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Wednesday, July 1 Senior Dance at Cloquet VFW 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 with music by Florian Chmielewski. Potluck, $8 cover. 218-210-7793. Arrowhead Library Bookmobile visits Thursday, July 2: Lake Venoah Boarding & Lodging 10:30-11:30am, Proctor Area Community Ctr 12:15-1:15pm and 2-2:45pm, Solway Town Hall-Munger Shaw Road 3:15-4:15pm, Hermantown Schools Admin Bldg-Ugstad & Arrowhead 5:15-7pm Monday, July 6: Brookston-Pines Board & Lodge 8:45-9:45am, Kettle River-Main Street 1-2:15pm Tuesday, July 7: Cotton-Wilbert Cafe 10am-12pm...
The cost of hiring a consultant to help with ongoing jail issues and future plans was on the minds of Carlton County Board of Commissioners members Monday. The cost of hiring retired Tony Mancuso as a general consultant for maximizing space use in current Carlton County facilities and to assist with hiring a construction manager and architect/engineer for a new jail complex came in at $75 an hour. County coordinator Dennis Genereau thought the hire would be worth the money. “I am pleased that Mancuso — who has helped build or remodel three jail...
Leaders from Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake and Essentia Health announced that plans for a formal partnership between the two organizations are expected to become effective in early August. As approved by Mercy’s board of directors — which issued a request for proposal last fall after realizing the rural hospital couldn’t go it alone — Essentia will assume operations of a next-to-new facility, as the Moose Lake hospital completed a $38 million expansion and renovation in 2015. Residents will no longer pay $500,000 in property taxes to support...
Franklin Theodore Chalberg, 82, of Cloquet passed away on June 20, 2020 at Augustana Mercy Care in Moose Lake. He was born to Lawrence and Violet Chalberg on Aug. 18, 1937. Frank graduated from Alborn High School in 1956. He married Carol Lamb on Aug. 19, 1961 in Scanlon. Together, they raised three sons in Culver. Frank worked several jobs before he found the one he loved oh so well. For the next 30 years he drove truck for three generations of the Levine Family, and went the extra mile for all... Full story
Andrew A. Korkala, 90, of Cloquet passed away March 18, 2020 at Augustana Care in Moose Lake. He was born Oct. 4, 1929 in Revonlahti, Finland to Eino and Selma Korkala. Andrew served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked as a welder in construction and other industries. Andrew loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and taking walks. Andrew was preceded in death by his parents, and sisters Emma and Ellen. He is survived by his children, Lee Korkala, Mitchell Korkala, Warre... Full story
COVID-19 testing in Carlton County: • CMH Raiter Clinic has a mobile testing site in the parking lot from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, but a doctor’s order is necessary before testing. Call 218-879-1271 to talk to a doctor. They will also accept orders from doctors outside CMH. The CMH Nurse Hotline is also available 24/7 at 218-499-6799 for advice. • FDL Human Services has a mobile testing site by appointment only at Min No Aya Win Human Services Center. Testing will be limited to those who are experiencing symptoms and who have had a... Full story
The Carlton school board has chosen its next superintendent to replace Gwen Carman, who is leaving for a job in southeastern Minnesota. John Engstrom said the Carlton job appealed to him because it's a one-year stint and not too far from where he is living, southwest of Minneapolis near Lake Minnetonka. The school board officially hired Engstrom during an online meeting Monday. The district will pay Engstrom $108,243 on a one-year contract that begins July 1. Engstrom's last job was at Friess...
I just got word from Mary Purcell’s daughter that she fell and broke a bone in her neck. She will be in recovery and rehab for the next six weeks or so. Cards of encouragement and speedy recovery can be sent to: Mary Purcell, 400 West 67th St. #110, Minneapolis MN 55423. Thanks for any prayers or cards that you send her; I am sure she will appreciate them. Congratulations to Ray and Lindsay on their 50th wedding anniversary June 6. They celebrated with an intimate dinner with their two d...
The Minnesota Department of Health put the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Carlton at 78 as of Wednesday, June 10. That number includes all cases since the coronavirus reached the county and includes confirmed cases at the Moose Lake prison, which has consistently made up more than half the total cases in the county. Cases at the prison have declined steeply in recent weeks, however. Statewide, Minnesota counted a total of 28,869 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases out of 369,795 tests as of Wednesday. Of those confirmed cases, 427 are... Full story
Andrew A. Korkala, age 90 of Cloquet, MN passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Augustana Care in Moose Lake, MN. He was born October 4, 1929 in Revonlahti, Finland to Eino and Selma Korkala. Andrew served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korea War. He worked as a welder in construction business and other industrial companies. Andrew loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and taking walks. Andrew as preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Emma and Ellen. He is survived by his... Full story
Thank goodness the sun came out. Monday marked the first day people could eat at restaurants and drink at bars - outdoors only, not inside - since Gov. Tim Walz began issuing orders to keep people at home and nonessential businesses closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although many local restaurants have been offering curbside or delivery service for customers, most bars have simply been closed for almost three months. There's been a lot of remodeling and cleaning, but minimal revenue,...
Add July Fourth festivities in Cloquet and the swimming pond at Pinehurst Park to the list of cancellations caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Cloquet City Councilors voted unanimously Tuesday to cancel all of the usual July Fourth activities, including the fireworks. The committee that organizes the event had hoped they could still offer the fireworks, and ask people to watch from cars or other uncrowded locations, but it wasn't to be. City administrator Tim Peterson requested the council not... Full story
Open area courses 29 Pines Golf Course 2871 Sundberg Road, Mahtowa 218-389-3136 Cloquet Country Club 400 Country Club Drive, Cloquet 218-879-7997 Grand View Golf Links 5665 Grandview Road, Duluth Off Midway Road 218-628-3727 Kendahl Miniature Golf 812 Sunnyside Drive, Cloquet Off Highway 33 North 218-879-3314 Minnesota National Golf Course 23247 480th Lane, McGregor 218-426-4444 Moose Lake Golf Club 35311 Parkview Drive, Sturgeon Lake 218-485-4886 Pine Hill Golf Club 1689 County Road 61,... Full story
The Cloquet Country Club opened as a nine-hole course in 1923 and its credited designer was renowned Scottish golf course architect Donald Ross. Rudy Weyerhaeuser, its president, also consulted with Runcie Martin and Tom Varden. Martin was a Duluth newspaper writer and a talented golfer. He was also a contributing designer of the Moose Lake Golf Club, which celebrated its 90th anniversary last year. Runcie Martin was also playing in the original foursome that officially opened the Lester Park... Full story
The Moose Lake Golf Club is celebrating its 91st season. Pro/manager Josh Gamst (in 2019 photo at right) is now in his 13th season in that role. "As of June 1, our decks are now open to serve our hungry and thirsty golfing guests," Gamst said, "the public is sure welcome. The course could use some soaking rain with this dry spell we've had, but we're watering daily and it is greening up fast and getting into spectacular shape." Due to the pandemic, the course moved its Shoot the Moose... Full story
You just can't cancel Memorial Day. After initially announcing there would be no ceremonies by the Combined Cloquet Honor Guard because of coronavirus concerns, events to honor the nation's fallen soldiers came together anyway. At Cloquet's Veterans Park, a prayer was said, wreaths were laid - representing each branch of the military - and Marine Lance Corp. Bryce Moe played taps on his trumpet, as a crowd of nearly two dozen people stood silently Monday morning. At Hillcrest Cemetery, above...
After more than a year's wait, two Carlton County departments are being moved from the Courthouse to the former city hall building in Cloquet. At the regular meeting Tuesday, May 26, the Carlton County board of commissioners unanimously approved moving the Economic Development office and the county coordinator/human resources/property management office led by Dennis Genereau to the old City Hall office space at the corner of Cloquet Avenue and 14th Street. "This is a first step," Genereau said....
One thing is certain: the Class of 2020 will have lots of stories to tell future generations about their final school days. Last Friday marked the beginning of the high school graduation season with three ceremonies - for Carlton, Cromwell-Wright and Cloquet graduates - each one organized differently but taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic and state guidelines to avoid large gatherings and maintain social distancing. In Cloquet it was a true drive-in movie experience. Cars started lining... Full story
Although many celebrate with a trip to the cabin, the actual purpose of Memorial Day on Monday is to honor and recognize the war dead. It is observed on the last Monday in May, when many people also remember family members by placing flowers on graves or simply visiting the cemetery. This year, under the cloud of a health pandemic, Memorial Day in Carlton County will not look like past commemorations. Although Cloquet Combined Honor Guard is placing flags on the graves of soldiers Saturday,... Full story
The Minnesota Department of Health put the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Carlton at 70 as of Wednesday, May 20, up from 65 a week ago. As has been the case from the beginning, more than half of the positive cases are in the Moose Lake prison. There are 39 inmates who have tested positive at the prison — the MDH counts those — and 31 who are presumed positive, meaning they were not tested but they have been exposed to someone who did test positive and have developed symptoms. Four tests are still pending at the Moose Lake facility, and... Full story
Eleanor C. Thomsen, 94, of Cloquet passed away May 18, 2020, at Augustana Care in Moose Lake. She was born Nov. 28, 1925, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Walter and Florence (Troyer) Garske. Eleanor worked as a subcontractor administrator for Rockwell International and Boeing. She lived in California's San Fernando Valley from 1955 to 1961 and again from 1976 to 1988. She lived in Sarasota, Florida from 1973 through 1976. Eleanor worked as a secretary at Firestone Tire and Rubber, the... Full story
Wouldn't you know, I had just put down my glasses somewhere and for the life of me I could not find them. Of course, when I finally discovered them sitting above the brim of my ball cap - on my head - I knew that the great powers of my advancing age and disrepair were upon me, and I must certainly have gained wisdom yet unknown in exchange for my loss of mental acuity. Having located the errant spectacles, I was ready to resume my search for my misplaced cup of coffee and a good breakfast muffin...
As the number of tests given increases across the state, so do the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Minnesota Department of Health reported 65 positive cases in Carlton County as of Wednesday, May 13, an increase of four from a week ago. Of those 65 cases, at least 36 are from the Moose Lake prison, an increase of one confirmed case since last week. Testing at the local Department of Corrections facilities is up, with 111 inmates tested in Moose Lake. Of those 36 were confirmed positive, 73 confirmed negative. Another 31 are presumed... Full story
Last week, we pointed out that elections are right around the corner. With social distancing affecting traditional campaigning, and also becoming an issue in itself — should our representatives have such power to quarantine us for so long? — our need for “normalcy” affects how we’ll all vote this fall. So we were interested to see the endorsements made by the two major parties for Minnesota State House District 11A, which is essentially all of Carlton County. The incumbent received the DFL party’s endorsement: Rep. Mike Sundin, from Esko,...
We have heard several disheartening stories from staff members at the Moose Lake and Willow River prisons about the fear and stigma they face after doing their day’s work since the COVID-19 outbreaks. We are writing to thank the men and women in the Department of Corrections for their work each day. A crisis has the unique ability to focus our hearts and minds on what is most important — family, friends, shelter, safety. During the workday, dedicated corrections officers often find themselves in dangerous situations ensuring safety and sec... Full story
