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Glenna Lee Peterson, 69, resident of Moose Lake, went to be with the Lord Friday, April 1, 2022, in her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on March 20, 1953, to Kenneth and Florabel (Skoglund) Lundquist. She grew up in the area and attended school in Barnum, graduating in 1971. She married Jerry Peterson on Nov. 14, 1996. Glenna had a passion for operating their Century Farm, raising beef and dairy cattle. Glenna loved sitting on the porch with her...
She lived. She lived gloriously, daringly, and free, she lived lovingly, enthusiastically, and full. She lived. Our beloved mother, Karen Faye Litfin Wunderlich, passed away quietly on March 20, 2022, at 4:05 a.m. the time of the Spring Equinox, a time of rebirth and new beginnings. It can be said that she never wanted to leave our side, but over time her capacity to carry on lessened and became too much. Karen was born in Cloquet, Minnesota on February 21, 1944. She and her brother Laddie grew...
Spring brings many things: Gordy’s opening, mud, birds, more snow … and two mailings from the county assessor’s office. Property tax statements for 2022 are arriving in mailboxes — wrapped in official-looking county envelopes — and so are property valuations for 2023, bright yellow letters that are hard to miss. County assessor Kyle Holmes said it’s the property valuation, or assessed value, that may seem startling to homeowners and others because the estimated market value of almost all residential and commercial properties is going up by at l...
• The University of Minnesota Duluth recently announced its dean’s list for last fall. It included the following students from the area: Ezekiel Palmer and Ben Talarico of Carlton, Hannah Green of Cloquet, and Alina Lekander of Mahtowa. • Winona State University recently announced its dean’s for last fall. It included the following students from the area: Amber Collman of Cromwell, Trayton Houck and Rosalie Richardson of Mahtowa, and Katelyn Kelley of Cloquet. • Paul Smith’s College in New York announced that Aidan Ripp of Cloquet was named t...
Cloquet resident and Esko businessman Pete Radosevich has been officially endorsed as the DFL candidate for House District 11A seat in this year's election, running against Jeff Dotseth, the previously endorsed Republican candidate. Both Radosevich and Senate District 11 candidate John Peura of Moose Lake earned endorsements at the DFL Senate District 11 Convention at Barnum High School Saturday, March 19. Radosevich was not unopposed. Retired economist Ann Markusen of Cromwell announced at the...
A slow second half for the Esko boys basketball team allowed Pequot Lakes just enough time to pick up a come-from-behind win in the Section 7AA boys championship game last Thursday night. The Patriots overcame a 5-point halftime deficit to win 58-50 and advance to the Minnesota State High School Class AA basketball tournament. "I thought in the first half we moved the ball well, but our shots didn't fall," said Esko coach Derek Anderson. "We defended well, but we missed some layups and we just s...
The Barnum boys basketball season came to an end Friday night as a state-ranked Nevis team defeated the Bombers 67-37 in the section 5A finals in Foley. Barnum - the top seed out of the eastern half of the subsection - met up with the western half's top seed in front of a large and very loud crowd in Foley. The defending section 5A champion Tigers were seeking their fourth trip to the state tournament while Barnum was seeking its third state appearance, and first since 2007. Things got off to a...
With five-time incumbent state representative Mike Sundin announcing that he won't run for re-election, this year's race for the Minnesota House of Representatives District 11A seat is heating up with familiar faces from both parties joining the race. Since the Sundin announcement, only one Democrat has announced intentions to seek the seat that covers all of Carlton County and part of St. Louis and Pine counties. Pete Radosevich, an attorney who lives in Cloquet and is also the publisher of...
The Barnum school board voted against proceeding with the $8.32 million in proposed projects at the regular meeting of the board on Tuesday, March 15. Board member Paul Coughlin pointed out during the meeting that the board had approved, 4-3, to proceed with the projects back in December but, for “due diligence,” had to vote once again about proceeding with the projects and with selling bonds to finance the projects. The projects consisted of replacing a cooler in the elementary school, indoor air quality improvements, and a roof rep...
Evan Gustafson and Joe Peterson each scored 18 points as Barnum topped Cromwell-Wright 57-39 to capture the 5A east subsection championship Tuesday night in Hinckley. Gustafson, who hit three of Barnum's nine 3-pointers, helped Barnum to a 28-17 lead at half time, and Peterson paced the Bombers in the second half as Barnum rolled the 18-point victory. "These kids had been together since kindergarten and have put a lot of time, work and effort into the program," said Bombers head coach Richard...
The Barnum student section enjoyed a light moment during Tuesday's Section 5A game with Cromwell-Wright in Hinckley. Barnum won the game and will play Nevis Friday in the Section 5A championship game....
The three-day throng of tech-inclined high school students called the Duluth Regionals in robotics didn't disappoint last weekend as 111 teams from Minnesota and neighboring states took over the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. There were four Carlton County teams in the competition, from Cloquet, Esko, Barnum and Moose Lake. Esko came away with the biggest honors: a run in the playoffs, a top award for innovation in controlling its robot, and a sure place in the state tournament....
The Classy Moose on 61 has something for everyone, even some four-legged friends. A black cat named Tank and Gus (a dog) greet shoppers when they enter the thrift store and auction site in Barnum. "Tank is a rescue," said Dawn Schubert, one of the owners of the Classy Moose and the online auction, Classic 61 Sales, located in the same building. "He is the best-known cat in Carlton County. He just loves people. One little girl sat on the floor and played with him while her mother shopped." The Cl...
Barnum junior Rayna Klejeski had a big night last Thursday in the section 5A playoffs: not only did she score the 1,000th point of her career, she also hit the game-winning basket as the Bombers defeated Upsala 53-51 to advance to the sectional quarterfinals. "It was so exciting to hit the thousand-point mark," Klejeski said. "I look up in the gym and see all the 1,000-point scorers for Barnum over the years and now I get my name there as well. It's an awesome feeling." Klejeski hit 1,000 right...
Local boys basketball teams began first-round playoff action Monday night, with playoffs throughout the week with state playoff berths at stake. Section 5A Carlton County schools in the 5A tournament are Barnum and Cromwell-Wright. The Bombers, with a record of 18-8, received the No. 1 East Seed and the Cardinals, with a record of 12-12, are the No. 2 East Seed. Both teams were set to play on Thursday at home, with Barnum vs. St. John's Prep and the Cardinals facing McGregor. Section 7A The 7A...
Barnum High School Quarter 2 A Honor Roll 7th Grade Tessa Bednarek Eli Berger Marlene Budge Emma Dahl Ruth Dinger Connor Ferrin Lillian Genereau Allison Gresczyk Jillian Grott Piper Johnson Halle Kauppila Arie Koecher Taylor Lake Lucy Maher Reuben Olson-Williams Nora Piri Miah Sandberg Lauren Soukkala Jlind White-Wyman 8th Grade Kaitlyn Bartz Alizondra Collelo Cadence Fanning Lucy Franek Sophia Frank Grace Grover Michael Hoover Brock Hurst Kyson Landwehr Riley McNamara Evan Mundell MaKenna Nordstrom Morghan Nynas Ava Nyquist Iris Polecheck...
It was another good year for area Nordic skiers at the 2022 American Birkebeiner ski events held last Friday and Saturday in Hayward, Wisconsin. Outstanding performances came from across a range of age groups, from high school-aged skiers and recent graduates on up to more seasoned, veteran skiers. Several local skiers were participating for the first time in a Birkie event, while others have been making the trek for decades. In the Birkebeiner 50-kilometer skate race, Cloquet's Benjamin Bauer...
The Minit Mart convenience stores in Carlton County were expected to come under new ownership by the end of the month. There are seven Minit Mart stores in the county that will fall under KornerStores Inc. of Duluth, Caywood Country Store in Saginaw or Edwards Oil Company Inc., a family-run business in Virginia, Minnesota. Most of the current Minit Mart stores were, until 2015, under the ownership of Cloquet-based Best Oil Co. It sold 18 Little Store convenience stores to TravelCenters of...
Thursday, Feb. 24 Girls Basketball Barnum-58 Braham-57 Esko-54 Marshall-49 Cloquet-76 Eveleth-Gilbert-36 Boys Basketball Braham-78 Wrenshall-71 Friday, Feb. 25 Girls Basketball South Ridge-61 Ely-39 Cromwell-Wright-81 Cook County-17 Cherry-72 Wrenshall-27 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-67 Cook County-44 Cloquet-70 Grand Rapids-52 Esko-75 Duluth Denfeld-69 Ely-48 South Ridge-47 Pequot Lakes-59 ML/WR-57 Virginia-63 Barnum-60 Wrenshall-57 Ogilvie-50 Saturday, Feb. 26 Girls Basketball Cook County-45 Fond du Lac-21 Ogilvie-71 Barnum-59 Esko-43...
Local girls basketball teams kicked off the start of section play Monday. Here’s a breakdown of how local teams have fared and what their future may hold in the postseason. Section 7A The 7A tournament opened with No. 14 seed Carlton downing No. 19 seed Fond du Lac 48-41. Carlton’s Eliza Decaigney poured in 20 points and Megan Matarelli added 18 points. Both Madison Asleson and Haley Ableiter finished with three points for the Bulldogs. Solai Mohr and Talayah Martineau led the Ogichidaa in scoring with 28 and 13 points. The No. 15 seeded Wre...
Boys basketball Cloquet at Proctor, 7:15 Esko vs. Brooklyn Center, 7:15 Barnum at Two Harbors, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright at Nashwauk-Keewatin, 7:15 ML/WR vs Pillager, 7:15 March 5 Boys basketball ML/WR at Greenway, 2:30 p.m....
Laura Ann Wekseth, 97, Barnum, died peacefully Feb. 23, 2022, in Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. She was born July 26, 1924, in Barnum to Oscar and Sarah Peterson. Laura grew up in the Barnum area, attending Central School and later Barnum High School, where she had the honor of being homecoming queen. On Nov. 16, 1942, Laura married Russell Wekseth in Moose Lake. They continued living in the Barnum area, where they dairy farmed through the years. Laura also worked at the Moose Lake State...
When neighborhood rivals Barnum and Moose Lake/Willow River collided in a boys basketball game last Friday, the stakes were high and the crowd was in a frenzy. The Rebels had just come off an impressive road win over Cloquet the previous night and Bombers were on a six-game win streak. In the end, the Bombers rode a strong start and strong shooting to a 74-59 victory over the Rebels. "We had great energy and stayed within our systems," said Barnum coach Rich Newman. "In the first half our shots...
Barnum native and longtime Mahtowa resident Iris Johnson turned 100 years old on Valentine's Day but, with typical modesty, she wasn't sure about being interviewed. "My life was like watching paint dry," she told the Pine Knot News. Not true. Johnson had all kinds of stories, and she tells them with charm and enthusiasm. She grew up during the Depression with her parents and a sister, in a house with a massive garden halfway up the Barnum hill. Her dad was a "truck farmer," she said, which...
Thursday, Feb. 17 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright-48 Carlton-18 Esko-54 Hermantown-23 South Ridge-72 Two Harbors-50 Floodwood-38 Wrenshall-29 Boys Basketball Moose Lake/Willow River-89 Cloquet-82 Friday, Feb. 18 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-52 Carlton-33 South Ridge-62 Two Harbors-54 Barnum-74 Moose Lake-Willow River-59 Saturday, Feb. 19 Girls Basketball Cloquet-82 Bemidji-65 Cass Lake-Bena-81 South Ridge-57 Boys Hockey Section 7AA Play-In game CEC-3 Duluth Marshall-2 Section 7A Play-In game International Falls-7 Moose Lake Area-0 All...
