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Llewallen M. Landsverk, 85, of Cloquet passed away Nov. 5, 2020, in his home with his loving family by his side. He was born March 20, 1935, in Lanesboro to Irvin and Judith (Johnson) Landsverk. He attended school in Peterson for nine years and then transferred to Rushford for the remaining years. He and his brother Jack joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952. Llewallen married Suzanne J. Wicklund on May 2, 1959, in Duluth. He spent 20 years in the Air Force, serving in both the Korean and Vietnam wa... Full story
The Minnesota Wilderness will now play their home opener in mid- November, thanks to the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the Wilderness, Austin Bruins and Aberdeen Wings announced a shuffle in the teams’ schedules spanning the upcoming two weekends due to complications caused by Covid-19. “This action was taken in abundance of caution in an effort to operate as safely as possible for teams’ players, staff and fans,” the press release stated. The original home opener between the Wilderness and the St. Cloud Norseman scheduled for Saturday, October 31 w... Full story
For decades, Cloquet kids played hockey outside in the elements, until volunteers and local businesses came together to build the Pine Valley Ice Arena aka the Barn, in the late 1960s and gave the city its first indoor rink. Now a growing group of volunteers and donors is bringing a quality outdoor rink to the Barn grounds, to give kids more space to play and practice the sport they love. Members of the Cloquet Area Hockey Association - many of them parent volunteers - tore down the old boards...
Tired of staying home and not hosting friends and family for meals, music evenings and overnights, my husband and I provisioned our small motorhome and set out for a week in the Northwoods. We'd never been to Voyageurs National Park, so we headed directly north, swimming every day a major goal. We stopped at McCarthy Beach State Park. A bit disappointing. The lake is shallow and was almost uncomfortably warm. It was crowded, and most people seemed content to float on puffed-up plastic and play...
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week. July 3 1863 Minnesota’s first railroad fatality: a train strikes a wagon driven by Captain Abraham Bennett and his son at the Como Road crossing in St. Paul. There had been talk of building a bridge at the site but, ironically, Bennett himself had opposed it. His son recovered. 1941 Charles Haralson dies in Excelsior at the age of 78. The first resident superintendent of the University of Minnesota’s Fruit Breeding Farm (now the Horticultural Research Center) at Excelsior, the Swe...
A quick yank on the cotter pin, a spin of the wrench and she was loose. Ten years my Honda prop has been with me every second I've been on the water. Unceremoniously, I relinquished her to the bullpen, dropping her into the side compartment of the Lund. She clanked in disgust. If the old prop could talk, it would have a few tales to tell. It would relive all the miles spinning aimlessly behind the trailer covering endless stretches of northern Minnesota. It would recall the hundreds of lakes... Full story
Eight new state forest maps from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources feature recreation highlights to help Minnesotans find their perfect adventure. The maps in print and mobile formats, are available for Bear Island, Big Fork, Burntside, Golden Anniversary, Remer, Koochiching, Smokey Bear, and White Earth state forests. State forest maps can lead the way to summer hiking, mountain biking, birding, berry picking, horseback and ATV riding, fishing, camping and more. “Whether you prefer a wilderness canoe paddle or an ATV ride, there’s... Full story
Located just 53 miles from Cloquet, near McGregor, the National Golf Course is officially in Aitkin County but a welcome addition to the golf guide. This highly rated golf course has easy access, yet is in the northern Minnesota wilderness and is "golf as nature intended." Designed by well-known Minnesota golf course architect Joel Goldstrand, this beautiful course is tucked away on 600 gorgeous lakeside acres surrounded by towering pines, colorful hardwoods and abundant wildlife habitat.... Full story
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the sports world across the globe has slowed to a crawl and in some instances seems to have stopped completely. But there is still work to be done in the case of a few former Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Lumberjack hockey players. Corey Millen - a two-time Olympian, the third leading scorer in Minnesota Gopher history and an eight-year NHL veteran - is back in the North American Hockey League after a short hiatus. Millen was hired as head coach of the St. Cloud Blizzard... Full story
Sophomores in Cloquet high school teacher Jason Richardson’s English class were asked to write short essays recently with Earth Day as a theme. We published two last week. Here are more of our favorites. Teamwork Right now, the earth is fragile. It’s littered with widening cracks and deep fissures, not just of the natural variety, but of the societal variety as well. Mankind is like a glass knee on the verge of giving out. We’re faced with so many looming problems, climate change being one,... Full story
CAT7 TV must have at least seven lives. Following a year (2019) when the community access television channel was black almost as much as it was broadcasting, the station is black again following the dismissal of its only remaining employee on March 5. Cable coordinator Eric Lipponen was present and the subject of a closed meeting with the Cloquet city council that night. Immediately after the meeting was reopened, councilors voted unanimously to terminate Lipponen's employment with the city, on...
Local closures or cancellations due to coronavirus/COVID-19 concerns are listed below and updated on a continual basis, with listings starting with the most recent cancellations, plus recommendations to slow the spread of the virus. Please email [email protected] to share information about your event or organization. Find a broader collection of listings on other regional television, radio and newspaper websites: Community Memorial Hospital During the COVID-19 pandemic, CMH patients will be restricted to one visitor at a time unless the... Full story
After the Cloquet City Council fired Eric Lipponen, the CAT-7 cable TV coordinator, I have been asked repeatedly: Is CAT-7 dead? Will "Harry's Gang" ever come back? I am encouraged by the comments, actually. I have produced exactly four "Harry's Gang" shows in the past year, not counting some candidate interviews. (In case you didn't realize my point, there are 52 weeks in a year. Having taped 4 weeks out of 52 is a sign that maybe, just maybe, something is wrong at CAT-7. So, to have so much in...
We were reminded last week of all the reasons we love the Minnesota Wilderness, Cloquet's Junior Hockey League team. The Pine Knot News sponsored Saturday's game, in part because our advertising manager Ivan Hohnstadt and publisher Pete Radosevich were born on Feb. 29, 1964. Having one Leap Day baby on the staff is enough to celebrate; having two means we sponsor a hockey game. Of course, we were persuaded in no small part by the effervescent and persuasive Dave Boitz, general manager of the Min... Full story
Leo Dahlberg Ccelebrated his 86th Bbirthday with a family and friends party at Cardinal Court on Sunday, March 1. We wish him Happy Bbirthday!y. Happy Birthday wishes also go out to Jake Bok of Cardinal Court in Cromwell. Jake will be 97 years oldon March 11 as he was. He was born in 1923 in Holland. He and has been married to his wife, Ann, for 73 years. He spent his adult life as a farmer, truck driver and worked in the mines. He is best known for gabbing and telling stories. His favorite... Full story
The Minnesota Wilderness swept the Chippewa Steel last weekend in two tightly contested games at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. Both games went into overtime. On Friday night, forward Lewis Crosby (of Edina) scored at 2:10 in overtime on an assist from Cloquet’s Christian Galatz to give the Wilderness a 7-6 win over the Steel in front of a large hometown crowd. The game Saturday was an equally exciting affair. Forward Aaron Myers (of Thief River Falls) scored just 16 seconds into overtime on an... Full story
With only 12 games remaining in the regular season schedule, the Minnesota Wilderness are hoping for a last season push to put themselves into the Central Division playoffs and the battle for the Robertson Cup. The Cloquet-based North American Hockey League team is coming off a weekend split with Bismarck, along with a road victory over St. Cloud on Thursday night. The Wilderness are 2-3 in their last five games. With only four of their last 12 games of the season against divisional opponents,... Full story
Thursday, Feb. 13 Boys Basketball Hermantown-79 Esko-69 Despite 30 points from Peyton Wefel and 23 points from Riley Fischer, the Eskomos fell short against the Hawks, who got 35 points from Peter Soumis and 22 from Kaden Kucza. Also scoring for Esko were Elie Blue with 12, and Braden Gabec and Cade Berger with two each. Girls Basketball Hermantown-53 Esko-39 The Hawks doubled up on the Eskomos in the first half by racing to a 30-15 lead and never looked back. Leading Esko was Kristy DeMuth with 22 points and Brenna Stark with 11. Also scoring... Full story
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Elk River boys hockey teams took fans on a ride of epic proportions in Tuesday night's Section 7AA boys quarterfinal hockey game in Cloquet. After a slow start the Lumberjacks rallied in the second and third periods, only to lose 5-4 in overtime. The Elks were ready from the get-go as Zach Michaelis, who played prior to the season for the Minnesota Wilderness, scored on a scramble around CEC goalie Jacob Walsh just 32 seconds into the game, making it 1-0. At 9:11 of... Full story
On the third Thursday morning of each month (10:30-11:30 a.m.), the Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry comes to the Our Savior's Lutheran Church parking lot in Cloquet to distribute food. What is unique about this food bank operation? The patrons stay in their cars and have - if you total it all up at the end of the day - tons of food put into their cars, vans, and pickup boxes as they parade by local volunteers who load it up, 50-75 pounds at a time. It's quite the operation. Dan Wilson, Second... Full story
Thursday, Feb. 6 Boys Basketball Hibbing-84 Cloquet-56 The Lumberjacks fell behind by 16 points at halftime and struggle to defend the Bluejackets who got a 24-point night from Ayden McDonald and double-digit scoring from three others in pulling out the win over Cloquet. Adam Schneider led Cloquet with 16 points, Dylan Heehn scored 14, both Markus Pokornowski and Alec Turnbull finished with eight points. Also scoring were Nathan Blatchford (4), Jack Sorenson (3) and Tyler Issendorf (2). Northwoods-109 Moose Lake-Willow River-104 In one of the... Full story
Thursday, Jan. 30 Girls Basketball Esko-47 Barnum-11 The Eskomos led 21-4 at halftime and never looked back in their win over the Bombers. Sarah Wagemaker led Esko with 12 points and Kristy DeMuth added 10. Jayden Karppinen scored eight, Avery Kuklinski six, Aila Gabel had five, Mallory Sunnarborg added three, Brenna Stark two and Emily Rengo one. Leading the Bombers in scoring were Mckenzee Schleret with eight points, Rayna Klejeski two and Gracie Nelson one. Ashland-69 Cloquet-49 Alexa... Full story
Thursday, Jan. 23 Boys Basketball East Central-53 South Ridge-50 South Ridge held an eight-point halftime lead but couldn’t hang on as the Eagles flew back in the second half to take the win by outscoring the Panthers 32-21 in the second stanza. Leading the Panthers in scoring were Ben Wood with 13 points, Mason Lane with 12 and Austin Josephson with 10. Also scoring were Jaxson Bennett with seven, Kayden Palmi four and two each for Tristan Johnson and Nick Larson. Moose Lake/ Willow River-69 Cloquet-65 The Rebels got off to a 42-31 lead at hal... Full story
Heading into their first weekend at home in 2020, the Minnesota Wilderness were in need of something substantial to happen. They got just that - sweeping Bismarck by 3-2 and 4-0 scores at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. Bismarck had entered the weekend in second place in the Central Division of the North American Hockey League while the Wilderness are mired in fifth and in need of points. "It's always big to point up points from teams that are ahead of you in the standings," said Wilderness... Full story
The Minnesota Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine Monday, overturning three key state permits that had been issued to the project - and requiring the state to conduct a hearing before it works to reissue those permits. In one of several legal challenges to the proposed northern Minnesota mine, eight different groups had asked the court to overturn a permit to mine and two dam safety permits that were among several the state Department of Natural Resources...
