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It was a tough weekend for the Minnesota Wilderness hockey team, which dropped both games of its weekend matchup with the Aberdeen Wings. The Wilderness fell 4-3 in the opener on Friday night and 4-0 on Saturday at home at Northwoods Credit Union Arena. In Friday's opening game, the Wilderness took a 1-0 lead after the first period on a goal by Eric Fawkes - his third of the season - on assists from Gavin Rassmussen and Ryan Nelson, who both played high school hockey for Cloquet-Esko-Carlton....
The Minnesota Wilderness had another packed weekend of hockey with three straight games over the weekend, all in Minnesota. Thursday night, the Wilderness battled Austin on home ice in Cloquet. Kimball Johnson and Nate Horn netted goals in regulation against the Bruins for a 2-2 tie. With no goals in overtime, the teams ended the weekday night with a shootout. Wilderness goalie Kaleb Johnson shut out the Bruins attempts and Zach Michaelis ended the game for the Wilderness, scoring the only shootout goal of the night. The following night, the...
News that the ice plant in “The Barn” — the city’s oldest hockey arena — had leaked as much as 5,000 pounds of R-22 refrigerant came as a shock to Cloquet city officials earlier this month. So did the price tag. At $10 a pound, the cost to replace 5,000 pounds of R-22 is $50,000. Councilors balked at paying that kind of bill without more information at their Oct. 1 meeting, and requested a special meeting with area hockey officials to find out more about the cooling system itself, use of the ri...
The Minnesota Wilderness swept the Minot Minotauros in their home opener series in Cloquet last weekend. Friday night was a night full of red lights, as the Wilderness topped the Minotauros 7-6 in a shootout. Nate Horn opened up his third season for the Wilderness with a hat trick. Veterans Nick Ports, Jake Herter and Tyler Watkins also netted goals, leading the team to overtime. With no goals ending the game in OT, Kimball Johnson buried a shootout goal, securing the win for the Wilderness. On...
Community Memorial Hospital and Raiter Clinic are joining forces, with the goal of keeping independent local health care thriving in the Cloquet area. The merger came as a surprise for many, some who assumed that the two entities were already operating together. The two have a long history of collaboration, said Raiter Clinic administrator Craig Ward. "This partnership is a natural fit for the community," Ward said. Dr. Jim Rogers, a Raiter Clinic physician, sees it as a positive move for...
The Minnesota Wilderness opened the North American Hockey League season with a bang this past week. After losing the opening game on Wednesday, the Wilderness exploded to win three straight games at the NAHL Showcase tournament in Blaine. On Wednesday, the Wilderness opened with a hard-fought 2-1 loss to Topeka to open the tournament. Nate Horn scored the lone goal for the Wilderness and goaltender Ryan Ouellette made 18 saves in a valiant effort for the Cloquet-based squad. "Topeka was a tough...
For the third time in three years, the Minnesota Wilderness junior hockey team has made a coaching change. On Friday, the Wilderness announced that Jon Vaillancourt will take over for Dave Boitz, who will continue on in his role of general manager. A year ago Boitz stepped into a dual role as both the GM and the head coach of the Cloquet-based North American Hockey League team, following the departure of Tim Madsen, who left after two seasons to become the head coach of the St. Scholastica...
While National Night Out started in 1984 as a way to bring neighborhoods and local law enforcement together under positive circumstances, in Cloquet it’s about bringing the entire community and police together. Either way, the idea is the same: helping neighbors meet, improving relations and making an experience less traumatic when police and citizens meet under more urgent circumstances. The Cloquet police department will hold its fifth annual National Night Out community event 5-8 p.m. T...
A closed session to consider allegations against a city employee was canceled Tuesday after CAT-7 coordinator Eric Lipponen, mayor Roger Maki and the city’s human resources director James Barclay disappeared down a back hallway for a few minutes prior to the formal Cloquet City Council meeting. Lipponen confirmed afterward that he had been the subject of the proposed closed meeting, and that the three men and Lipponen’s wife, Becca Lindberg, had arranged for a meeting Thursday to discuss a numbe...
"Listening Point tells of what I have seen and heard on a bare glaciated spit of rock in the Quetico-Superior country... From it I have seen the immensity of space and glimpsed at times the grandeur of creation. There I have sensed the span of uncounted centuries and looked down the path all life has come. I have explored on this rocky bit of shore the great concept that nothing stands alone and everything, no matter how small, is part of a greater whole." Hello. I am Pastor Charles (CJ) Boettch...
"April is the cruelest month," T. S. Elliot penned in his masterpiece, "Four Quartets." When I moved back to Minnesota in 1999, my brother warned me that November, March and April were the worst for outdoors lovers. But I've found my consolations: ice skating and trail clearing in November and spring cross-country skiing in March and April. April is the month that great birding commences. Northwestern Carlton County hosts wonderful viewing sites during April waterfowl and May warbler and...
To say that tough times have fallen on the Minnesota Wilderness is putting it far too mildly. The Wilderness have suffered nine straight losses. And last weekend they were eliminated from the North American Hockey League playoffs after being swept at home 3-1 and 6-2 by the Bismarck Bobcats. On Friday night the Wilderness fell behind 1-0 just 2:38 into the game when Tim Piechowski of the Bobcats picked up a goal assisted by Willy Stauber and Jacob Marti. The Wilderness evened the game at the...
Three weeks ago the Minnesota Wilderness were poised to make a run in the standings, with the team tied for third in the NAHL’s Central Division and fresh off a sweep of the Bismarck Bobcats. Since then, the Wilderness have found wins hard to come by. The Cloquet-based team is 2-7-1 for the last 10 games and have fallen into fifth place — 10 points out of the last playoff spot. Central Division leader Aberdeen swept the Wilderness last weekend, outscoring them 8-1 in the two meetings. The Wil...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Isle March 5-15 Section 7A Tournament Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Proctor March 5-14 Section 7AAA Finals Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, March 1 7:15 pm vs. Nashwauk-Keewatin March 4-15 Section 5A Tournament Esko Eskomos Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Virginia Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag March 5-7 Section 7A Tournament Wrenshall Wrens Friday, March 1 7:15 pm vs. Ely March 5-15 Section 7A Tournament GIRLS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Through March 7 Section 7A...
The Robert Rodd Memorial Scholarship fundraiser is Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Four Seasons Sports Complex in Carlton, Minn. Tickets are $10, which includes a Swedish meatball or turkey gravy dinner, admission to the costume hockey game, and entry for prize drawings. There is no admission fee for the hockey game for children 12 and younger, and the cost of dinner for children age 5 and under is $4. Dinner will be served 1-5 p.m., with a cash bar. Children’s activities include Chuck-A-Puck, Zamboni Bob coloring contest, and a shoot-out for kids a...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm vs. Cromwell-Wright Monday, Feb. 18 7:15 pm vs. Hill City Friday, Feb. 22 7:15 pm at Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichida Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, Feb. 19 7:15 pm at Duluth Marshall Friday, Feb. 22 7:15 pm vs. Bemidji Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm at Carlton Tuesday, Feb. 19 7:15 pm at Barnum Friday, Feb. 22 7:30 pm vs. Nevis Esko Eskomos Tuesday, Feb. 19 7:15 pm at South Ridge Friday, Feb. 22 7:15 pm vs. St. Croix Lutheran Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag Friday, Feb. 15...
Cloquet school board members were presented certificates of appreciation Monday, Feb. 11, in honor of School Board Recognition week. “Thank you, I haven’t done anything yet,” said the newest board member Hawk Huard, who began his latest term in January, but had also served on the board 2004-2016. It was a quick meeting, lasting only 20 minutes. District staff gave reports on various schools and programs. It’s I LOVE TO READ month at the elementary schools, which are holding various activit...
Post-holiday play saw the Minnesota Wilderness on a roll, winning five of seven contests, but since their fast start to the second half of the season, the Wilderness have struggled to play consistent hockey, resulting in only one win in their last six games. “We have to be more consistent on both ends of the ice,” assistant head coach Mark Vachorek said. “We need to remember we should have won some of the games we lost to teams behind us in the standings, and they are fighting for a playoff spot...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Feb. 8 6:00 pm vs. Floodwood Monday, Feb. 11 7:15 pm vs. Cherry Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm vs. Cromwell-Wright Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, Feb. 12 7:15 pm at Grand Rapids Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Feb. 8 6:15 pm vs. Silver Bay Monday, Feb. 11 7:15 pm at Two Harbors Tuesday, Feb. 12 7:15 pm vs. Bigfork Friday, Feb. 15 7:15 pm at Carlton Esko Eskomos Friday, Feb. 8 4:30 pm at Perham Tuesday, Feb. 12 7:15 pm vs. Proctor Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaag Friday, Feb. 15 6:30 pm at Cook County Wrenshall...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. McGregor Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm at Lakeview Christian Academy Friday, Feb. 8 6:00 pm vs. Floodwood Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. Proctor Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm vs. Duluth Denfeld Thursday, Feb. 7 7:15 pm at Hibbing Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm at Floodwood Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm vs. Cherry Friday, Feb. 8 6:15 pm vs. Silver Bay Esko Eskomos Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. Barnum Tuesday, Feb. 5 7:15 pm vs. Pequot Lakes Friday, Feb. 8 4:30 pm at...
Cloquet hockey great Corey Millen has seen it all - from the time he laced up his first pair of skates to his current position as an assistant coach with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League. "I am really enjoying where I am at right now," Millen said via phone last week. "Since leaving Cloquet a couple of years ago, I've had my plate pretty full." That is an understatement. While he was back home, Millen coached the Cloquet-based Minnesota Wilderness to the Robertson...
Last weekend was a big opportunity for the Minnesota Wilderness to make a move up the standings in the Central Division of the North American Hockey League. The Cloquet-based Wilderness played host to the Brookings Blizzard: a team with just five wins in 35 games played, and a team mired in last place in the division. Instead of a sweep and a chance to solidify their third-place hold in the division, the Wilderness lost both games and now find themselves in the fourth and final playoff spot....
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake-Willow River Tuesday, Jan. 29 7:15 pm vs. Duluth Marshall Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. McGregor Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Superior Monday, Jan. 28 7:15 pm vs. Esko Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm vs. Proctor Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Esko Tuesday, Jan. 29 7:15 pm at Moose Lake/Willow River Friday, Feb. 1 7:15 pm at Floodwood Esko Eskomos Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm vs. Cromwell-Wright Monday, Jan. 28 7:15 pm at Cloquet Friday, Feb. 1 7:15...
Cloquet City Councilors got mixed news about money Tuesday night - and in some cases the bad news came on the flip side of the coin. Take the Cloquet Public Library, for example, and the happy news that it was offered a $784,000 library expansion grant from State of Minnesota, not quite the $1 million the city asked for. On the flip side is the fact that the grant is a matching one, so the city or some other agency must fund the other part of the estimated $2 million project. The previous...
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, Jan. 18 7:15 pm vs. Barnum Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm at Silver Bay Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake-Willow River Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm vs. Chisago Lakes Thursday, Jan. 24 7:15 pm vs. Moose Lake-Willow River Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Superior Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, Jan. 18 6:30 pm vs. Cook County Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm vs. Wrenshall Friday, Jan. 25 7:15 pm at Esko Esko Eskomos Friday, Jan. 18 7:15 pm at Floodwood Tuesday, Jan. 22 7:15 pm vs. Duluth Denfeld...
