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The Cloquet Area Fire District board, with eyes on breaking ground on a new building this fall, unanimously declared its intent to bond for a Station 1 replacement at its 22nd Street property. A desire to avoid rising building costs coupled with the fact that the fire and ambulance service has outgrown its current aging space prompted the vote, after years of planning. The resolution doesn't set the decision in stone, nor does it take referendums off the table. It lays the groundwork for a...
JR Bents and Gentry Olson took a moment to reminisce during a break in the action at a basketball exhibition between Cloquet's "unified" gym class and their counterparts from a similar team in Bemidji. Bents, a ninth-grader at Cloquet High School, joined the class last school year. "I didn't really know anybody, and I met Gentry," he said. "We're really good friends right now." Olson, a seventh-grader at Cloquet Middle School, leaned back pensively. "Eh," he joked, fluttering his hand in a...
Thursday, Jan. 16 Girls Basketball Hill City/Northland 65 Fond du Lac 21 ML/WR 66 Pillager 52 Cromwell-Wright 79 McGregor 26 Superior 53 Cloquet 45 Esko 66 Barnum 27 Two Harbors 61 Carlton/Wrenshall 37 South Ridge 61 Silver Bay 35 Boys Hockey Northern Edge 6 MLA 1 Girls Hockey Northern Lakes 3 CEC 2 (OT) MLA 2 Northern Tier 0 Friday, Jan. 17 Boys Basketball Two Harbors 67 Carlton/Wrenshall 41 Superior 92 Cloquet 46 Cromwell-Wright 71 McGregor 51 South Ridge 80 Nashwauk-Keewatin 53 Fond du Lac 73 Bigfork 67 Esko 83 Barnum 63 Girls Basketball...
The St. Olaf Band, conducted by Dr. Henry L. Dorn, will perform at Cloquet High School at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, during its 2025 winter tour. Founded in 1891, the St. Olaf Band, from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, performs compositions and transcriptions for symphonic band and was dubbed “one of America’s preeminent bands” by The New Yorker. Dorn leads the St. Olaf Band in his second year as conductor. Local residents are invited to support this world-class music made in Minnesota. Tickets are $10 and free for students and educa...
Bun Carlson's seat sat conspicuously empty as the Cloquet City Council meeting convened Tuesday. Carlson, the Ward 1 councilor for the past six years, died Jan. 12, at age 68. Mayor Roger Maki opened the meeting with words about Carlson, recalling him as a councilor who researched the issues and voted for what he felt was best. One of the first items of new business for the council Tuesday was determining how to fill the open seat through 2026, the remainder of Carlson's term. After some...
Following a city water main break before Christmas, a Cloquet family finds itself in an insurance nightmare where no one will help them: neither the city nor their insurance agent. Residents Jamie and Andrea Anderson addressed the Cloquet City Council Tuesday, sharing the story (and photos) of the water main break that damaged their home, which also serves as an in-home childcare. The Cloquet couple were denied by their own insurance company, State Farm, which blamed the city. Then the city's...
As the state’s plans to license legal cannabis dispensaries continue to be delayed, Thomson Township officials are taking steps toward deciding how the township will handle cannabis business regulations. During Thursday’s regular meeting, the board formed a committee to consider cannabis regulations. Committee members include township supervisor (and former Cloquet assistant police chief) Terry Hill, supervisor Logan Saline and township attorney David Pritchett. The supervisors will bring public safety and zoning/planning experience, res...
The documentary PBS television show “Inside Senior Living,” featuring several Carlton County residents, is now being shown on stations across the country. Senior living consultant Melissa Fritz of Minneapolis found herself smack dab in the middle of the confusion and chaos of elderly care when her father was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s dementia. From all of this uncertainty came the idea for the docuseries following Minnesota families as they navigate these often gut-wrenching scenarios. Each of the eight episodes were filmed in Mi...
The financial stress that is being put on individuals and families by our elected officials in the form of new taxes each year must be looked at very seriously in terms of how the continual increases are affecting their lives. The population of Carlton County has increased very little over my 80-plus years here, but taxes on the people have continued to increase at an alarming rate. Carlton County’s tax base is made up mainly of homeowners, who want to live here but are being taxed at such high rates it is really difficult for them. Carlton C...
I was driving down Country Club Drive by the Cloquet golf course when I spotted friend and fellow library board member Mary DuPont Hagen. She was outside the two-story, white house where she grew up, doing fall cleaning, painting, and yard work with her daughter. I asked about the tiny replica house by the hedge row. Like the big white house, it had windows on all sides, a front door, bunk beds, and a shingled roof. But an adult could not stand up in it. Mary said she spent many hours in the...
Friday, Jan. 24 Boys hockey CEC vs. Bemidji, 7 MLA at Barron, 6 Girls basketball Barnum at Aitkin, 7 Boys basketball ML/WR at Carlton/Wrenshall, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright at East Central, 7:15 Esko at Two Harbors, 7:15 ML/WR at Carlton/ Wrenshall, 7:15 Alpine skiing CEC at Lutsen Saturday, Jan. 25 Boys basketball Barnum at Swanville, 3 Esko vs. Maple River, 12:30 Girls basketball ML/WR vs. Ely, 2:30 Nordic skiing CEC at Ely, 9:30 a.m. Wrestling CEC at South St. Paul H.S., 10 Monday, Jan. 27 Girls hockey CEC at North Shore Storm, 7 Girls basketball...
The Chippewa Steel swept the Minnesota Wilderness in a weekend series last week. Chippewa took a 6-3 victory Friday night in Chippewa Falls and followed with a 5-2 win Saturday in Cloquet. Those results led to Chippewa and the Wilderness swapping places in the Midwest Division — the Steel (17-17-4) moved into fifth place with 38 points, while the Wilderness (17-16-3) fell to sixth with 37 points. Minnesota next heads to Alaska for its next five games. The Wilderness are in Fairbanks to meet the Ice Dogs in a three-game series that begin on T...
For the second year in a row, winter weather has been a challenge for the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton alpine ski teams, with Monday's meet at Mont du Lac cancelled due to frigid temperatures. Head coach Ryan Zimny wasn't fazed by the change. "The lack of natural snow has been annoying, but at least it has been cold enough to make snow, so much better than last year," he said, referring to conditions at Spirit Mountain in Duluth, where the boys and girls teams practice. Zimny said the girls team is...
Gordy Sather of Cloquet earned a $25 gift certificate to Outdoor Advantage for being spotted with twin "I Think Knot" bumper stickers on his truck. He reads the weekly newspaper for what he called the "interesting stuff," he said. "It's posts all the times and schedules, and has interesting things to read."...
Kenneth D. “Kenny” Joyce, 81, of Cloquet passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth with his family by his side. Kenny was born Oct. 1, 1943, in Cloquet, the son of Ed and Eunice (Pedersen) Joyce. He graduated from Mountain Lake High School in 1961 and played football and baseball in his younger days. Kenny started playing fastpitch softball in 1960 in Mountain Lake, and it became a lifelong passion. He married Glenna Steinle, his high school sweetheart, in 1965 in Mountain Lake and they moved to Cloqu...
Warren Richard "Bun" Carlson was born Aug. 9, 1956, to Sylvia (Heikkila) and Lawrence Carlson in Cloquet. He passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, at Aspirus St. Luke's Hospital due to complications from a genetic heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He attended Cloquet schools, graduating from CHS in 1974. He was class president, and a three-sport letter winner in football, hockey and tennis. Bun attended the College of St. Scholastica, majoring in business. He graduated in 1978....
Glenn Nelson, 95, of Cloquet passed away on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. He was born in Elfros, Saskatchewan, to Edwin and Phoebe Nelson. Glenn was the youngest of the family, with two brothers and two sisters. The family moved to Montevideo, Minnesota while Glenn was still a young child. After graduating high school in Montevideo, Glenn joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Colorado Springs. While he was there, he was invited on a blind date and met June, the love of his life. Glenn was...
Joseph Thomas “Joe” Class was called into the waiting arms of his Creator on Jan. 13, 2025. While his departure came suddenly and far too soon, we find solace in knowing that he passed peacefully in his sleep, free from pain or worry. Joe’s greatest joy was music, and his most treasured possession was his guitar. We invite you to pay tribute to his memory by listening to your favorite song, singing loudly, playing air guitar, clapping along, or simply sitting and soaking it in. Joe creat...
Gerald Richard "Jerry" Tschida, 78, of Wrenshall passed away on Jan. 16, 2025, at his home. He was born Sept. 26, 1946, to Richard and Shirley (Sullivan) Tschida in Moose Lake. He was active on the football and track teams before graduating from Moose Lake High School in 1964. Jerry enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1966, serving on active duty until 1969 and then continuing with the Reserve until 1972. He was stationed aboard the USS Princeton as a corpsman. While on the ship, Jerry recognized what...
Kevin Lloyd Skifstad, 67, of Cloquet went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, after a struggle with a rare lung disease. Kevin was born in Bigfork, Minnesota to Rev. Earl and LaVerne Skifstad. He graduated from Falls High School in International Falls in 1975. During high school, while at youth group, he met his future wife, Debbie Trexel, whom he married in 1976. They settled in International Falls and raised their three sons: Luke, Jake and Mike....
Bradley Lawrence Hoffmockel, 57, of Wrenshall, continued his journey Jan. 3, 2025. He died of appendiceal cancer at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth after two-plus years of following the medical plan and enjoying life, family, and friends to the fullest. Brad was born Oct. 23, 1967, in Cloquet to Lawrence and Diane Hoffmockel. He was the youngest of three children, with two sisters whom he loved. He graduated from Wrenshall High School and then the University of Minnesota Duluth with a masters...
Dorothy Jean Cooley, 82, of Cloquet passed away Jan. 15, 2025. Services were held Jan. 21 at Nelson Funeral Care in Cloquet. Interment will be at Old Holy Family Cemetery in Cloquet....
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. 24 Community chess club 3:30-5 p.m., Cloquet Public Library. Also Jan. 31. Carlton County Animal Rescue donation dropbox open now through Feb. 8 at Moose Lake Brewery, 12-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and 12-6 p.m. Sunday. Visit the CCAR Facebook or contact Vicki Jarvis at [email protected] for donation suggestions, the Feb. 8 Paws & Pints Fundraiser, and more. SATURDAY, JAN. 25 Folk musician Dennis Warner concert, 10.a.m. at the Cloquet Public library. SUNDAY, JAN. 26 Free community meal 4-5 p.m., Good Hope Church, Cloquet. Potato soup, r...
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...
