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Thomas Peacock will be appearing at the Cloquet Public Library Wednesday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. to present his newest book, "The Forever Sky." The book is about the love between grandparents and grandchildren, grief and the Ojibwe cosmos. Thomas Peacock is a retired UMD professor and member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Anishinaabe Ojibwe. He has written many books about Ojibwe traditions and knowledge such as "Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions." He is also the co-author...
Milt Hagen said the county’s half-percent sales tax — which is solely dedicated to county road upgrades — has made an enormous impact on the state of Carlton County roads. “I have been working for the county transportation department for 28 years,” said the assistant county engineer at the April 2 Carlton County Committee of the Whole meeting. “There is more than five times more construction in the last four years than I saw in all the rest of the 24 years working here.” Net revenue for dedicated road projects from the sales tax fund to date...
Acting on the recommendation of Chancellor Devinder Malhotra, the Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities recognized three retired presidents with the title of President Emeritus, including Larry Anderson, who retired from his role of president of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College last year. Anderson served as interim president or president of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College from 2008 until his retirement in 2018. "President Anderson began an important conv...
Enbridge hopes to change the route of a second pipeline that crosses the Fond du Lac Reservation, but this time the proposed changes are welcomed by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa officials. As part of the agreement between the pipeline company and the Band regarding the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, Enbridge plans to relocate a portion of the Line 4 pipeline that crosses the reservation once its plans are approved by the state. According to Fond du Lac officials, the Line 4 project includes relocation and reburial...
According to a press release from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the BNSF coal train derailment clean up efforts are now complete. More than 130 tons of coal was recovered from the St. Louis River bottom. An undetermined, but significant, volume of coal was also recovered from between the ice layers on the river where it was trapped. Approximately 16,000 square feet of ice was removed to facilitate clean-up in the river. The derailment site is located approximately four miles west of Cloquet, just past Pine Island. The...
Carrying signs denouncing Wells Fargo bank's investments in oil and pipelines - particularly the Enbridge Energy Line 3 replacement pipeline slated to go through Carlton County - a group of about 15, mostly Native American, protestors gathered outside the Cloquet bank branch Friday afternoon. Before the protesters gathered on the frontage road near the bank exit, bank employees locked the doors to anyone not doing business there. Many of them watched the protesters through the windows or the...
Cleanup at the site of a Feb. 16 BNSF coal train derailment on the Fond du Lac reservation continues, according to railroad spokesperson Amy McBeth, who confirmed Wednesday that the cause of the derailment remains under investigation. As of Feb. 27, approximately 85 percent of the coal spilled on land by the derailment of 40 train cars Feb. 16 had been recovered, according to a press release from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, which is working with the railroad company on the cleanup. The final parts of the coal cleanup will...
Monday's visit from Minnesota Department of Higher Education Commissioner Dennis Olson Jr. and lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan felt more like a reunion than a tour stop to promote proposals for the higher education budget Gov. Tim Walz and Flanagan released two weeks ago. Both Olson and Flanagan greeted the audience of educators and students at the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College by speaking in Ojibwe. When Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe, told the crowd she...
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will host a “We Are Water MN” exhibit in partnership with the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, starting with a kickoff event 1-4 p.m. Sunday, which will include an opening ceremony, a puppet show and a play by the Ikidowin Youth Theater Ensemble. We Are Water MN is a traveling exhibition and community engagement initiative. It is also a partnership among state agencies and host sites, formed to tell Minnesota’s water stories collaboratively, bringing together personal narratives, historical mater...
There was good news about the BNSF Railway derailment this week, according to a statement from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. First, as of Wednesday, Feb. 27, approximately 85 percent of the coal spilled on land by the derailment of 40 train cars Feb. 16 had been recovered. And, BNSF is working closely with Fond du Lac staff and government to coordinate the cleanup, something FDL chairman Kevin Dupuis said wasn’t happening at a Feb. 19 press conference when he threatened to s...
FDL board says railroad not working with tribe Kevin Dupuis didn't mince words Tuesday when talking about the BNSF Railways' response to a derailment of 40 cars carrying coal Saturday on Fond du Lac Reservation land. He was not happy. "We have jurisdiction; it's within our lands," said the chairman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. "We are the lead agency and we should have been contacted. There should have been collaboration to ensure the cleanup is done the right way within...
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa filed an appeal with the Minnesota Court of Appeals last week, asking the court to reject the Minntac national pollution discharge and disposal system permit as drafted and to require the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to enforce all state water standards. Band representatives called the MPCA permit “nearly toothless” in the filing. In a statement issued Tuesday, the band noted that Minntac’s unlined, 12-square-mile tailings basin in Mountain Iron has long been acknowledged by owner U.S. Steel...
The Cloquet City Council opened its new year with a much more diverse membership than it did following the last election. Instead of an all-male council, the new council includes two female and four male councilors along with Mayor Roger Maki. At age 29, Ward 3 Councilor Dakota Koski brings a more youthful voice to the council while Ward 2 Councilor Sheila Lamb may be the first Native American city councilor, as Lamb claims both Cherokee and Ojibway heritage. But it's all about unity, not...
“I am proud of the work all county departments have done to finalize the 2019 budget,” Carlton County board chairwoman Sue Zmyslony said Dec. 26 at the final board meeting of 2018. “We started with a projected 9.83-percent levy increase at the beginning of work on the budget but have now set the levy increase at 2.98 percent.” A total of $27,429,683 will be levied in Carlton County property taxes for 2019. The 2.98 percent increase is the lowest in the last six years, when increases ranged from 3.48 percent in 2016 to a high of 4.95 percent in...
Margaret "Muggs" Elizabeth Clemens, 92, a lifelong resident of Cloquet, Minn. passed away with her family by her side Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018 at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton, Minn. She was born July 29, 1926 to Hugh and Elizabeth (Young) Mullen in Cloquet. Muggs was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Eagles Club, Moose Club, North Country Riders Cycle Club and Daughters of Isabella. She worked at Fond du Lac Head Start in the grandparent program and as a cook at various establishm...
Margaret “Muggs” Elizabeth Clemens, 92, a lifelong resident of Cloquet, passed away with her family by her side Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018 at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton, Minn. She was born July 29, 1926 to Hugh and Elizabeth (Young) Mullen in Cloquet. Muggs was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Eagles Club, Moose Club, North Country Riders Cycle Club and Daughters of Isabella. She worked at Fond du Lac Head Start in the grandparent program and as a cook at various est...
“The stars are in alignment,” said Twin Lakes Township Chairperson Diane Felde-Fink at the Dec. 11 Carlton County Board of Commissioners meeting, “and we are now preparing for our proposal for the state bonding bill.” The Highway 210 Waterline and Infrastructure proposal will provide water to the Carlton Junction area, paired with a new water tower, well, and water main work in the City of Carlton. The plan is projected to cost $9 million with a large portion paid from a grant from the state bonding bill. At least 20 percent of the money n...
Last call for Christmas dinner volunteers, meal orders Christmas will be here before we know it, and Cloquet’s Dave Johnson wants to make sure nobody is left out. Everyone is invited to the 25th annual Cloquet Area Community Christmas Day dinner at 2 p.m. Christmas Day at Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave., Cloquet. No money? Don’t worry, it’s free. Need a ride? Someone will pick you up. Can’t leave home? Volunteers will also be delivering meals. However — and this is important — anyone who wants transportation or a meal delivered m...
On Tuesday, Fond du Lac band members in District 1 (Cloquet) elected Wally Dupuis to represent them on the tribal council - a job he's held before. Dupuis got 53.39 percent of the vote to 46.61 percent for Patty Petite in Tuesday's Special General Election. "My message that I believe resonated with voters was that I had the past experience to be able to get into office and get right to work," said Dupuis, who previously served on the Reservation Business Committee (RBC) for two terms, or eight y...
Cloquet sophomore Pery Boyd-Affias will be honored Jan. 26 at the Science Museum of Minnesota's Native American Science Fusion Series events. The Donaldson award is given to one Minnesota Native American high school student who has shown exceptional achievement and or passion for a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) related field of study, in or outside of the classroom. Boyd-Affias was nominated by his research teacher/mentor Cynthia Welsh. Welsh has been working with Boyd-Affias...
And then there were two. Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa living in District 1 (Cloquet) will elect a new representative on Tuesday, choosing between Patty Petite and Wally Dupuis, the top vote getters in an October primary election that featured 12 candidates. The winner will serve two years as the District 1 committee person for the Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee, filling the seat vacated by Vanessa Northrup after she was removed from the seat in July by...
Petite’s voice needed on RBC The voters in Fond du Lac Reservation Cloquet District 1 will be casting their ballots on Dec. 4. Electing Patty Petite, who has a doctorate in education, will strengthen our RBC with a member who understands that making cultural policy affects our communities both on and off the reservation. Her voice has been ongoing, standing strong for all us band members to be heard and their issues addressed. Her stance on being fiscally responsible has been demonstrated through her many roles on boards and director of p...
The Carlton County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved buying the present Cloquet City Hall for $750,000, paid over six years with no interest, at their meeting Monday, Oct. 9. “Opportunities to find space at a reasonable price has been our goal,” explained County Coordinator Dennis Genereau. “This building is adjacent to the Health and Human Services complex and its parking area. We first hoped to sign an agreement at the $600,000 figure but several private parties were interested in the building. Fond Du Lac Band was eager to buy b...
Cast an educated vote on County Attorney race I would like to urge the voters of Carlton County to get informed on the County Attorney’s election. A simple Google search on the current county attorney’s name may give some insight. As a 27-year veteran law enforcement officer who has worked hand-in-hand with the Carlton County Attorney’s office, I know just how important this position is. I have seen the office go from being respected in the criminal justice community to something less than that. To me, it’s about LEADERSHIP. There are many ta...
