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Next weekend, Aug.11-13, Kettle River will mark the 36th celebration of Ma & Pa Kettle Days. Started in 1985, the theme of this year's gathering is "Our work is never Finn-ished," in a nod to the many Finnish descendants in the area. The grand marshal for this year is Sam Huhta of Automba, accompanied by his wife Linda. Also recognized for their commitment to community is the new Ma & Pa Kettle: Mark and Tina Tollgaard of the city of Kettle River. Huhta was raised in Rice River Township in...
After the July 25 round of the 8th District Division II American Jr. Legion playoffs, Carlton County had two local teams still in the running. Esko was undefeated and Barnum-Moose Lake-Willow River (BMW) had one loss in the double elimination tournament - the loss coming against Esko. Over the weekend both teams acquitted themselves well, but it was Esko prevailing in the championship with a pair of wins over Ely. BMW ended up third in the tournament. BMW opened weekend play on Saturday with an...
The Carlton Daze celebration was a wonderful event - even Mother Nature was on her best behavior. Thank you to the Carlton Area Chamber, local businesses and volunteers for making the celebration a success. The 29th annual 5K had great weather for the 130 walkers and runners participating in the race. I spent Saturday afternoon walking through the car show, visiting with friends and having lunch at one of the many food trucks. (This is a time when the diet goes out the window.) Sunday's parade...
A former Carlton County resident is accused of murdering a man and breaking into a Minneapolis apartment 39 years ago. Matthew Russell Brown, 66, was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree burglary by electronically filed criminal complaint on May 26 in Fourth District Hennepin County Court. The complaint was sealed until the arrest warrant was served. According to the now public criminal complaint, police responded to an apartment building at 3209 Girard Ave. South in Minneapolis around 2:30 a.m. July 19, 1984. Two women rushed...
A man died after apparently hitting a tree on his ATV last week. A motorist came upon the crash and dialed 911 at 7:52 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, on the 3500 block of Pine Road in Barnum Township. Paul Douglas Nelson, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, the initial investigation revealed Nelson was driving an ATV northbound on Pine Road when it left the roadway and struck a tree. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. It is not clear what caused the ATV to leave the r...
The Moose Lake Community School got an unexpected gift recently: an extraordinary endowment donation of $1.75 million, gifted by the estate of Magdalyn Lund. According to a news release, the donation was made in memory of Magdalyn’s late husband, George E. Lund, a 1931 graduate of Moose Lake High School. Lund was a survivor of the catastrophic 1918 fire. After graduating from Moose Lake High School at the age of 16, he attended the University of Minnesota where he earned both his bachelor and master of science degrees in chemical e...
The 8th District Junior Legion baseball tournament started last weekend and continued this week with two area teams continuing to battle for a place in the championship in the double elimination tournament. On Sunday, Barnum-Moose Lake-Willow River throttled Chisholm 17-0 in five innings to secure their spot in Tuesday's second round. Meanwhile, Esko also answered the bell with a snappy 7-3 win over Proctor. Barnum-Moose Lake-Willow River and Esko faced off on Tuesday. Esko managed a 3-2 win,...
A man housed in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program facility in Moose Lake was sentenced to 220 months — over 18 years — in state prison Monday to attempted second-degree murder. Nicolas Ladell Aron-Jones’ victim made a statement in the hearing, as did the offender, saying he prefers prison time to the MSOP. Aron-Jones, 29, pleaded guilty in May to the most serious of four charges against him. Under the terms of the plea agreement, the other charges of first-, second- and fourth-degree assault were dismissed. “He attempted to kill someone...
Leave the mosquitoes outside and come to the Moose Lake Community School auditorium to hear some great symphonic music for free. Agate Encores Community Concerts is offering a free concert by the Duluth-based Northshore Philharmonic Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. Under the baton of conductor Tracey Gibbens, the concert includes music by Jean Sibelius, Franz Berwald, and Antonín Dvořák. Dr. Betsy Husby, principal cellist with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, is the soloist. The orchestra is made up of people united by their lo...
A barn on the 2200 block of Olson Road in Blackhoof Township caught on fire, likely the result of a lightning strike around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, a Carlton County Sheriff’s Office news release said. Firefighters from Blackhoof, Esko, Carlton, Barnum, Moose Lake, Mahtowa and Wrenshall fire departments responded and found the barn fully involved in fire. Due to the size of the fire and rural location, a large amount of water had to be brought in by truck to put out the fire. There were no animals in the barn, no injuries, and no other s...
The most interesting portion of the Agate Stampede in Moose Lake Saturday was all the pregame talk along Elm Street about strategy. Some vow to wait back and snatch the loot others miss after the two dump trucks unload their haul of rocks along the two, long, people-packed, blocks of the downtown street. Some get ready to dash right in, water bottle in hand to better discern the precious rocks from the ordinary. There are all levels of bucket sophistication (some with built-in sifters) and...
The Esko Legion and Junior Legion baseball teams got off to a slow start this summer, but they had an excellent excuse. "We missed the first 10 days of the season because of the long run to the state championship by the high school team," said Nick Legarde, head coach of both the Legion and Junior Legion teams. "For Legion, we've only played nine games so far and normally we'd be at around 15-18 games," he saidd. Esko Legion is 6-3 thus far and opened play in the Northeast District 2 playoffs...
Leonard Edward Lind, 77, of Barnum passed away on Monday, July 10, 2023, in Essentia Health Hospital in Moose Lake. He was born on Oct. 4, 1945, in Carlton to Paul and Alice Lind. Once Leonard graduated from high school, he joined the U.S. Army in 1965. Leonard was awarded the National Defense Service Medal; Combat Infantry Badge, 1st Award; two Overseas Service bars; Vietnam Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device (1960); Marksman marksmanship...
The Mangan family of Barnum is the subject of a crowdfunding campaign following a house fire July 8 that destroyed their home. Adam, Laura, and toddler Hunter Mangan’s home on Grizzly Lane in Barnum Township was a total loss and required a harrowing escape outlined in the Go Fund Me appeal. “Laura looked up to see smoke and flames coming from their home,” the narrative said. “She screamed for Adam and rushed into the house to grab little Hunter who was taking a nap in his crib. When she turned around flames had engulfed the door, so she pre...
On July 19, 2023 at 7:52 P.M., the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an ATV crash in the 3500 Block of Pine Road in Barnum Township. A motorist came upon the crash and dialed 911. Carlton County Sheriff’s Deputies responded along with members of the Barnum Fire Department, Blackhoof Fire Department and Essentia Moose Lake EMS. According to a news release from the Sheriff's Office, the initial investigation revealed an adult male was driving an ATV northbound on Pine Road when it left the roadway and struck a tree. Paul Dou...
Paul Ward turned 90 this summer, and the story of how he landed the area's most well-known agate has changed. But only a little. Shortly after the 108-pound agate began being celebrated in Moose Lake during the early 1980s, the story went that Ward was looking for agates in a local pit when he unearthed the monster he first thought was a root. But last month, during a visit to his Sandstone, Minnesota residence by the Pine Knot, Ward recalled a different origin. He was clearing land and...
Alyce Louise Henninger passed to be with her husband and her Lord on July 1, 2023, at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. She grew up on a dairy farm in the rural area near Nemadji, a few miles east of Barnum. Alyce attended Central School, Nemadji and Barnum High School. She went to work after high school at the Barnum Creamery. On May 27, 1949, she married Edwin Ralph Henninger, also of the Nemadji area. They attended the Brethren Church near Nemadji until it closed, and then attended the...
The Carlton community is beginning to buzz with excitement as plans are being finalized for the annual community celebration. Circle July 28-29-30 on your calendar and come out to gather with family and friends for fun, food and live music for Carlton Daze at the Carlton VFW and the Third Base Bar. Don’t forget the parade at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 30. Live music will be provided by Stranded on July 28 and by Vinyl Recliner on July 29. Veterans interested in joining Carlton VFW Post 2962 and/or t...
With July Fourth behind them, many Carlton County communities now turn toward their own unique celebrations of summer. Those festivals launch this weekend with Moose Lake celebrating Agate Days Saturday and Sunday, July 15-16, plus three days of Wrong Days in Wright kicking off today. Agate Days Saturday is the big day in Moose Lake, and the Clark-Olsen Agate Stampede at 3 p.m. is always a treat. People of all ages line up on both sides of Elm Avenue and wait for two dump trucks to drive two blocks while dropping all kinds of rocks and gravel,...
It was the Cloquet Fourth of July redemption tour, after being diminished by the pandemic, then kicked in the knees by Mother Nature last year. No more, said the people, in spite of a little afternoon rain. They came out in droves. Runners and walkers headed to Pinehurst Park for the Sawdust 5K and then a 1-mile race down the parade route. People of all ages lined Cloquet Avenue for the annual July Fourth parade, several rows deep in places, kids with bags and buckets ready to be filled with...
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is awarding grants totaling $66.9 million to 30 projects in the eighth year of the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant program and pilot round of the Low-Density Broadband Grant Program. It includes improving connectivity in Carlton County, a news release said. A last-mile project serving 503 households and businesses in the townships of Barnum, Eagle Lake, Lakeview and Moose Lake will provide fiber-to-the-home. A grant of $1.27 million will be matched with local funds....
Cornelia Marjorie Ballou, 91, of Barnum passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2023, at New Perspective in Barnum. Cora was born June 14, 1932, in Kettle River to Steven and Adelaide Tomczak. She began learning in the one-room school in Kettle River, later attending and graduating from Moose Lake High School in 1950. Cora lived in Duluth and married Leland Ballou on Dec. 27, 1955, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Split Rock Township. She was employed by Kelly Furniture as a bookkeeper. The couple later...
After last year’s miserable weather, Fourth of July organizers in Cloquet have been busy refreshing the weather app on their phones. On Tuesday night — a week before the big day — the iPhone weather app predicted perfect Minnesota summer weather: partly sunny, temperatures in the upper 70s. The next morning the same weather app showed a 50-percent chance of rain on July 4. Nine hours later the forecast was back to no rain and a high of 81 degrees. Other than the weather, all the various event...
Irene M. Peterson, 87, of Barnum died peacefully on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at her home with her family by her side. She was born on Oct. 28, 1935, in Mahtowa to Herbert and Jennie Olson. Irene grew up east of Barnum and attended Central School. She worked as a nanny in West Duluth and later worked at Wood Conversion/Conwed (USG) in Cloquet for 16 years. On Dec. 27, 1969, Irene married Donald D. Peterson in Barnum. After their daughter, Kelly Jo, was born, Irene became a stay-at-home mom and...
The third annual Cloquet Wood City Classic girls softball tournament was on a rainy weekend last week at Braun Park in Cloquet. There were 34 teams participating in three age divisions and, as usual, the tournament was another impressive display of teamwork by all. "Our grounds crew, parents, umpires and staff all did an amazing job," said tournament director Adam Maslowski. "We had to battle rain and the elements, but we got all the games in, and there were no complaints and, most importantly,...
