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Fall sports are in full swing and the $4.9 million Cloquet High School athletic complex is complete. Inside Members Cooperative Credit Union Stadium, the grass football and soccer field was replaced with turf, and the field is wider, making it more suitable for soccer. A brand-new eight-lane track is also wider, and facilities for field sports are also new, including shot put and discus pits. A new electronic scoreboard not only keeps score, it also plays video and music. The bleachers are also...
Sam Godbout (in the boom) and Drew Ristinen of Archkey Solutions work Monday to level and add outlets to a new streetlight on the 100 block of Avenue C in Cloquet. A total of 26 new streetlights will now illuminate the streets of Cloquet's Historic West End Business District, yet contribute less to light pollution than the old models. The new streetlights match the existing lights along Broadway Avenue, installed during previous work on Broadway Avenue and the city's Dunlap Island and Spafford...
Family and friends of Peter Martin continue their efforts to find their missing loved one. But as months have gone by, the number of those who gather on Sundays to search areas on the Fond du Lac reservation has dwindled. This week, looking for more tips and keeping the public aware that Martin remains a missing person case, those friends and family organized a walk along Big Lake Road west of Cloquet, where banners can be found with his picture, stating "Bring Peter Home." Kayla Jackson was...
The Carlton County Farmers Market will celebrate the bounty of the season during Harvest Fest 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 14 in the Premiere Theatres parking lot at 904 Highway 33 in Cloquet. The first 50 kids can decorate free kid-sized tote bags with fabric pens or try their hand at making zucchini cars starting at 9 a.m. There will be free tomato tastings all morning, and bratwursts available for purchase....
The Fond du Lac Band’s Resource Management invites all community members to the Ganawenjigewin Maawanji’idiwin, or Taking Care of Things Gathering 1-6 p.m. today, Friday, Sept. 13. This event, dedicated to environmental stewardship, sustainability and holistic community wellness, will take place at the Fond du Lac Pow Wow Arbor, located behind the Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, 49 University Road in Cloquet. The gathering promises a fun-filled day for all ages. Highlights include information tables, diverse vendor booths, exciting raffle giv...
Enrollment at Cloquet Schools is up from the end of the previous school year, but lower than numbers at the start of last year, superintendent Michael Cary told school board members Monday. Cary said he has been digging into birth rates in the Cloquet area going back four to eight years, and it seems the decline in numbers is more about fewer babies being born and less about students choosing other school districts. “We appear to be bringing in smaller and smaller cohorts of young children each time,” Cary said. “It looks like the number of ki...
Hayashi No Dojo in Saginaw offers family-oriented classes for ages 5 to 55, providing children, their parents and grandparents the opportunity to participate in the same judo or jujitsu class. It is very powerful to be a part of a young person's growth as they learn about hard work and standards instilled through family tradition. My school is a place where young and old can challenge themselves mentally and physically in a safe environment. Hayashi No Dojo was established by Gene Esala in the...
Entering this season, the Cloquet volleyball team had three straight runs to the Section 7AAA finals, finishing as runner-up each time. If the Lumberjacks are going to the championship game this year, they will do so with a much younger and unproven line up. "We graduated five seniors from last year's team," said coach Heidi Anderson, whose team blanked Moose Lake/Willow River at home on Tuesday. All five of Cloquet's graduated seniors started for at least two seasons with Ava Carlson, one of th...
Thursday, Sept. 5 Volleyball North Branch 3 Cloquet 0 Crosby/Ironton 3 ML/WR 1 Carlton/Wrenshall 3 Barnum 2 South Ridge 3 McGregor 0 Boys Soccer CEC 4 Hermantown 1 Girls Soccer Cloquet/Carlton 1 Bemidji 0 Girls Swimming Hibbing/Chisholm 97 CEC 88 Friday, Sept. 6 Football Hermantown 35 Cloquet 6 Esko 56 Proctor 0 Cromwell/Wright 60 Hill City/Northland 8 Barnum 49 Chisholm 16 Deer River 41 South Ridge 6 ML/WR 32 Aitkin 14 Bertha-Hewitt 55 Carlton/Wrenshall 0 Saturday, Sept. 7 Volleyball Tournament matches Two Harbors 2 Fond du Lac 0 Esko 2 North...
After graduating six seniors from last year's team, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls swim team is hoping to reload and have another successful season. "Returning powerhouse seniors are captains Julia Peterson, and Amy Schwoch along with Rilee Durovec in diving," said CEC head coach Rachel Peterson. The Lumberjacks also have a strong group of juniors led by Nattie Butler. Freyja Lopez is a newer addition to the team, but is already making waves as a returning junior. "Rounding out our juniors are...
There are many reasons why people go to the Minnesota State Fair. The food, carnival rides, exhibits, livestock barns, music, educational demonstrations and, of course, people watching, bring nearly two million fairgoers to the fairgrounds each year. But very few get invited to perform on one of the four major stages scattered across the 330 acres of the fairgrounds. Count me as one of them. Doctor Kielbasa, a band with longtime ties to Cloquet and Carlton County, performed two days on the...
Bonnie Lee Norlander, 76, of Cloquet passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Sept. 6, 2024, at Diamond Willow in Cloquet. She was born July 17, 1948, to Harold and Clarice (Houvde) Hughes in Duluth. She attended school in Duluth and spent her childhood growing up as one of seven children. During her adulthood, she worked incredibly hard to raise her family and make sure they had what they needed. She worked for many years at Lake Haven Manor before retiring. Bonnie married Kenneth...
We celebrate the life of Larry Wayne Beckstrom. Larry passed away after a long, hard-fought battle with lung cancer. It was a life well-lived. Larry was born Oct. 8, 1941, in Duluth. He grew up in Cloquet and attended Cloquet High School, and graduated from University of Minnesota Duluth with a degree in education. Larry was a teacher in Carlton, worked for the Department of Natural Resources in Grand Rapids, and eventually settled in as Carlton's city clerk for 27 years. He lived most of his...
Kayla Rose "Kayla Beans" Lewis (Aaswaa Miigwan), 22, of the Fond du Lac Reservation passed away Sept. 3, 2024. Kayla was born Feb. 4, 2002, in Roseau, Minnesota. She graduated from Carlton High School in 2020 and was an excellent student. During her time here, Kayla made countless memories with her grandparents and worked alongside her grandpa at Black Bear Golf Course since high school. Kayla had an incredible bond with her sister Larissa "Isa" and best friend Tiyana "T," and the three were...
Steven Dale Strand, 74, of Cloquet passed away on Sept. 4, 2024, at his home. He was born Jan. 28, 1950, to Raymond and Doris (Caron) Strand in Cloquet and spent his childhood on the Strand Dairy Farm just north of town. Steve graduated from Cloquet High School in 1968, where he enjoyed playing on the basketball and football teams. Sports played an active role in Steve's life for many years, as he loved bowling, golf, pool, and especially fast-pitch softball, which he played with several teams...
Brittney Helen Hughes passed away peacefully Sept. 7, 2024, in her home in Superior, Wisconsin. Brittney grew up in Wrenshall with her parents, Chad Twedt and Marielle Hughes-Twedt, and her siblings, Jenna, Eli and Billy. Brittney graduated from Wrenshall High School in 2014 and settled into her most recent job for the past year at American Precision Avionics in Duluth. She was a confirmed member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Cloquet. Although she battled Type 1 diabetes and the...
Cloquet school board member Nate Sandamn gets the honor of the ceremonial ribbon cutting prior to Cloquet's football game with Duluth East. The Lumberjacks defeated the Greyhounds 47-22 in front of a full house of fans....
For a spring and summer season marked by rain, maybe a bit too much at times, it seems it didn't affect the area weekend celebrations much. Monday was no exception as the annual 11 a.m. Labor Day parade began on a sun-drenched Cloquet Avenue in Cloquet. There were throngs of people along the main drag and throngs of people in the parade as politicians, unions and businesses made their final pitches for the season in 70-degree weather. For kids, with school looming this week, it was a chance for...
A 44-year-old bus driver was arrested Wednesday after a concerned citizen reported just after midnight the same day that a St. Louis County School District driver consuming alcohol while off duty. “There were concerns he was highly intoxicated and would not be sober by morning when he would likely begin his route,” a St. Louis County news release said. The driver, Anthony Israelson, was processed for DWI after patrol deputies intercepted the bus on its route outside Grand Lake, about 14 miles north of Cloquet. Deputies first made contact wit...
Districtwide, Cloquet saw a 3 percent increase in Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments scores in the 2023-24 school year. Superintendent Michael Cary was happy to see the numbers mostly improving, four and a half years after the pandemic shut down Minnesota schools, but only three since students were faced with at least partial online classes. "As we move further past the pandemic, we appear to be seeing the impacts slowly diminish," Cary said. "The turnaround has been slower in our upper grade...
Rural schools in Carlton County showed marginal progress in the results of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments released by the state Education Department last week. Students mostly eclipsed statewide averages at the Barnum and Cromwell-Wright districts, but, overall, the drop in scores since Covid-19 in 2020 was still evidenced with some lackluster performances in reading and math — the two subjects that are the primary focus of the tests. To better understand the proficiencies of rural-most students and the recovery arc since the p...
WKLK/WMOZ will debut "Voices of Carlton County" on Sept. 13. The new show will run 9:30-11 a.m. every Friday on WKLK AM & FM along with WMOZ. Jeffrey Vollman ("Jiffy Jeff") and Dwight Cadwell will cohost the new program, which will feature community and business leaders, along with others to discuss what is happening in Carlton County. There will be other special features and open phone lines for listeners to call in and talk about issues, things going on, special events and more. Jeff Vollman,...
A public hearing on a proposal to adopt the International Property Maintenance Code brought frustrated residents out of the woodwork Tuesday, with nearly 20 people turning out for the Cloquet City Council meeting. Complaints ranged from trashy properties to trash-talking neighbors, from people who never mow their lawn to junk cars sitting unmoved for years. Many of the complaints were not relevant to the International Property Maintenance Code. But they were in keeping with the idea of city...
The city of Cloquet is looking at a property tax levy increase of at least 11.23 percent for 2025, or nearly $398,000 more than last year, city administrator Tim Peterson told councilors Tuesday. Peterson said the 11-percent rise is a decrease from the original budget estimate, which would have required a 20-percent levy increase. "The No. 1 difference is wages," he said. Wages make up just over $6 million of the entire general fund budget of $9.5 million, Peterson said. The total wage...
Pine Knot News accountant Janis Fairbanks is also the chairwoman of the Fond du Lac Reservation Language Advisory Board. So who better to ask about community feedback on the showing in Cloquet and Duluth of "Star Wars: A New Hope" in Ojibwe the past week? Janis says it's part of her life's mission to "support the survival of the Ojibwe language." She had been to the Premiere Theaters showings three times by mid-week and was planning to go again before the run ended Thursday. "I can't get...
