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The Cloquet boys hockey team was seeded No. 2 for the upcoming Section 7A playoffs. Moose Lake Area is the last seed which is No. 9. Cloquet benefited from a strong finish to the season. After winning their last two games, they moved to No. 3 in the section in the QRF rankings. Then, because CEC defeated Hibbing in a head-to-head game, the Lumberjacks moved up to the No. 2 seed. Moose Lake will have a play-in game at 1 p.m. Saturday at International Falls, the No. 8 seed. The winner will move... Full story
I hope everyone had a happy Valentine’s Day. As I recall, in Miss Otteson’s first-grade classroom we would get a brown paper lunch bag to decorate with hearts, construction paper and artwork to hang on our desks or in a special place in the classroom. On Valentine’s Day my classmates and I would put a card in each of the bags. Most of the cards were purchased at the local Ben Franklin Store in Cloquet, and addressed to each classmate. Toward the end of the day, each class in the Garfield Eleme...
Following a packed public hearing last month on policing in Moose Lake, the end of the city's police department unfolded in comparatively quiet council chambers on Wednesday. The council and mayor voted 3-2 to contract with Carlton County Sheriff's Office to provide law enforcement services to the city, effectively disbanding the city's police department. Its lone remaining member, interim chief Chad Pattison, pleaded for an opportunity to rebuild the department, which saw two officers resign... Full story
Interim police chief Chad Pattison was granted special authority in Moose Lake after the three-member department saw the resignation of two of its officers last month. Both officers resigned in the wake of a public hearing last month to determine if the city council would either maintain a force or disband the department and contract with the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office for the city’s law enforcement coverage. The board will vote on the matter during its meeting at 4 p.m. Feb. 14. In the meantime, city administrator Ellissa Owens explained...
Last weekend, as they've done for more generations than there are records, Ojibwe descendents gathered for aadizookeng - wintertime storytelling which can be told only at night when there is snow on the ground. The fifth annual Ojibwe Language Symposium at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College attracted close to 200 participants from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, and Canada Feb. 2-4. Arne and Ivy Vainio shared my table during the feast. They said conferences like this one are...
Thursday, Feb. 1 Girls Hockey MLA 1 Pine City 0 Boys Hockey Hermantown 6 CEC 1 Boys Basketball Deer River 84 South Ridge 58 Carlton/Wrenshall 78 Northland 65 Girls Basketball Esko 61 Carlton/Wrenshall 22 Cloquet 67 Grand Rapids 65 South Ridge 73 McGregor 33 Friday, Feb. 2 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright 80 Cook County 59 Esko 84 Carlton/Wrenshall 59 ML/WR 75 Barnum 63 McGregor 67 South Ridge 60 Girls Basketball Duluth Marshall 94 ML/WR 31 Girls Hockey CEC 2 Thief River Falls 0 Boys Hockey Becker/Big Lake 4 Moose Lake Area 1 Saturday, Feb. 3... Full story
Tuesday night the Lumberjacks girls hockey team hosted Hibbing/Chisholm in the first round of the Section 7A playoffs. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton came in on a roll having gone 9-0-1 over their last 10 games and were the No. 3 seed while the Blue Jackets were seeded No. 6. The 'Jacks kept things rolling by skating to a 4-2 win over the Blue Jackets and will now play in the sectional semifinals against defending champion Proctor/Hermantown on Saturday morning in Duluth. The Lumberjacks were shocked earl... Full story
The Moose Lake Area girls hockey team opened their season with four straight losses, the last one Nov. 28 at the hands of the Rock Ridge Wolverines. On Tuesday night, the Rebels avenged the loss as they opened the playoffs with a 1-0 win over Rock Ridge as they rode the hot goaltending of junior Mallory Hartl. The first period ended with no scoring, but it was the No. 4 Rebels who carried the play to the tune of a 15-6 shots advantage over the No. 5 Wolverines. “I thought we dominated the f... Full story
Treat your valentine to coffee and a sweet treat at the boys basketball game tonight, Friday, Feb. 9. Dollars for Scholars will be sponsoring the fundraiser during the games. Come support the team and fundraiser and enjoy the homecoming festivities. My sympathies to the family of Jerry Pederson, 78, of Moose Lake, who passed away Jan. 21. I got to know him when we served on the Carlton County Public Health and Human Services advisory committee a few years ago. He was such a friendly and...
Jerome "Jerry" Allen Pederson, 78, of Moose Lake, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at Solvay Hospice House with his family and care team by his side. Jerry was born June 21,1945, in Slayton, Minnesota to Martin and Hilda Pederson. Jerry and his twin sister, Judy, were the youngest of eight siblings. He grew up on a family farm in Westbrook. In between farm chores and school, Jerry played sports, including football, track, and wrestling and loved participating in choir. He... Full story
Already into the second month of 2024, the ramifications of a poor November deer hunt continue to linger. Fewer deer sightings and harvests in northeastern Minnesota have riled up hunters, and the new Minnesota-based group Hunters for Hunters has capitalized. The group's ongoing public meetings in small towns throughout northeastern Minnesota draw hundreds of participants, and have turned the focus onto wolf predation of the deer population. Noticeably quiet throughout the surge in anti-wolf... Full story
Thursday, Jan. 25 Girls Hockey Duluth Marshall 2 Moose Lake Area 1 Boys Hockey WSFLG 4 Moose Lake Area 1 Girls Basketball Duluth Marshall 77 Cloquet 73 South Ridge 73 Silver Bay 24 Cromwell-Wright 54 McGregor 37 Esko 82 ML/WR 29 Barnum 63 Two Harbors 40 Boys’ Basketball Proctor 53 South Ridge 48 Carlton/Wrenshall 87 McGregor 66 Friday, Jan. 26 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright 70 McGregor 49 Barnum 75 Two Harbors 69 Esko 79 ML/WR 63 Carlton/Wrenshall 94 Hill City 49 Boys Hockey Bemidji 4 CEC 2 Girls Hockey CEC 4 Chisago Lakes 2 Saturday, Jan. 2... Full story
Seniors on the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey were honored before Monday's game against North Shore Storm. Lumberjacks seniors, standing with parents and other loved ones, from left are Torrie Lane, Erin Loeb, Madison Hurst, Kaley Will, Gwen Lilly and manager Amara Liljegren. Photo contributed by Shelley Robideaux The Section 7A girls hockey tournament will kick off next Tuesday at various rinks across northern Minnesota. According to the current QRF rankings, if the tournament were to start... Full story
Over the years, Cloquet resident Clarence Badger has told stories of playing basketball at the old Civic Center where the fire station now sits. He shared photos of his uncles returning from World War II and partying in the Cromwell bars with happy friends. Of Pinehurst Park in the 1940s and '50s, he wrote: "The building that I used most was the large one where we would roller skate one or two days a week in a huge building that sat near what the tennis courts are today. The Wilsons would come... Full story
Darla Jean Swanson, 73, of Cloquet passed away surrounded by her family on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. She was born Nov. 6, 1950, to Percy and Margaret (Schauland) Swanson in Moose Lake. Darla was raised in Blackhoof Township and attended Central School and graduated from Barnum High School in 1968. She furthered her education at the technical school in Duluth and received a nursing degree. In 1970, Darla married Terry Maki and spent four years traveling to seve... Full story
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet had 273 students achieving high academic standing honors: 154 on the dean’s (3.0 GPA or higher) and 119 on the president’s list (4.0 GPA). FDLTCC president’s list Barnum: Selah Casper, Madison Goodwin, Madison Jones, Julie Krueger, ShyAnn Ostby Carlton: Burley, Shalom Heikkila, Joseph Kitto, Abigail Ronkainen, Abrianna Schmidt, Bradley Untiedt Cloquet: Robin Anderson, Carlos Arreola, Tiffany Bones, Ann Carlson, Dylan Clark, Clara Dale, Jena Hurd, Taylor Janisch, Jacqueline Jennissen, Elizabeth... Full story
Jerome “Jerry” Allen Pederson, age 78, of Moose Lake, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 26, 2024, at Solvay Hospice House with his family and care team by his side. Jerry was born June 21,1945 in Slayton, MN to Martin and Hilda Pederson. Jerry and his twin sister, Judy, were the youngest of eight siblings. He grew up on a family farm in Westbrook. In between farm chores and school, Jerry played different sports including football, track, and wrestling and loved participating in cho... Full story
City of Moose Lake staffers set out 100 chairs in city council chambers Wednesday for a public hearing on policing, and each one was needed to hold the crowd. On tap: deciding whether to keep the city's police department intact, or disband it and contract with the Carlton County Sheriff's Office to provide the city's law enforcement. "When you start taking anything away from the city, you're not going to get it back again," said Doug Probst, whose sentiment was shared throughout the hearing....
Things could not have gone any better for the Moose Lake/Willow River boys basketball team in their matchup against Carlton/Wrenshall Friday night. The Rebels shooting was beyond hot as they opened up a massive halftime lead on their way to an 84-40 win in Willow River. "We had a big start to the game and shot the lights out," said Rebels coach Paul Dewey. "I was a little surprised, because we hadn't been shooting that well and then we came out in that first half and lit it up." The Rebels... Full story
Darla Jean Swanson, age 73, of Cloquet, Minnesota passed away surrounded by her family on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton, Minnesota. She was born Nov. 6, 1950, to Percy and Margaret (Schauland) Swanson in Moose Lake, Minnesota. Darla was raised in Blackhoof Township, Minnesota. She attended Central School and graduated from Barnum High School in 1968. She furthered her education at the technical school in Duluth and received her nursing degree. In 1970, Darla was... Full story
The Essentia Health-Moose Lake hospital has been re-designated as an acute stroke-ready hospital by the Minnesota Department of Health. The re-designation means the hospital has stringent protocols, collaborations, testing and education and partnerships in place to help achieve the best possible outcome for patients who suffer this potentially deadly health event. The designation is good for three years. “We are prepared to care for stroke patients 24/7 and are committed to providing high-quality care to patients undergoing this serious a...
Thursday, Jan. 11 Girls Hockey CEC 4 Duluth 3 Boys Hockey CEC 3 Duluth Marshall 1 Girls Basketball Esko 72 Hibbing 35 South Ridge 92 Carlton/Wrenshall 40 Cromwell-Wright 70 Barnum 34 Floodwood 64 Moose Lake/WR 53 Boys Basketball Ogilvie 66 Cromwell-Wright 56 Hermantown 106 Cloquet 74 Friday, Jan. 12 Boys Basketball Carlton/Wrenshall 101 Floodwood 33 Cherry 100 Esko 74 Girls Hockey Litchfield/DC 2 Moose Lake Area 1 Saturday, Jan. 13 Boys Basketball Cloquet 88 Duluth Marshall 68 Girls Basketball Red Lake 73 Fond du Lac 56 Boys Hockey Coon Rapids... Full story
The Barnum bus drivers continue to struggle with being short-staffed. The ultimate solution would be to hire two additional bus drivers. The district is considering an alternative solution that is concerning the bus drivers and the community. The district is proposing to sell its bus fleet to a private busing company. Most of the current drivers are Barnum graduates and/or have children connecting them to the district. They care about our school and our children, but are unwilling to work for a private for-profit company, as they will lose... Full story
The Moose Lake Area boys hockey team dropped a tough 3-1 decision at home Jan. 5 against Mora/Milaca, putting their record at 3-9 on the season. "They really took it to us in the first two periods," said Rebels coach Chris Gamst. According to Gamst, one of the biggest issues the Rebels have faced all year has been the lack of scoring, something he is hoping to rectify in the second half of the season. Currently the top line for the Rebels consists of Jaxsyn Schmidt, Dawson Fjosne and Joey... Full story
After a 0-4 start, the Moose Lake Area girls hockey team has gone on a roll and won seven of their last eight games to improve to 10-7 overall. That streak includes impressive wins over Duluth and a pair of wins over perennial Class A power Hibbing-Chisholm. “We have seven new girls that came up from 12U this year, so I think they needed to adjust to the faster pace of the high school league,” said Rebels head coach Reilly Fawcett. “We had a tough time scoring in the first couple of games... Full story
