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The 93rd annual Cloquet Invitational golf tournament opens play on Friday, July 12 and concludes on Sunday, July 14. The tourney is conducted at the beautiful 18-hole Cloquet Country Club. The full field of 175 players will be seeking the crown currently held by 2023 champion Brian Moores of Duluth. In 1931, the Cloquet golf course expanded from six to nine holes. Established in 1923, Rudolf Weyerhaeuser, the president of Northwest Paper in Cloquet, was intent on establishing a sporty course...
Twenty local basketball teams faced off in the fifth annual 3-on-3 July Fourth basketball tournament in Cloquet. With two half courts going simultaneously at Pinehurst Park, the tournament went off with plenty of impressive basketball. "It is a great tournament and we have some unbelievable talent in the tournament every year," said tournament director Paul Cameron. "We had a huge crowd to start the day and the atmosphere was lively and electric all day long." Many of the teams feature fun and...
Join the Carlton County Master Gardeners for its signature event of the summer. This year’s garden tour will showcase five gardens in the Cloquet area. Highlights of the tour will include a small-space garden with a children’s area; a garden where a resident grows garlic and herbs and harvests maple syrup; stops at a beekeeper and a berry farmer; a community garden; and, as always, lots of perennials and garden art. The free, self-guided tour runs 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, rain or shine. Maps will be available after July 9 at the Ext...
Michael “Mike” Lee Suronen, 68, of Barnum, Minnesota, took his last breath on Friday, June 28, 2024, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, Minnesota. He was surrounded by loved ones with his favorite classic country tunes playing, as his short but mighty battle with cancer came to an end. Mike was born September 10, 1955, to Elmer and Lucille (Strandberg) Suronen in Cloquet, Minnesota, and grew up in Barnum as the youngest of three children. After high school, Mike married his first wife,...
Shirley Berg passed away on July 11, 2024. She was born May 27, 1937 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Verner and Helen Walters. She lived in Cloquet, Minnesota, all her life, traveling to Bella Vista, Arizona, and Mercedes, Texas for some time during the winter months. She graduated from Cloquet High School in 1955, attended St. Cloud University and graduated with her teaching certificate, and married her high school sweetheart, Harry, in 1962. Shirley is survived by her husband, Harry; her son...
Robert Dahl was driving down a road in Carlton County when he received a call from an excavator operator. The operator was going to leave two beaver dams alone and told Dahl about new ones popping up at other sites the county monitors. It was not an unusual call for the county’s department of transportation maintenance supervisor. “Once a week [we] have the excavator out opening all these sites,” Dahl said. “Looking at them, monitoring them, making that decision: Do we need to open it up? Is...
In the years that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and subsequent calls for law enforcement reforms, choosing a career as a cop got more complicated and less popular. In 2019, 48 students graduated from the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College law enforcement program. In 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, there were 27. In 2022, only 15. Last year there were 24. There were 22 graduates at this year's Enhanced Skills Professional Peace Officers Education Program ceremo...
The Carlton County Master Gardeners are once again hosting a garden tour. The July 16 tour will showcase five gardens in the Cloquet area. Highlights of the tour will include a small-space garden with a children's area; a garden where a resident grows garlic and herbs and harvests maple syrup; stops at a beekeeper and a berry farmer; a community garden; and lots of perennials and garden art. The free, self-guided tour runs 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, rain or shine. Maps will be available after...
The Cloquet Country Club held its club championships June 29-30, with former Lumberjacks players (and their coach) taking a starring role in the men’s competition. 2021 Cloquet grad Sam Baker defeated 2023 grad Karson Patton for Men’s Champion, while Keegan Poppenberg, a 2019 Esko grad, defeated Lumberjacks boys coach Aaron Young for third place. Arica Lepage defeated Patti Sheff for Ladies Champion. Men’s flight winners were Blair Chartier, Randy Leyendecker, Chris Chartier, Mark Kayser, Keith...
A couple who moved away without their pets, resulting in the death of five cats due to lack of food or water, were sentenced last month for their crimes, a combination of probation and fines. Karlee Lynn Strum, 32, and Dominic James Welch, 28, moved from Cloquet to Arkansas in December 2023, but left seven cats behind without access to food or water. Four cats were dead by the time someone entered the apartment 18 days later. A fifth cat died the same day it was rescued and two cats were nursed back to health. At the time, Strum and Welch were...
The northern Minnesota -based Northern Revival 17s team finished its club volleyball season at the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix, where the team finished 44th out of 96 teams after 11 matches in the 18s Club Division. It was one of three teams from Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Iowa to represent the upper midwest. The Revival played teams from all over the country, including Hawaii and Alaska, plus a few teams from Canada. The overall season record for 2024 ended at 48 wins and 42 losses....
By the time most of you read this, July Fourth will have come and gone. Weather permitting, the parade, family fun, car show, races, basketball, movie in the park, and fireworks will have brought great joy to thousands once again, a national birthday party that's been celebrated in Cloquet for more than a century. "July fourth was the best summer day ever. It always will be," wrote Cloquet native and local poet Patrick Stevens of his 55-year-old memories of the holiday. Many of us share some...
Esko's Elizabeth Naglak and her son, Edwin, make a great sales team at the Cloquet Farmers Market for their Bread in the Meadow business. Elizabeth said it's her eighth season at the farmers market, which sets up from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday in front of Premiere Theatres in Cloquet. Photo by Jana Peterson / Pine Knot News...
In a summer of dodgeball with so much rain, the fourth annual Wood City Classic Softball Tournament went smoothly last weekend at Braun Park in Cloquet. There were plenty of highlights to go around as 32 teams competed in three age divisions. “It was a special weekend,” said tournament director Adam Maslowski. “When we got to the fields on Friday morning they were under water, but our grounds crew busted their tails off and got the fields in great playing shape.” The tournament was started...
With the Fourth of July in the rearview mirror, planning for all the other Carlton County community festivals heats up. Here's a short list of all the fun, so you can make a plan. Agate Days, Moose Lake, July 13-14 It's the 55th annual Moose Lake Agate Days with the The Gem & Mineral Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 13 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 14 at Riverside Arena, with a free kids dig outside. Saturday is the big day, and the Clark-Olsen Agate Stampede down Elm Avenue at 3...
David Michael McGovern, 80, passed away on June 21, 2024, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth. He was born on June 4, 1944, to Benjamin and Alice (White) McGovern in Duluth. David was raised in Hermantown and graduated from Hermantown High School. He entered the U.S. Air Force on Nov. 19, 1962, and completed his training in Amarillo, Texas. He later served in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Following his honorable discharge on Nov. 18, 1966, he returned to Duluth. David was u...
Donald Louis Robnik of Cloquet, known to his friends and family as Donny, passed away unexpectedly Sunday June 23, 2024, at age 58. He was born in Duluth on May 13, 1966, to Dennis and Mary Ann (Hill) Robnik. Donny graduated from Duluth Cathedral High School in 1984, where he was a gifted artist and earned a scholarship. Donny wore many professional hats in his life. A jack of all trades, he started out working for his family’s towing business in Rochester, Minnesota, then moved to Tulsa, O...
John R. Sibik, 81, of Cloquet passed away surrounded by his family on June 29, 2024, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. He was born June 13, 1943, in Duluth, the son of Louis and Dorothy (Looby) Sibik. John graduated from Morgan Park High School in 1961. He was united in marriage to Cheryl J. Smith on July 25, 1964, at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Duluth. John worked as an optometrist for many years and at many locations. He served in the 148th Air National Guard for 23 years and also w...
Josephine G. “Josie” Prevost, 94, of Cloquet passed away peacefully in the presence of loved ones on June 26, 2024, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth. She was born April 3, 1930, to Norbert and Hattie (VerBetan) Behl in Detroit. During her early years, Josie moved with her family to the Cloquet area and resided there for the duration of her life. She attended Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School and later graduated from Proctor High School. Josie began a career with a telep...
Mark A. Pajari was born in Wadena, Minnesota to Arnold Pajari and Phyllis (Burnette) Pajari on Jan. 12, 1960. He passed away on April 30, 2024, at Essentia Health in Duluth. Raised in Cloquet, Mark enjoyed camping, hunting and fishing, and especially spending time with family and friends. Mark was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold and Phyllis (Bernie Grindle); his maternal and paternal grandparents; nephew Benji Pajari; and beloved aunts and uncles. He is survived by his children, Nicole...
Frederic Arthur Hackensmith, 82, of Cloquet passed away June 25, 2024, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. He was born June 18, 1942, to Harold and Gladys Hackensmith. He attended school in Carlton. Frederic worked at several local automotive shops and was an over-the-road trucker. He was a member of the Barnum Methodist Church. In his early years, he enjoyed spending time at dirt-track races and later in life he enjoyed puzzles. Frederic loved taking day trips to visit family and friends or...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is preparing to treat multiple sites in Carlton and southern St. Louis counties to slow the spread of spongy moth. Officials will conduct the aerial management activities July 10-12, beginning as early as 6:30 a.m. each day and continuing throughout the day. The dates are dependent on weather conditions in the area. There are 13 treatment sites throughout Carlton County, including an area in the city of Cloquet. There are five treatment areas in...
It looked like Cale Prosen was going to end his 42-day kayaking trip around Lake Superior paddling in pouring rain through the Duluth Ship Canal. But the rain lifted and, just like that, part of a rainbow appeared on the horizon. "There are some gnarly currents," the 20-year-old told his dad, who was standing above him on the Aerial Lift Bridge, as the waves roiled between the concrete walls of the canal. Cale handled it easily. After all, he'd had six weeks of practicing navigating in his sea...
Past visitors have relished the small-town flavor of the Cloquet July Fourth celebration. From the races to the 11 a.m. parade down Cloquet Avenue, to an afternoon of family fun at Veterans Park, ending with fireworks over the St. Louis River, the Independence Day recipe doesn't change much. There's pie eating and wiffleball, in the same spot that kids used to play baseball decades ago. Inflatables and mini-train rides, a magic show, balloon animals. So much food. Find times and places on Page...
James Prusak, 71, of Duluth and formerly of Cloquet, passed away peacefully on June 22, 2024, after a brief and valiant fight with cancer. Jim was the city engineer for Cloquet for 40 years, from 1975 to 2016, where he made many lifelong friends. Jim is survived by Dona, his wife of 43 years; a son, Matthew (Christine); a daughter, Lynzi (Tim); and six adored grandchildren, Morgan, Cole, Levi, Mason, Julia and Creed. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. In honor of Jim, plant...
