko, 7 p.m. Aitkin at Moose Lake/Willow River, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 Volleyball Fond du Lac Ojibwe at Hilltopper Invitational Esko at North Branch Tournament Girls Swimming Cloquet at Superior Invitational 10 a.m. Girls Soccer Cloquet-Carlton at Hermantown, 6 p.m. Spectrum at Esko, noon Monday, Sept. 11 Girls Tennis Cloquet-Esko-Carlton at Superior,...
Hagen Construction & Remodeling, LLC is a relatively new business name in Carlton County. But owner Bart Hagen is no stranger to the area. Barnum is Bart's hometown. Bart and his family returned to the Barnum area to be closer to his aging parents in 2020. As a child, Bart helped his dad put an addition onto the family home and often assisted with household projects. He worked for his family's lumber mill business. Being a handy man comes naturally. Bart Hagen started Hagen Construction in Color...
Cross Country Carlton/Wrenshall - Boys & Girls Thursday, Sept. 7 at Pattison Park Golf Course, 4 Thursday, Sept. 14 at Pine River-Backus, 4 Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Norwood Golf Course, 4:30 Thursday, Sept. 28 at Hibbing Municipal Golf Course, 4 Thursday, Oct. 5 at Ely, 4 Thursday, Oct. 12 at Pincushion Mountain, 4 Tuesday, Oct. 17 at Proctor Golf Course, 4 Thursday, Oct. 26 sectional tournament, TBD CLOQUET - Boys & Girls Tuesday, Sept. 12 at Mora, Spring Brook Golf course, 4:15 Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Grand Rapids, 4 Tuesday, Sept. 26, at...
As horses and ponies raced around the dirt track at the Carlton County Fair last weekend, one could easily imagine similar scenes playing since the original races there in 1891. The first race Saturday in Barnum featured adults running alongside the three smallest riders and their tiny ponies in the lead-line race. Insiders say the winner is determined by which adult can run the fastest as much as anything. The second race saw children riding ponies solo, like a smaller, shorter and much slower...
Daniel Robert Thelen was born on July 6, 1934, to Valentine and Helen (Anderson) Thelen in Orr. He went to school in Barnum. Dan was united in marriage to Nancy Jean Leno on Nov. 26, 1955. Together, they made their home in Atkinson. They later moved to Cloquet. He worked at Conwed Corporation for a short time and then was self-employed owner at many local businesses. Dan enjoyed hunting and fishing in Alaska, Colorado and Mexico. He also enjoyed farming on his family farm. Dan's motto was, "If...
Charles William “Chuck” Pfisthner, 92, of Cloquet passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, surrounded by his family at Evergreen Knoll in Cloquet. He was born Jan. 3, 1931, in Morris, Minnesota to Charles and Delma Pfisthner. Chuck was a dedicated person, even at a young age when he decided to leave school after the eighth grade to go and work at logging camps. Then he joined the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of sergeant by the time he was discharged. Chuck married Gloria Ranta on Sept. 15, 195...
The Mike and Jen Olesiak farm of Sawyer and the Dahl farm in Wright - owned by Cindy Dahl Jokinen - are both being recognized as Carlton County Century Farms for 2023. Qualifying farms have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and are 50 acres or more. The two family farms will be recognized at the Carlton County fair at noon today, Friday, along with this year's outstanding senior citizens. They join a long list of century farms in the county. Barb Olesiak Dahl shared the...
Ina Blanch (Line) Jobe, 87, of Mahtowa, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in her home with family by her side. She was born Ja. 11, 1936, to Rufus and Hazel (Smith) Line in Cromwell. She went to school at Eagle Lake and Cromwell, graduating in 1955. Ina married Marlin Jobe in 1956, together they raised six children in the Cromwell-Wright area until 1965, when they moved to a farm in Mahtowa. Ina attended 4-H and later helped with Mahtowa’s 4-H club. She was a homemaker until her youngest c...
Robert “Bob” Ray Luing, 92, of Mahtowa, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at Barnes Care in Esko. He was born April 20, 1931, to Virgil and Belle Luing in Worthington, Minnesota. He was raised on the family farm and attended the one-room school, participating in Future Farmers of America and 4-H, graduating in 1948. Bob attended the University of Minnesota agriculture college after graduation. He married Faith on Dec. 3, 1951. Shortly after, Bob enlisted in the Army. He served in South Kor...
