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Baseball Baseball Thursday, May 16 Barnum-9 East Central-6 Ryan Weller pitched the Bombers to the win by giving up just three earned runs in 6 1/3 innings of work in Barnum on Thursday. Weller picked up seven strikeouts in the win on the mound. Colton Porter, Jacob Hultgren, Isaac Golen and Dawson Sample all had two hits with Sample adding three RBIs. Friday, May 17 Carlton-5 Cook County-3 Kaden Crane continued his hot pitching streak by shutting down the Vikings and allowing seven hits while striking out six in the win. The Bulldogs trailed...
Our region is flush with great food. From the Fond du Lac Band's indigenous gardeners to Mahtowa beekeepers, Wrenshall sustainable farmers, Carlton shiitake mushroom growers, Esko picklers, Moose Lake brewers, and Cromwell orchardists - the "grow, shop and eat local region" is prospering here. Meet our food lovers and enjoy the favorite dishes they actually cook and eat at home. Meet Francois Medion Growing up in a farm family north of the Bordeaux region in southwest France - where wine and...
This past fall, cross-country skiers performing trail maintenance in Carlton County's Fond du Lac State Forest came upon a mess. Loggers earlier in the year had obliterated our sturdy ski trail marker. A tenth of a mile of trash wood smothered our trail. We asked the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources forestry office in Cloquet to require the logging company to remove the trash wood. We were told the contract was closed. It took several of us on two daylong trips to restore a makeshift...
The Carlton County Community Bike Ride is coming up on Sunday, June 9. This free, family-friendly event encourages everyone to roll out to the Willard Munger Trail. There are pit stops in Carlton, Mahtowa, Barnum, and Moose Lake with food, music, and activities for kids. Start anywhere on the trail and ride as far as you want! The event runs 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Questions, or want to get involved? Call Jenna at 218-384-4281, ext. 243....
n the Moose Lake School District, more than 61 percent of voters said “no” to athletic facility improvements at the PreK-12 school. After the voting polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 and the ballots were tallied, the final count was 610 “no” votes to 382 “yes” on Question 1 of the Moose Lake school bond referendum. Absentee ballots turned in by early voters came in at 38 “no” and 21 “yes,” bringing the total to 648 “no” and 403 “yes” votes. Question 1 proposed a bond referendum of $3.935 million for additions to Moose Lake School athlet...
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls golf team has not participated in many meets this spring but they are growing into the game, now that the weather is cooperating. Last week the Lady ’Jacks competed in the Lake Superior Conference meet in Cloquet. While only Hermantown and CEC had enough participants on the girls’ side, head coach Matt Carlson said it was a great learning experience. “We have 15 girls out for this year’s team, which is the most it has been in years,” Carlson said. “We are very yo...
Softball Friday, May 10 Cloquet-17 Princeton-3 The Lumberjacks scored five runs in the third, sixth and seventh innings to cruise to the road win in Princeton. The ‘Jacks bashed out 15 hits, including a three-run home run by Kiana Bender and three hits from Olivia Diver. Chisago Lakes-1 Cloquet-0 In a matchup of two top-ranked Section 7AAA teams, the Wildcats were able to slow down the normally hot-hitting Lumberjacks to take the win in Princeton. Cloquet loaded the bases in the first inning, but were unable to push a run across and took a t...
The big kids went first. While Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College celebrated its graduation Thursday, May 16, the next couple weeks offer a flurry of high school graduation ceremonies in Carlton County. Graduations are listed chronologically below: • Cloquet Area Alternative Education Program (CAAEP): 2 p.m. Thursday, May 23 • Carlton High School: 7 p.m. Friday, May 24 • Cromwell-Wright High School: 7 p.m. Friday, May 24 • Wrenshall High School: 7 p.m. Friday, May 24 • Cloquet High School: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 24 • Fond du Lac Ojibwe...
Most of us take the mail for granted. For years, you dropped a letter into the mail and it reached its destination, for the small price of a stamp. “Lost in the mail” is a joke: Mail doesn’t get lost very often; it’s quite reliable and always has been. Until recently, that is. After the mail sorting station in Duluth closed, most of our mail is routed through the Twin Cities, and now takes longer than ever to get a simple letter from Moose Lake to Proctor. To that problem, I say: So what? I have...
Jalmar Oscar Granholm, 86, formerly of Esko, died Thursday, May 2, 2019 at his home in Tucson. Visitation: 2 p.m. until the 3 p.m. funeral service Saturday, May 18 in St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Esko. Burial will follow in St. Matthews Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Matthews Lutheran Church. Lorraine Ruby Aldrin, 89, of Moose Lake, passed away May 10, 2019 in her daughter’s home in Kerrick. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19 in the Barnum Community Church. Inurnment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Barnum. A...
My name is Liz McLaughlin and I am the SNAP-Ed Educator for Carlton County. I deliver classes and curricula to individuals and families — from elementary school students to older adults — who are eligible for SNAP benefits or other federal assistance programs. The past year I worked with the Cloquet Area Alternative Education Program, Northern Lights Academy, Washington and Churchill Elementary schools, Fond Du Lac Ojibwe School, the Cloquet Public Library after-school programs, churches and community centers. One of the great partnerships this...
The Minnesota Credit Union Network recently honored Barb Brown, former CEO and president of Northwoods Credit Union, for being inducted into the Credit Union House Hall of Leaders. The Credit Union House Hall of Leaders was introduced to provide lasting recognition for credit union leaders whose commitment has made a significant impact on the credit union movement at the local, state or national level. Barb was previously inducted in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. March 10 and honored again...
Carlton County employees in AFSCME Local 2750 have been working without a contract since it expired Dec. 31, 2018. Negotiations began in August 2018 with mediation services in the fall. After a mediation session Nov. 27, the Carlton County board of commissioners — through their negotiation team — presented its final offer. In late winter, the AFSCME county workers voted to not accept the proposal. The Carlton County board of commissioners sent a letter to the union March 22, notifying it that the board had determined the negotiations were at...
One man is dead after an airplane crashed into the Moose Horn River Wednesday, May 8, after taking off from Moose Lake Carlton County Airport during winter weather. Dr. Thomas Stillwell, 65, of Plymouth died in the plane crash. A pilot, Stillwell was about to return to the Crystal airport that afternoon in a heavy snowstorm. He was a urology specialist and had been seeing patients at Mercy Hospital that day, as he had twice a month for 16 years. According to a press release from the Carlton County sheriff’s office, at approximately 7 a.m. T...
One man is dead after an airplane crashed into the Moose Horn River sometime Wednesday, May 8, likely after taking off from the Moose Lake Carlton County Airport. According to a press release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 7 a.m. Thursday, May 9, the aircraft was located crashed and partially submerged in the Moose Horn River, a short distance northwest of the end of the Moose Lake Airport runway. The body of a male was located. All indications appear the body is t...
Residents in the Wrenshall and Moose Lake school districts will vote on an increase in school taxes to pay for improvements at the schools in special elections Tuesday, May 14. In Wrenshall, officials are hoping the third time will be the charm after voters rejected referendum proposals in April 2017, and then again last fall by a much smaller majority. In the current referendum proposal, the Wrenshall school district is requesting to bond for $14.4 million. The plan is to shore up the shell of the now-closed rec building and convert it into a...
After years of study and infrastructure planning, the Big Lake Area Sanitary District is having trouble getting over the final hurdle in cleaning up a lake that is surrounded by failing residential sewer systems. The district has been trying to get the Fond du Lac Reservation’s Reservation Business Committee to sign on to a joint powers agreement that would start the flow of money and construction for a sewage collection plant with hookups around the lake. Earlier this year, the district board held emergency meetings in order to meet d...
Thursday, May 2 Carlton-6 Silver Bay-0 Ryan Gray’s pitching was dominant plus the Bulldogs got plenty of hits in securing the win in a game played in Cloquet. Gray gave up just three hits in seven innings of work and struck out eight to pick up the win. Kaden Crane went 3-for-4 with a homer and Gray aided his own cause with two hits. Dan Eggert also had two hits for the Bulldogs. Cook County-2 South Ridge-1 The Vikings shocked the Panthers behind a strong pitching effort from Andrew Miller, who gave up just four hits while striking out 15 P...
Thursday, May 2 Barnum-13 Rush City-12 The Bombers won a wild game at home with three different players bashing out three hits. Molly Agurkis had three hits, two of which were doubles, and she added an RBI. Mendota Castonguay had three hits: including two doubles, two runs scored and a pair of RBIs. Jessica Stevens contributed three hits and three RBI. Anna Wikstrom finished with two and an RBI. Carlton-15 Silver Bay-0 (5-innings) The red-hot Bulldogs stayed that way by shutting out the Mariners in five innings. Abby Mickle picked up the road w...
Voters in the Wrenshall and Moose Lake school districts are being asked to approve an increase in school taxes to pay for improvements at the schools in local elections set for May 14. Eligible voters who can’t participate in the special elections May 14 can cast absentee ballots at the auditor’s office at the Carlton County Courthouse in Carlton on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. through Monday, May 13. The auditor’s office will also be open for absentee voting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11. To receive absentee ballots by mail,...
The Moose Lake school district will be holding a bond referendum election Tuesday, May 14, to ask voters to approve the sale of bonds to complete the athletic field complex and build practice fields at the new school. There will be two questions on the ballot: one for nearly $4 million and the second for an additional $2.7 million. Question One would have to pass during the referendum election before Question Two could pass. The old Moose Lake school suffered damages when it was flooded in 2012, and the community and area legislators were...
You can fake a lot of things in life, but you can't fake showing up - for yourself or for others. "Showing up" is not a matter of being, it is a matter of doing. Volunteer Rick Ramey knows what it means to show up, noting that he has volunteered for as long as he can remember. When asked why, he simply replies, "It's just part of who I am." When Ramey and his wife moved to Carlton County, he began volunteering as a tutor in the Moose Lake schools and as a Medicare counselor. More recently, he...
Early in April it looked like Mother Nature was going to provide the kind of spring we have not seen for a while, where Northland sports teams could play a full and normal schedule. As we all know, Mother Nature didn't cooperate with the hopes of local sports teams - the Cloquet baseball team has been no exception. With seven games either postponed or canceled thus far this season, the Lumberjacks were able to get in two games without canceling or rescheduling. Last Friday the 'Jacks were at...
THURSDAY, APRIL 25 BARNUM-12 (6-innings) TWO HARBORS- 1 The Bombers rode the strong pitching of Isaac Golen who pitched three innings and did not give up a hit. Max Salzer was stellar at the plate with a 2-for-4 effort and an RBI. Conner Buell added a double and twos hits and Gavin John also collected two hits with a pair of RBIs. Golen helped his own cause at the plate with a 2-for-5 effort and an RBI. CARLTON-11 (5-innings) FLOODWOOD-0 Kris Herman was huge on the mound for the Bulldogs by striking out 12 Polar Bears and only allowing two...
TUESDAY, APRIL 30 Esko-7 Moose Lake-Willow River-4 The Eskomos rallied from a 4-2 deficit in picking up the road win on Tuesday. Esko scored a single run in the top of the fifth and then, trailing 4-3 entering the seventh inning, the Eskomos put up four runs against the Rebels to gain the victory. Miranda Kelley picked up the pitching win,giving up just two earned runs and then helped her own cause by bashing out a triple in the seventh inning that scored two runs. Kaitlyn Bergerson doubled, Zoie Johnson had two hits and Jayden Karppinen also f...
