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Decorated with major state awards and beloved for his leadership both in-house and across the public health sector, Dave Lee conducted his final all-staff meeting on Jan. 9. The roughly 150 employees in Carlton County Public Health and Human Services left him with a standing ovation. The 66-year-old director is retiring at the end of the month after 25 years with the county, with the last 20 in the department's top spot. "I have been director for 20 years," he said. "I feel like I have had my...
Mary J. Baxley, 93, passed away Jan. 11, 2025, at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Cloquet. Mary was born Jan. 22, 1931, in Cloquet to Einar and Ruth (Olson) Nygren. Mary was raised in Blackhoof Township and graduated from Carlton High School in 1949. She married Ellsworth Selen in 1949. He preceded her in death in 1974. Mary married John Baxley in 1986. He preceded her in death in 2001. In her later years, Mary enjoyed the companionship of Bob Schultz, who preceded her in death in 2021. Mary...
Couples hoping for a Valentine’s Day wedding will get some help from the Minnesota Judicial Branch, as judges throughout the state offer free weddings on Feb. 14. It includes the Sixth District Court in Carlton as well as judges in Duluth. This year, 11 district courts will offer free Valentine’s Day weddings — that’s up from just one a few years ago. Hennepin County District Court has offered free Valentine’s Day weddings since 2013, and last year Ramsey and St. Louis counties joined the festivities. The success and sheer joy of the Valentine...
It took nearly two weeks, but Essentia Health-Moose Lake hospital welcomed its first baby of 2025 last weekend. Eloise Arae Fogt was born at 5:15 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Her parents are Brianna Childers and Gunner Fogt. Eloise was born weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces. The Moose Lake hospital is the only hospital in Carlton County offering birthing services, since Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet "paused" its obstetrics services in the summer of 2023 due to staffing issues and a decreasing...
State Rep. Jeff Dotseth (R-Kettle River) took the oath of office and began his second term on Tuesday after a swearing-in ceremony on the House Floor. Dotseth represents District 11A, which encompasses all of Carlton County and parts of Pine and St. Louis counties. Before the session began, Dotseth was appointed to the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee and was named vice chair of the Housing Finance and Policy Committee. “I am honored to continue serving the residents of District 11A and t...
Caecilia E. (Podgejsek) Ringat, 90, Cloquet passed away Jan. 9, 2025, in her home with her family by her side. She was born in Germany and raised by Alfred and Cecilia (Podgejsek) Spendler, with her siblings, Manfred “Manny” and Melanie “Lonnie.” Growing up in Europe during World War II presented many challenges, but Caecilia persevered. She married Herbert Ringat on May 5, 1957, in Dorsten, Germany and five days later they set sail for the United States. They lived in Mahnomen, Minneso...
Thursday, Jan. 9 Boys Basketball Moose Lake/WR 72 Hinckley-Finlayson 36 Cloquet 83 Hermantown 62 Girls Basketball South Ridge 65 Fond du Lac Ojibwe 34 Esko 67 Hibbing 33 Cromwell-Wright 63 Barnum 27 Mesabi East 58 Carlton/Wrenshall 24 Floodwood 61 Moose Lake/WR 35 Boys Hockey CEC 3 Duluth Marshall 2 (OT) WSFLG 6 Moose Lake Area 3 Girls Hockey Duluth 2 CEC 0 Friday, Jan. 10 Boys Basketball Carlton/Wrenshall 78 Floodwood 57 Deer River 74 Moose Lake/WR 59 Cherry 82 Esko 70 Two Harbors 71 South Ridge 52 Girls Basketball Crosby-Ironton 92 Cloquet 47...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has released its 2024 Forest Health Annual Report, which uses data from aerial surveys and on-the-ground site visits to compile information about insect outbreaks, disease epidemics, and other impacts to the state’s forests. DNR aerially surveyed 17.5 million acres of Minnesota for damage to forests in 2024. Since the early 1950s, aerial surveys have been a valuable tool for discovering, tracking, and managing forest health threats like spruce budworm, oak wilt, ice storm damage, eastern larch b...
Bethany/Bethlehem Lutheran Parish www.bethanybethlehem.org Bethany Lutheran Church 5660 Hwy 210, Cromwell 218-644-3640 bethany55726@ yahoo.com Worship 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School Women’s Bible study 9:30 a.m. first Wed. Bethany Beacons women’s ministry 9 a.m. second Wed. Bethlehem Lutheran Church Hwy 210 & Third St., Wright 218-357-2593 [email protected] Worship 8 a.m. Holy Closure service 10 a.m. Jan. 26 Bethel Lutheran Church Pastor Rob Larson 1012 29th St., Scanlon 218-879-9723, 763-957-2990 [email protected] Facebook:...
FRIDAY, JAN. 17 The Cloquet Public Library closes at 12:30 p.m. for staff training. SATURDAY, JAN. 18 Junior Rangers Frosty Adventures 1-2 p.m., Jay Cooke Park. Discover the secrets of winter, and make and take a snowflake craft. Sign up by Jan. 17 to ensure supplies: 218-673-7005, [email protected]. Carlton County Animal Rescue cats and dogs adoption event 1-4 p.m. at PetSmart in Duluth. Application process and approval required; applying prior to the event is encouraged. (218) 900-7066, [email protected],...
Now in her second year volunteering for her alma mater Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Nordic ski program, Jazlyn Gunderson reported for practice Jan. 3 to a unique location. Roughly three dozen team members and supporters appeared in frigid temperatures on a 400-yard field at the Cloquet Forestry Center. First-year head coach Phil Rogers had groomed the field and even set a circuitous classic track around the edges, where grassy spots lurked nearby. Nobody can remember the team ever practicing in that...
Longtime Cloquet school board member Nate Sandman was appointed to fill the vacant seat on the school board Monday. The vacancy was created by the election of former school board member Sarah Plante Buhs to the Carlton County Board of Commissioners District 1, with two years left in her school board term. Sandman - who hadn't filed to run again after eight years on the board, the past two as board chairman - was one of six people who applied. Current board members Hawk Huard, Dave Battaglia and...
Carlton schools held their organizational meeting on Monday, and chose two-year board member Laura Nilsen as the new chair. The previous chair, Julieanne Emerson - who held the post almost continuously for more than 12 years - was not reelected to the board in November. Nilsen graduated from Carlton in 2004 and also previously worked for the school district for over seven years as the student information specialist. She currently works as a career counselor at the Northeast Minnesota Office of...
Carlton County residents are encouraged to recycle Christmas trees during Treecycling, a free program with dropoff locations throughout the region, through Friday, Jan. 31at these locations: • Sappi Fine Paper (gatehouse entrance), Avenue B in Cloquet. • Moose Lake Compost and Recycling Site (across from city garage). • Visit WLSSD.com for other Treecycling locations....
A man arrested last fall after the windows of a Cloquet business were smashed now faces more felony charges after a Dec. 30 attack on a corrections officer while in custody at the Carlton County Justice Center. Matthew William Johnson, 27, of Duluth, remains in custody while Carlton County Sixth District Court sorts out his competency to stand trial. According to court records, Johnson was taking part in a remote hearing in a room at the jail and became upset, striking a blow at the hearing equipment and then standing at the door. A...
What was supposed to be a pretrial hearing Tuesday turned into a plea hearing immediately followed by a sentencing at the Carlton County Justice Center. Loren Roy Van Vickle, 37, of Cloquet, pleaded guilty to one charge of using minors “in sexual performance/pornographic work” in court Tuesday. In accordance with the terms of the plea agreement, Sixth District Judge Rebekka Stumme dismissed seven other counts relating to sexual performance work/porn or soliciting a child through electronic communication to engage in sexual conduct. Per the agr...
Charges were dismissed last week against Barnum caregiver Jasmine Collins. Collins, 18, had been accused of assaulting a young handicapped woman in her care last summer. The mother of the alleged victim, also 18, said she noticed her daughter would scream when Collins entered the home, and that she noticed bruising and some bleeding. The young woman alleged to a physician and investigators that Collins had abused her. An omnibus hearing scheduled for Dec. 2 was continued at the request of Carlton County Attorney Lauri Ketola, and rescheduled...
The Carlton County board met Tuesday for its annual organizational meeting. Sixth District judge Amy Lukasavitz administered the swearing in of newly elected commissioners Sarah Plante Buhs and Dan Reed, along with reelected District 3 commissioner Tom Proulx, representing most of Cloquet. Plante Buhs represents District 1, including large parts of rural Cloquet and Sawyer, while Reed is the District 5 commissioner, representing the western half of Carlton County, including Cromwell, Wright,...
What projects can help your rural community? Now is the time to speak up. Every year, the University of Minnesota Extension invites ideas to promote sustainable development in outlying areas. Extension funds a number of proposals that enhance development in four areas: resilient communities, agriculture and food systems, clean energy, and natural resources. The deadline this year is Feb. 14. Anybody can apply, and the procedure is facilitated by people who help you shape ideas that will succeed...
Friday, Jan. 10 Boys basketball Barnum at Cromwell-Wright, 7:15 Carlton/Wrenshall vs. Floodwood @Carlton, 7:15 Esko at Cherry, 7:15 ML/WR at Deer River, 7:15 Girls basketball Cloquet at Crosby-Ironton, 7 ML/WR at Chisholm, 7:15 Alpine skiing CEC at Mont du Lac, 5 Saturday, Jan. 11 Boys hockey Hockey Day Cloquet: CEC vs. Sartell @Veterans Park, 2 Girls hockey Hockey Day Cloquet: CEC vs. Northern Tier Stars, 7 MLA vs. Dodge County, 3 Boys basketball Fond du Lac vs. Red Lake, 3 Girls basketball Fond du Lac vs. Red Lake, 12 Nordic skiing CEC at...
Carol Ann Marciniak, 76, passed away on Jan. 5, 2025, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was born in Cloquet on July 7, 1948, to Lawrence and Patricia Hohensee. Carol grew up in Cloquet with her younger brother, Michael, and later her sister, Mary Kay. Carol graduated from Carlton High School in 1966. After graduation, she attended the University of Minnesota Duluth for one day and decided she didn't want to continue. Carol...
Come next week, Veterans Park in Cloquet will be transformed into an elite hockey facility - outdoors, the way the hockey gods intended it - with seating for 1,300. Hockey Day Cloquet promises to be unlike anything seen before in the Wood City. The homegrown hockey extravaganza will span eight days, from Jan. 8-15, peaking with the Lumberjacks varsity boys and girls hockey games on Saturday, Jan. 11. The timing couldn't be better: the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team is currently ranked...
Trinity Oakland wasn't the focus at the horrific crash scene. She was among the walking wounded. The 21-year-old had just driven her Ford Edge at least 55 mph through a stop sign at Carlton County Road 1 and Military Road, striking a Subaru Forester in its front axle. The Ford spun, and smacked the driver's side of the Subaru again as the vehicles sailed into a snow-filled ditch, southwest of the intersection south of Wrenshall. Janae Sjodin, a senior at Wrenshall High School, and her 11-year-ol...
This past month, members of the Cloquet Rotary Club were busy working together to make the holidays brighter for families in Carlton County. The non-profit group started the holiday season by offering Pet Photos with Santa during the Home for the Holidays weekend. Money raised from Pet Photos with Santa was added to the Project Elf Fund, a Rotary project to help local families struggling during the holidays. School counselors in Carlton County nominate families in need. The Cloquet Rotary Club...
A 43-year-old Esko man was killed early Sunday morning when his car spun out and rolled on Interstate 35. According to the Minnesota State Patrol report, Nathan Ray O’Leary was driving a Cadillac STS southbound on I-35 just north of the Esko exit at 2:38 a.m. Dec. 29 when the car spun out and went into the right ditch, striking a guardrail. The car overturned several times and struck an overpass bridge pier before coming to a rest. O’Leary was wearing a seatbelt, but died at the scene. Road conditions were icy and snowy. The Minnesota Sta...
