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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thursday, Jan. 9 Boys Basketball Hermantown-72 Cloquet-62 The Lumberjacks were within a point at halftime, but the Hawks were able to pull away for the win. Markus Pokornowski led the ’Jacks with 24 points. Adam Schneider finished with 16 and Dylan Heehn added 12 points. Also scoring for Cloquet were Tyler Issendorf and Alec Turnbull with four points each and Kade Clemens with two. Moose Lake/ Willow River-84 Silver Bay-41 After dropping a tough game to Esko last week, the Rebels bounced back with an impressive win over the Mariners behind t...
As a young child, Cloquet's Koby Bender had two goals: play college hockey and in the National Hockey League. The 22-year-old is on his way. In his third year with the University of Minnesota Duluth, Bender is playing college hockey at the highest level for one of the best teams in the country. The Bulldogs have won the national championship the past two years and Bender contributed both years, making nine appearances in the 2017-18 season (he also qualified for the NCHC Academic All-Conference...
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Jan. 10 1925 "Arrowhead" is selected as the official moniker for northeastern Minnesota, the result of a nationwide contest sponsored by the Northeastern Minnesota Civic and Commerce Association of Duluth. It renamed itself the Minnesota Arrowhead Association in July of 1925. 1975 A fierce blizzard strikes, bringing one to two feet of snow (with some drifts reaching 20 feet) and winds up to 80 miles per hour, closing most Minnesota...
My husband, Rod Walli, often and confidently says in Finnish: "Voin Korjata mitaan." It means "I can fix anything." He's not bragging. Just expressing confidence. I'm drafting at home. Morning light bounces off walls and a cathedral ceiling he built 17 years ago, enlarging the bungalow that Barb Walli designed and where they raised their boys, Gene and Mark. One time, a nosy drive-by neighbor asked "Why are your building an addition?" "For the baby," the 64-year old Rod answered, amused at the...
Thursday, Jan. 2 Boys Basketball Carlton-75 Two Harbors-66 Ben Soderstrom with 32 points, Matthew Santkuyl with 21 points and Ryan Gray with 13 points led the Bulldogs to the win over the Agates. Justin Swanson added four points. Adam Hey had three points and rounding out the scoring for the Bulldogs was Austin Parker with two points. Trent Gomez had a big night for the Agates with 27 points. Girls Basketball Barnum-54 Two Harbors-53 The Bombers held a slim one-point lead at halftime and were able to fend off the Agates on Thursday night. MaKen...
The current Minnesota Conservation Volunteer Magazine has a 10-page article complete with photographs of our own Julie Collman and her husband, Bob Baker, as they snowmobile, and snowshoe for Big Brook Trout in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Author Michael Dvorak did an excellent job of writing the article and I’m sure he was thrilled to be spending time with Julie and Bob doing what they love doing: fishing. Pine Knot News outdoors writer Bret Baker also wrote about the couple ...
Thursday, Dec. 26 Boys Hockey Blaine-5 CEC-3 Christian Galatz scored 2 goals for the ’Jacks, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a three-goal second period for the Bengals. Aaron Moore added the third goal for CEC and also assisted on the first goal from Galatz. Galatz scored just 25 seconds into the game, but Blaine hammered home three goals in the second to gain a 3-2 lead entering the final period. Park Rapids-6 Moose Lake Area-4 The Rebels fell behind 2-0 after one period and 5-1 after two periods. They rallied in the final period only to fal...
In just a few days we’ll welcome 2020, a bright New Year that promises certain prosperity and success for all. We at Pine Knot News are sure to have an exciting, news-filled year. And we’re certainly excited to share it with you. There’s a national election, where we’ll either choose a new President or keep the current one. And there are issues that interest us all from immigration to national defense, taxation, global warming and gun rights, from the Super Bowl to the World Series, along with the latest important gossip from Hollywood and the...
Thursday, Dec. 12 Girls Hockey Hibbing-Chisholm-6 Moose Lake Area-5 (OT) Elyssa Durie of Hibbing-Chisholm scored just 16 seconds into the overtime session to give the Bluejackets the win. The Rebels led 3-2 after the first period on goals by Gabby Gamst and two goals by Jamie Benzie. Hibbing scored the only two goals of the second period and led 4-3 entering the third, but back-to-back goals by Sandra Ribich and Savannah Gamst gave the Rebels a 5-4 lead with a little over 10 minutes to play in regulation before the Bluejackets tied the game up...
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Dec. 13 1994 Demolition begins on the Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, former home of the North Stars professional hockey team and venue for entertainment events. Dec. 15 1864 Four Minnesota regiments help destroy the Confederate army of General John Bell Hood outside Nashville. During the course of this two-day battle, the Minnesota losses — 302 killed, wounded, or missing —are the greatest the state suffers in any Civil War engagement. 1892 J. Paul Getty is born in Min...
Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota regulators said Friday they plan to conduct their own independent environmental review of the proposed Twin Metals Minnesota copper-nickel mine, rather than collaborating on a joint review with federal regulators. Twin Metals has yet to file its mine plan of operations — which will detail the specifics of the operation, from its physical footprint to how it will handle waste material. That will kick-start the environmental review process. The project has already come under fire for its close proximity to the pri...
Girls hockey • CEC vs Grand Rapids at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 • CEC vs. International Falls at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 Boys hockey • CEC at Chaska at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Junior hockey • Minnesota Wilderness vs. Austin Bruins at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 • Minnesota Wilderness at Austin Bruins at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29 Girls basketball • Cloquet at Esko at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 • Cloquet vs. Bloomington Jefferson at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 • Wrenshall at North Lakes Academy Tuesday, Nov. 26 with time TBD • Carlton vs. Denfe...
It was a tough couple of games for the Minnesota Wilderness this past weekend. The North American Hockey League Wilderness dropped back-to-back games to the Minot Minotauros by scores of 6-3 and 4-3 at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. In opening-game action on Friday, the Minotauros steamrolled to a 3-0 first period lead with18 shots on the Wilderness net. "We just came out flat in the first period," said Wilderness head coach Jon Vaillancourt. "They are a very good squad; they outskated us and...
