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Last Friday night's high school boys match up in Culver featured the tall-as-skyscrapers Panthers and the high-energy Rebels in a game that was tight throughout the first half. But Moose Lake/Willow River eventually hit the gas pedal to cruise to a 71-43 victory. "We played solid defense and we were tied halfway through the first half and only allowed them to head into the locker room up by seven points," said South Ridge coach Phil Pliska. "They're a high-octane team that likes to play really...
Continued fluctuations between moderate and frigid temperatures this month, coupled with spates of snow, have left roadways slick. In just the past week there were several incidents of cars sliding off roads and some overturning. In Cloquet on Friday night, Jan. 21, a bus carrying athletes from a game back to Two Harbors entered the intersection at Washington Avenue and into northbound traffic on Minnesota Highway 33. The bus, carrying 23 people, including the 71-year-old driver, hit an SUV traveling northbound on 33, the Minnesota State...
For the fourth time in the last 40 years the Carlton County board of commissioners declared their support for necessary funding by state and federal action to rebuild Highway 73 in western Carlton County, particularly the 8-mile stretch south of Cromwell. There was little discussion before the unanimous vote during the county board meeting Monday, Jan. 24. Federal funding is available through the new infrastructure initiative and the state of Minnesota has a budget surplus of more than $7.5 billion. County highway engineer JinYeene Neumann...
A stifling defense and a steady offense created a potent mixture for the Esko girls basketball team in a 69-22 home win over a depleted Moose Lake/Willow River on Thursday, Jan. 20. Many of the Rebels' best players were not on the floor due to Covid-related contacts. "Taking those kinds of kids out of their lineup made slowing the rest of the group down easier," said Esko coach Scott Antonutti. "I thought (Maci) Kukuk had a nice first half, so she definitely became our focus quickly." The...
Thursday, Jan. 20 Girls Basketball Floodwood-42 Carlton-11 Esko-69 ML/WR-22 Cromwell-Wright-48 Mesabi East-31 Two Harbors-52 Barnum-44 McGregor-84 Wrenshall-50 Boys Basketball Northland-82 Carlton-35 Girls Hockey CEC-3 Northern Lakes-0 Boys Hockey CEC-4 Duluth Marshall-2 Friday, Jan. 21 Girls Basketball South Ridge-88 Cook County-22 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-63 Silver Bay-57 South Ridge-92 Cook County-41 Esko-99 ML/WR-89 Barnum-73 Two Harbors-57 Wrenshall-67 McGregor-64 Carlton-93 Floodwood-64 Saturday, Jan. 22 Girls Basketball...
Notice has been served by the Moose Lake Area girls hockey team that they will be a tough team to beat come Section 7A playoffs. The Rebels gave the defending state Class A state champion Proctor/Hermantown team everything they could handle Monday night in a 6-3 loss in Moose Lake. After skating to a 2-1 win over Duluth with a depleted roster on Thursday, the Rebels fought to a 1-1 first period draw Monday against the Mirage. Proctor/Hermantown took just three minutes to score the first goal of...
More than 100 students attending Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College during Fall Semester 2021 achieved high academic standing and earned Dean’s List honors for the semester grading period. Requirements for earning Dean’s List honors at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College include maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher while completing 12 or more course credits during the semester. Students may take daytime classes, evening classes, weekend classes, online classes, or a combination of the...
Bernice "Da Da" Ostoff, 84, of Cloquet, passed away with peace on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Augustana Care Health and Rehabilitation in Moose Lake.She was the youngest of 18 siblings, the daughter of George and Sophie Ostoff. Bernice was one of the former owners of Burger Family Shoe Store. She was highly involved in the community, including the Chamber of Commerce and the Fourth of July parade. She was funny, loving, a respected individual, and was a spontaneous, boisterous spitfire! Bernice...
Russell C. Johnson, 88, of Moose Lake died Jan. 18, 2022, at Augustana Moose Lake Village after a short illness. Russell was born Dec. 21, 1933, to Selma (Anderson) and John E. Johnson at home, east of Moose Lake. The family moved to a small farm west of Moose Lake in 1941, where Russ lived until he died. He graduated from Moose Lake High School in 1951. After his father died suddenly in March of 1953, Russell remained at home to take care of his mother and younger sister, Rosalie. His older bro...
Thursday, Jan. 13 Girls Basketball Cloquet-57 Hermantown-49 South Ridge-53 Floodwood-25 Cromwell-Wright-66 Two Harbors-45 Mesabi East-70 MLWR-62 Boys Basketball Hermantown-96 Cloquet-78 Lakeview Christian Ac.-78 Wrenshall-58 Esko-88 Superior-77 Girls Hockey CEC-3 Duluth-1 Friday, Jan. 14 Girls Basketball Esko-70 Hibbing-32 Boys Basketball Two Harbors-56 Cromwell-Wright-51 Barnum-96 McGregor-33 Saturday, Jan. 15 Girls Hockey CEC-3 Northern Tier-0 Boys Hockey Elk River/Zimm-8 CEC-1 Monday, Jan. 17 Girls Basketball Proctor-63 Cromwell-Wright-58...
Our monthlong march through 2021 looking back at past issues of the Pine Knot News continues today with the next four months of the year, May through August. It was a summer that saw a return of many regular activities after another Covid-19 pandemic lull in the region. It wouldn't last, as we'll find out in the final installment of the year in review next week. May In mid-May, 600 finalists from around the world will gather for the Regeneron International Science and Engineer Fair to dazzle...
Doris Ann Strand, 94, passed away Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Moose Lake Village in Moose Lake. Doris was born on Sept. 24, 1927 in Cloquet to Octave and Beda Caron. She spent her childhood and youth in the loving care of her aunt and uncle, Sigrid and Gus Bredenberg. Doris graduated from Cloquet High School in 1945. She married Raymond Strand on March 26, 1946. Raymond and Doris moved to the family dairy farm north of town where they raised eight children and farmed for 33 years. Doris had an...
Elizabeth Marie "Liz" Bice Thom was born in Faribault on Jan. 12, 1945, to Orville and Oletta Halvorson Bice. She was a 1963 graduate of Medford High School in Medford, and graduated as a registered nurse from Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing in Rochester in 1966. She died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, at Essentia Health-Moose Lake hospital from metastatic colon cancer. Her hope was that through this challenge, she might meet it head-on with grace and dignity, leaning on her Lutheran faith for...
After a rough, Covid-19- pandemic-ridden 2020, the year 2021 was destined to be better, right? Well, the jury hasn’t reached a decision yet. There were highs and lows, as the pandemic continued to alter life as we knew it before 2020. There’s a vaccine, which has helped ease the naked fear of contracting the virus. There has been mostly in-person learning this school year and many of the events around schools are back to normal. Cities held modified annual celebrations. But Covid spikes continue, with infections breaking records even now, so...
The Disabled American Veterans Carlton County Chapter 18 will hold a clothing drive every Saturday in January from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Cloquet and Moose Lake. The DAV will have a truck by the green boxes at the armory in Cloquet and Lamperts Lumberyard in Moose Lake, accepting clothing, bedding, purses, shoes, towels and jackets. Please don’t bring furniture or electronics....
Fifth District commissioner Gary Peterson was chosen as the new chairman of the Carlton County board of commissioners at the annual re-organizational meeting Tuesday, Jan. 4. Fourth District commissioner Mark Thell became the vice chairman of the county board and chairman of the committee of the whole meetings for 2022. For a number of years, leadership roles for the board and the committee meetings have rotated with each board member takings a turn. The board approved meeting times and days. Regular county board meetings will continue to be...
Carlton County residents are encouraged to recycle their fresh-cut Christmas trees during Treecycling, a free program with dropoff locations at the Sappi gatehouse entrance in Cloquet and Moose Lake compost site across from the city garage through Jan. 17. Christmas trees, like yard waste, are banned from landfills in Minnesota. Please remove all ornaments, lights, tree stands and tree bags before bringing trees. Residents can recycle holiday lights at the Carlton County Transfer Station at 1950 Highway 210....
Wednesday, Dec. 29 Girls Basketball Cloquet-78 Virginia-61 Mesabi East-62 Crosby-Ironton-60 Esko-52 Hermantown-45 South Ridge-69 Ely-38 Deer River-83 Wrenshall-40 Boys Basketball Esko-73 Duluth Marshall-44 Cloquet-78 Pine City-72 Deer River-86 Fond du Lac Ojibwe-72 Girls Hockey Moose Lake Area-4 Pine City Area-0 Boys Hockey Centennial-8 CEC-0 Somerset-10 Moose Lake Area-2 Thursday, Dec. 30 Boys Basketball Moose Lake-WR-77 Spectrum-74 Boys Hockey Hill-Murray-6 CEC-2 Red Lake Falls-13 Moose Lake Area-2 Monday, Jan. 3 Girls Basketball...
Thursday, Dec. 23 Girls Basketball Esko-54 Pine City-38 Virginia-70 ML/WR-55 Cloquet-60 St. Francis-45 Girls Hockey CEC-5 Pine City Area-1 Boys Hockey CEC-3 Holy Angels-3 Monday, Dec. 27 Girls Hockey Moose Lake Area-2 Buffalo/Maple Lake-1 Boys Basketball Chisholm Tournament Wrenshall-2 (Forfeit) Silver Bay-0 Chisholm-101 Carlton-44 Tuesday, Dec. 28 Girls Basketball Greenway-56 ML/WR-20 South Ridge-111 Wrenshall-11 Wood City Classic Crosby-Ironton-71 Virginia-58 Mesabi East-51 Cloquet-49 Esko Coaches Classic Hermantown-68 Cherry-50 Esko-89...
Playing with a young roster and far fewer players than most, the Moose Lake Area boys hockey team faces steep odds nearly every game they step onto the ice. But after opening the season with eight straight losses, the Rebels finally found their first win of the season on Dec. 17 when they downed North Shore 6-2. "From where we started the season, this group is much improved," said Rebels coach Lee Costley. "We have a lot of young kids who are stepping up from the bantam level and they have to...
Decorating the house is a much-loved activity during the holidays. “But we don’t want to let those lovely greens bring trouble to our landscape,” says Lori Seele from the Duluth Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. “Various pests that are not native to our region can hitch a ride on Christmas trees, wreaths, boughs, vines, and plants with colorful fruits and seeds.” According to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the disease dangers include elongate hemlock scale, boxwood blight, Oriental bittersweet, gypsy moth, brown marmorate...
After seeing Covid-19 cases climb precipitously this month, Wrenshall school district officials sent students an early Christmas present — letting kids out of school five days early — in hopes of getting people well. Superintendent Kim Belcastro said the early vacation was in response to rising Covid numbers, but even more about difficulties finding substitute teachers for sick teachers, including several who were fully vaccinated. Finding a balance between keeping students safe and giving the...
The victim spoke first in Thursday’s sentencing hearing for the former Barnum girls basketball coach. She talked about how she fell in love with basketball at age 12, and how the sport is forever tainted by her experience. She shared how her 33-year-old coach first started messaging her on the phone over Snapchat, asking if she would play on a slow pitch softball team that weekend, and how he didn’t want to take “no” for an answer. It got worse. He would ask her uncomfortable questions about her personal life, did she have a boyfriend, things...
Thursday, Dec. 16 Girls Basketball Esko-84 Two Harbors-36 McGregor-39 Carlton-30 Cromwell-Wright-65 Floodwood-29 Boys Basketball North Branch-68 Cloquet-59 Boys Hockey Ashland-4 Moose Lake Area-3 Friday, Dec. 17 Girls Basketball Wrenshall-67 Silver Bay-31 Moose Lake-WR-61 Cook County-41 Boys Basketball Cromwell-Wright-77 Floodwood-51 Moose Lake-WR-71 Cook County-17 Hibbing-82 Cloquet-60 McGregor-56 Carlton-50 Esko-78 Superior-74 Saturday, Dec. 18 Girls Hockey CEC-5 Sartell/Sauk Rapids-2 Moose Lake Area-10 International Falls-1 Boys Hockey...
A goal just 32 seconds into the game turned out to be the only goal in Thursday's girls hockey game between Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Moose Lake Area. Marina Dostal scored for CEC before many fans got a chance to get into their seats at Riverside Arena in Moose Lake, giving the Lumberjacks the narrow road win. "The team did a great job setting the tone from the start with really nice, patient puck possession which led to the lone goal for us," said CEC coach Courtney Olin. The teams met Nov. 23 i...
