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Catherine (Lewis) Sollom passed away peacefully on Oct. 16, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 7, 1950 and graduated from Cloquet High School in 1968. She attended Bemidji State College, where she double-majored in English and mass communications. In 1971 she met and married the love of her life, Bob Sollom. Cathy served our nation for over 30 years as a civil servant, predominantly with the U.S. Marine Corps. Cathy's work took her on adventures all over the world and she...
Mark R. Johnson, 72, of Cloquet, left for his eternal fishing trip on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. He was born March 17, 1952, in Cloquet to George and Barbara Johnson. As the youngest of four children, Mark spent his youth playing sports and getting into the usual mischief that boys always seem to find. He made many friends in his younger years, friendships that were still strong to this day. After graduating from Cloquet in 1971 he spent a little bit of time traveling the country with friends...
Robert E. Anderson, 94, formerly of Cloquet, passed away Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Ramsey, Minnesota. He was born Dec. 31, 1929, in Brookston, the son of Hjalmer and Minnie (Severson) Anderson. Robert attended Brookston School and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He married Beverly Holman on Jan. 8, 1973. He was employed at Conwed/USG and retired after 47 years. He enjoyed fishing, trapping, and watching the Minnesota Twins. Robert was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Cecelia...
Karin Ann Towslee, 74, passed away Nov. 15, 2024. Karin had been blessed with lifelong friends whom she valued and shared life, time, and raising children with. Karin was employed at Cloquet Dental for 35 years and many in the community grew up knowing her as the face of the office. She enjoyed the people she worked with and had a favorite. Karin was known for her headstrong personality, and was always looking out for the people she loved. She was there for so many people, lending an ear...
Andrew Mario Raushel, 59, of McGregor passed away Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 28, 1965, in Cloquet, the son of Frank and Mae (Paoli) Raushel. Andrew married Cheryl Ankrum on Nov. 24, 1986, in Wrenshall. He was the owner, along with his three children, brothers and son, of Savanna Pallets. He enjoyed snowmobiling, auctions, working on cars, captaining the pontoon on the lake and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his...
Lorene Catherine Borin, 87, of Cloquet passed away peacefully, with family by her side, Nov. 16, 2024, at Aspirus St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. She was born Feb. 9, 1937, in Linton, North Dakota, the daughter of Aaron and Katherine (Nathan) Putnam. During her childhood she also lived in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Sturgeon Lake, graduating from Willow River High School in 1955. When not haying or milking cows on the family farm, she enjoyed fishing on the Kettle River, and caught fish almost every...
Ann J. Terp, 95, of Carlton passed away Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. Ann was born July 1, 1929, to Richard and Kathy Huisinger in Marshall, Minnesota. She was raised in Canby, Minnesota, and attended school there. On July 22, 1950, Ann was united in marriage to Loren Terp. Ann and the family moved to Cloquet in 1953, where she was a homemaker. Her heart was taking care of children, and she enjoyed collecting dolls. Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Loren...
Shelby Grace Reynolds, 18, of Barnum passed away on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. She was born on Dec. 16, 2005, in Duluth, and was adopted by Ralph Reynolds and Dawn Rilea. Shelby was a 2024 graduate of Barnum High School and a graduate of Fond du Lac's Law Enforcement program. Shelby had cooked at Lazy Bear in Barnum and was a cashier at KJ's Fresh Market in Moose Lake. She was a proud member of Bent Trout Campground. Her favorite things were camping, fishing, dirt biking, chasing sunsets, hunting, a...
James Alfred "Jim" White, 91, of Farmington, Minnesota and formerly of Carlton, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at home surrounded by family. He was born on March 28, 1933, in Cloquet, the son of Alfred and Edna (Larson) White. Jim served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany for three years. He worked at Conwed, where he met his wife, Mary Lou VanDerWerff. They married on Aug. 28, 1965. They had two children, Darrell and Devorah. Jim and Mary raised their family on Chub Lake in...
Eileen Pearl Wood, 93 of Cloquet, formerly of Canyon, Minnesota, passed away Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, at Inter-Faith Care Center while in the care of hospice. Eileen was born Sep. 11, 1931, in New Richmond, Wisconsin, to Walter J. and Margaret A. (Studley) Elmore. The family moved to Montana in 1933, where her dad and uncle worked on the construction of Fort Peck Dam. The Elmores moved to Meadowlands, Minnesota, in 1939, where she graduated from high school in 1949. Eileen married William W. Wood...
Carol Elizabeth Tischer passed away peacefully Nov. 12, 2024. Carol was born on June 11, 1950. A celebration of life will be held from 2-4 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Cloquet Library....
All times are p.m. unless noted Friday, Nov. 22 Girls basketball Barnum vs Hinckley- Finlayson, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright at Ely, 7:15 Saturday, Nov. 23 Boys hockey MLA vs Red Wing, 11 a.m. CEC vs Bloomington Jefferson, 3 Girls hockey MLA vs Fort Frances, 1 CEC at River Lakes, 3 Girls basketball Cloquet vs Hermantown, 1 Monday, Nov. 25 Girls basketball Carlton/Wrenshall at Denfeld, 7 Tuesday, Nov. 26 Boys hockey CEC at Hibbing, 7 MLA at Greenway, 6 Girls hockey CEC at Orono, 7 Girls basketball Esko at Cloquet, 7:15 Barnum at Floodwood, 7:15 South...
The flag burning Sunday was not a protest. Instead - on the day before Veterans Day - members of Cloquet's BSA Scout Troop 171 were observing the United States Flag Code when they officially retired three worn and tattered American flags at Veterans Park in Cloquet. According to the flag code, a flag, "when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning." Scoutmaster Stafano Piazi said the Boy Scouts had a...
Once again, Santa and Mrs. Claus will make a special trip to Cloquet for a little pre-Christmas party, aka the annual Santa's Home for the Holidays community celebration. It's three days of fun - Dec. 5-7 - courtesy of a wide range of local businesses, organizations and the city of Cloquet. "This little celebration just keeps growing," said co-coordinator Jana Peterson. "It's really special because so many people collaborate to get our community together for some winter fun." Make a plan while...
The Cloquet Country Club has a goose problem - between 100 and 200 Canadian geese have developed a special fondness for the 18-hole golf course on the west side of Cloquet. During the Cloquet City Council meeting last Thursday, Nov. 7, CCC general manager Matt Carlson proposed a genuine northern Minnesota solution: holding a special goose hunt. The geese are not new, and the club has simply put up with droppings and damage for years, Carlson said. The turning point came after last year's mild...
Concerts On 4th presents “Stars I Shall Find,” a suicide awareness concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Presbyterian Church of Cloquet, 47 Fourth St. The concert features the Presbyterian and Zion Lutheran choirs, director James Sheetz with Gretchen Chelseth on piano, Dan Palmquist on trombone and Marge Stillwell on organ. Freewill donations will be given to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Guest speaker is Pastor Christina Johnson....
The Minnesota Wilderness headed back to the Lower 48 after completing its second weekend of its first Alaska trip of the regular season. In the three-game series at Anchorage, the Wilderness were victorious in the Friday opener, 4-2, and fell in Saturday’s game, 6-3, before dropping the Sunday finale in overtime, 5-4. The Cloquet-based team went 3-2 over the two weekends away....
Winter parking is in effect now through March, so don’t leave your cars parked on the streets of Cloquet overnight. According to city code, cars cannot be parked on the streets or in alleys between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. from Nov. 1 through March 31, to allow snowplow drivers and others to clear the streets. The only exception is a vehicle parked at an open business establishment between midnight and 2 a.m. “unless ordered to be moved at the direction of a peace officer.” In Esko, parking on the street is prohibited 4-7 a.m. In Carlt...
The Cloquet School Board welcomed the return of incumbent Melissa Juntunen and two new board members - LeAnn Butler and Nichole Diver - who attended Monday's meeting. In total, Juntunen garnered 4,428 votes in the Nov. 5 election, Butler had 3,593 votes and Diver, who ran as a write-in candidate for the third open spot, received 417 votes. Included in that count were various versions of her name, including Diver, Nichole, Nichole Buckanaga and Nichole Diver. An additional 240 write-in votes...
Carlton Schools superintendent Donita Stepan delivered a side-by-side comparison of the two consolidation options facing the district on Tuesday night, with a strong push to pivot to Barnum. It was the first time the board met since Stepan and Carlton chairwoman Julianne Emerson dropped the bombshell that they had initiated talks with Barnum about consolidation. Stepan began by stating that the merger talks with Wrenshall were stalled. "We've been trying to consolidate with Wrenshall for over...
Loriene Roy loved books and reading from a young age while growing up in Carlton County. Whenever she had enough allowance, she bought a book and started her own home library for a shelf her mother had set up. Her younger sister Della can attest that Loriene was already practicing to be a librarian when she was in grade school. If Della wanted to read one of Loriene's books, she had to sign a card to check it out. Della lost her borrowing privileges when she tore a page corner instead of using...
Virginia Wright-Peterson reads from her book, "A Women's War, Too" at the Cloquet Public Library on Veterans Day. Wright-Peterson shared stories of the many women from Minnesota who played a role in World War II, from Mayo Clinic biophysicist Julia Herrick who was loaned to the war department for radar research, to Cloquet native Gertrude Esteros, a nurse in New Guinea during the war and in charge of creating recreation programs there. Others were spies, entertainers, pilots, factory workers...
A strong developmental season for the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls swimmers and divers came to a conclusion for all but one of the team's participants last weekend. The Section 7A championships in Grand Rapids featured scores of personal bests and many solid performances in race finals. But for Esko senior Rilee Durovec, a history-making season intensified starting Thursday with her participation at the girls state swimming and diving meet at the University of Minnesota. Durovec won the section...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey team came out fast and determined Tuesday night at Northwoods Credit Union Arena as the Lumberjacks scored three times in the first seven minutes. Although the Moose Lake Area team threatened, they couldn't overcome the CEC lead. The win moved the 'Jacks to 2-1 on the season. CEC defeated Anoka 3-0 Saturday in Anoka, but dropped the season opener last Thursday by a score of 4-1 to Grand Rapids-Greenway. On Tuesday, the Lumberjacks' first goal came just 51...
The holidays are upon us, and the orange lights will be replaced with red, green and white twinkling lights. Many of us have been out to local stores or been online shopping for that special gift for family and friends. When you are out shopping, please think about purchasing a toy for the 30th annual Toys for Carlton Area Kids toy drive. Help us celebrate giving to area kids in need. The toy drive runs through Dec. 6. Dropoff locations in Carlton are the VFW, city office, Carlton Wellness Cente...
