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Fond du Lac Human Services nurses Caitlan Rodgers, Ashley Anderson and Samantha Martin greet people as they arrive at the free pop-up Covid-19 testing clinic Tuesday, providing everyone with a fresh mask to put on before heading inside to the gym where the testing stations were set up. Public health educator Ali Mueller said they had up to 1,600 tests available for the three-day clinic Tuesday through Thursday (Oct. 6-8). The testing clinic was a joint project of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake...
Dick Brenner (incumbent) Background I moved to Cloquet in 1972 with my six children. I have a finance degree and over 40 years of corporate accounting experience. My wife, Liz, and I volunteered locally, including teaching junior achievement. I have served on many boards, including the Cloquet School Board and Wells Fargo Community Board. What made you decide to run for county commissioner this year? I enjoy public service, even in the challenging times of coronavirus. My fellow commissioners...
Karin Sabyan Background I have a bachelor's degree in business as well as a certificate in Catholic School Administration from Loyola Marymount University. I have been in the education field for 18 years. From events, fundraising, classroom volunteer, PIE chair, kindergarten aide, PE teacher, coach, preschool teacher, director and currently as vice principal. What made you decide to run for school board this year? With everything going on in our world, sometimes it seems there's nothing we can d...
Been feeling a little under the weather? Worried you may have been exposed to the coronavirus on that recent trip? Take care of that niggling worry with minimal fuss — at a three-day testing clinic through Thursday at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. Testing is available to anyone who feels they need to be tested whether they have symptoms or not. The clinic is also free — you don't even have to bring an insurance card — and simple: all it takes is about 10 seconds of a cotton swab...
On Friday, Aug. 28, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa welcomed Dr. Deborah Birx, the Whitehouse coronavirus response coordinator, to hear about the Tribe's experience and efforts around Covid-19. The pandemic has brutally swept through Indian Country. Fond du Lac has not been spared. The reservation recently experienced positive cases earlier this month. Keeping the virus away from FDL has been the priority since the beginning for the Band, FDL's Emergency Operations Center, and...
The incumbents swept this year's elections for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Kevin Dupuis Sr. will serve a second term as chairman of the Reservation Business Committee, defeating challenger Bryan (Bear) Bosto with 575 votes (69 percent) to Bosto's 255 (31 percent). Wally Dupuis was re-elected as RBC District I Committeeperson, with 345 votes (60 percent) to Jeroam Defoe's 232 (40 percent). RBC District III Representative Roger Smith Sr. was already sworn in for another term...
While the statewide rate of positive Covid-19 cases appears to be slowing in the wake of the mask mandate, Carlton County reported its first resident death from the disease earlier this week. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the person was in their 80s and had underlying health conditions. Age and other health conditions are both risk factors. “This information was very difficult to hear, as effects of the pandemic are starting to hit closer to home,” said Dave Lee, director of Carlton County Public Health and Human Services, of...
There are outliers among Carlton County schools, those that won’t be coming back this fall with all of their students. So far, students in Esko, Carlton, Cromwell-Wright, Moose Lake and Barnum will likely go back to school en masse next month if the number of positive Covid-19 cases remains low. Decisions have already been made by some boards or have been recommended. Cloquet won’t make a final decision until Aug. 24, when more numbers come in on the number of coronavirus cases in the county. Wrenshall, by virtue of a delayed construction proje...
Q What in your personal background, characteristics and/or qualifications makes you good for this job? A I have 14 years of experience as a reservation division director/manager. In that capacity I have worked closely with community members to provide services through mentoring and by building partnerships with outside organizations like the Minnesota Extension Office, Minnesota Swarm Lacrosse Team and Native American Law Enforcement Summit. Partnerships that help foster leadership skills by giv...
Q What in your personal background, characteristics and/or qualifications makes you good for this job? A I started reading the tribal constitution and treaties in 1990, when I came home from the Marine Corps. There was a lot I didn't agree with. I started getting more involved with the reservation and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT). I wasn't aiming for politics but decided I had something to offer. I've served as secretary-treasurer, Brookston Rep and now Chair and MCT president. I believe...
Q What in your personal background, characteristics and/or qualifications makes you good for this job? A My dedication to the Band shows in my years of service to FDL Law Enforcement and Tribal Council. I have 10 years experience as District I Representative and seven months as RBC Chairman. It is my passion to help others and help my community thrive. My integrity, dedication, and dependability speak for themselves. My positive attitude, experience, and strong working knowledge of our...
Q What in your personal background, characteristics and/or qualifications makes you good for this job? A Boozhoo, I am Jeroam DeFoe and I'm 23. I try my best to follow my teachings every day. I'm respectful, driven, open-minded and a great listener. I strive academically and graduated from FDLTCC with an Associate of Arts, Associate of Science and Associate of Applied Arts degrees. I'm now going to St. Scholastica and am one semester away from my business management degree. I care deeply about o...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has released studies of two contaminated sites - the Scanlon and Thomson reservoirs - in the St. Louis River Area of Concern that detail cleanup options for the sites. The public is invited to review the cleanup alternatives by studying the plans online and commenting to the MPCA. The Scanlon Reservoir site is east of Scanlon and downstream of Cloquet. The site is approximately 40 acres and bounded by forested lands owned by electricity provider Minnesota...
Q What in your personal background, characteristics and qualifications makes you good for this job? A I was born and raised on a Carlton County farm where my parents instilled in me the value of hard work and treating others with respect. My education in government, teaching, counseling, and coaching, together with my many years of work and life experiences have made me a thoughtful, compassionate and dedicated public servant. As a recent retiree, I have enjoyed spending my time working and...
Remember William Cadreau? He was featured in a Pine Knot story last fall. He's the baseball player who grew up, and is buried, on the Fond du Lac Reservation and pitched one game in Major League Baseball. Cadreau was the starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox in October of 1910 in the team's final game of the season. The game was at what was then the new Comiskey Park in Chicago against the Detroit Tigers. In a tribute to Cadreau's accomplishment, a display is being developed in his honor...
After months of searching for a new fire chief, members of the Cloquet Area Fire District board decided to start over. They will reconsider the job requirements and administrative structure of the organization before interviewing any more candidates. The board made its decision at a special meeting Monday, June 29, after negotiations with candidate George Esbensen failed and Esbensen withdrew from consideration, and the succession committee put a different name forward, that of current CAFD...
As a child, Kevin Schroeder used to tag along with his dad as he headed to the Scanlon fire hall to work as a volunteer firefighter. Schroeder became a firefighter himself, first as a volunteer in Scanlon when he was 17 years old, then in Cloquet, where he rose through the ranks to captain, battalion chief and finally to fire chief of the state's first fire district. Next week will be Schroeder's last one as chief of the Cloquet Area Fire District - an entity he helped shepherd since he was...
Nearly three months after shutting down, Black Bear Casino reopened to the public Monday. It was a wonderful feeling, said general manager Dan LaPrairie. "The vast majority of our Players Club members are local people. We know them," said LaPrairie. "We consider this community our family, so we had some of our team members up on the second-floor balcony, cheering and welcoming everybody." Signs proclaiming "Welcome Back Friends!" decorate the front doors of the Black Bear Casino Resort, along...
The minutes from the Perch Lake Township annual meeting in March were stark. “The sewer project is dead.” After months of negotiations in 2019, the failure to reach a new joint powers agreement between the Big Lake Area Sanitary District and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa made clear in December that the death notice for improving lake water quality was nigh. Sanitary district chairman John Frederickson wrote the obituary on Dec. 12, saying all efforts to resolve differences between the district and the band “have been exhausted...
Following two roundsa of interviews and months of searching, the Cloquet Area Fire District is still seeking its next fire chief. The CAFD board chose to not hire either of two initial finalists (out of 15 applicants) who interviewed in early April, admitting that the job description called for someone with skills far beyond the average fire chief. In late May, the board interviewed two more candidates: former Cloquet city administrator Brian Fritsinger and George Esbensen, who was fire chief...
Fond du Lac Band members in District I and II voted Tuesday, June 9, in a primary election previously postponed by the coronavirus. Candidates for Reservation Business Committee District I (Cloquet) representative included: Wally Dupuis (incumbent), Eugene (Eny) Reynolds, Todd J. Tidaback, Jeroam Defoe and Jarvis “Chubbs” Paro. According to the official results posted Wednesday, Dupuis and Defoe were the top vote getters and are moving on to the general election, with Dupuis garnering 193 votes (49.11 percent) and Defoe 101 (25.7 percent). In R...
A Fond du Lac band member living in Minneapolis has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from the Reservation Business Committee. The Fond du Lac Human Services division is working with the Minnesota Department of Health, which is conducting the contact tracing investigation, to ensure that all individuals in close contact are notified and tested. FDL Human Services director Samuel Moose said the band’s clinic and emergency personnel have been preparing for this since January, when their public health emergency p...
For those of us who have the privilege of serving as elected officials during this difficult time, the burden of uncertainty weighs heavily on our shoulders. As a tribal leader, I am fortunate to be able to share this tremendous responsibility with a cohesive group of leaders that make up our Reservation Business Committee. Together, we find ourselves frequently looking toward our past to find answers for how we want our future to look. I am sure that countless theses will be written on the pers...
Following interviews in April that resulted in a renewed and somewhat altered search for a new leader, Cloquet Area Fire District board members interviewed two new fire chief/CEO candidates on Wednesday. One of them, Brian Fritsinger, is familiar to Cloquet residents, as he led the city for nearly two decades as city administrator before taking a job as deputy county administrator in neighboring St. Louis County in 2017. Candidate George Esbensen currently works as the director of sales and...
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week. May 22 1888 Minneapolis architect LeRoy S. Buffington, the "Father of the Skyscraper," patents a construction method involving a steel skeleton that allows structures to be built to any height. He referred to them as "cloudscrapers." May 23 1857 Twelve counties are created. Six are named for individuals important to the state's history: Aitkin is for William A. Aitkin (also spelled Aitken), who ran an American Fur Company post on Sandy...
