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Minnesota’s current Covid-19 surge won’t relent. The newest data show the disease still firmly entrenched in the state. While a jump in testing can explain much of the latest increase in case counts, the numbers also show the current wave stubbornly refusing to crest. “These are numbers we had hoped we would not see again,” Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm told reporters Sept. 24 after the state reported nearly 3,000 more cases. Within the next few days, the state expects to top 700,000 total known cases in the pandemic, she added. After i...
A crowd of about 75 people traveled from western Carlton County to a public hearing at the county board meeting Monday on whether to close or keep open the county’s satellite garage in Kettle River. County engineer Jin-Yeene Neumann gave a short presentation at the beginning of the hearing at the Transportation Building in Carlton, explaining that it not only costs an extra $15,000 to run but also is a safety issue because it is a one-man shop. Neumann said the transportation department wants to move the grader and a pickup to the new county g...
The Moose Lake Historical Society will focus on the recovery and rebuilding after the 1918 Fires starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at the Soo Line Event Center in Moose Lake. Tuesday, Oct. 12 is the 103rd anniversary of the fires, which devastated the area with loss of life and unprecedented property damage in the history of Minnesota. Memory candles will be for sale at the door; masks are required. Cal 218-485-4234 for more information....
Robert "Bob" H. Carey, 75, passed away peacefully Sept. 26, 2021, at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Cloquet, surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 22, 1946, in Duluth to Harvey and Jean (McDonell) Carey. Bob excelled at sports and played basketball for the University of Minnesota Duluth. After college, he met his love and best friend, Mary Day. They were married Aug. 14, 196,9 and spent 52 wonderful years together. After teaching and coaching basketball at McGregor and Silver...
Friday, Oct. 1 Football All games at 7 p.m. unless noted • Barnum vs Mille Lacs • Carlton/Wrenshall vs Silver Bay • Cloquet at Hermantown • Cromwell-Wright/ Floodwood vs Ely • Moose Lake/Willow River at Mesabi East • South Ridge at Ogilvie • Esko vs Two Harbors, 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 Boys soccer • Cloquet vs Hermantown, noon Girls soccer • Cloquet vs Hermantown, 2 p.m. • Esko vs Chisago Lakes, 4 p.m. Volleyball • Carlton, Cloquet at Mora tournament • Cromwell-Wright, Moose Lake at Moose Lake tournament Monday, Oct. 4 Boys soccer • Cloquet v...
The fall colors are painting our community with beautiful gold, red, orange and yellow leaves. The changes make us feel excited about getting outside to get that last-minute yardwork completed or to just take a walk with family and friends on the Munger Trail in Carlton. Halloween will be here before we know it. To celebrate the day, the Carlton Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Downtown Trick or Treat in Carlton. Businesses and organizations will be setting up booths on the main street of...
There was a time when every rural community had a special gathering place, a hall where people could hold dances, dinners and other community events. On Highway 27 west of Kettle River, there was - and still is - the Star Club. Incorporated in 1921, the Star Club was formed as a "gentlemen's club" for the area Polish settlers in Split Rock and continues to operate today. Built after the 1918 Fires that burned down the old log church previously used for social gatherings, next week the Star Club...
At a short regular meeting Monday, the Cloquet city council officially adopted a 2022 budget and a proposed levy increase of $109,400, or 3.49 percent. The levy can’t go up from that percentage when the levy is set in December. A public hearing on the budget and levy will be held at the Dec. 7 regular meeting. Running the numbers in the future will be new finance director Katie Bloom. She was approved by the board this week after the city’s first choice, Joshua Bailey, decided to keep his auditing job with the city of Duluth. Longtime finance...
Friday, Sept. 24 Football All games at 7 p.m. unless noted Carlton/Wrenshall vs Kelliher/Northome Cloquet vs Duluth East Cromwell-Wright/Floodwood at South Ridge Esko at Pine City Moose Lake/Willow River vs Crosby-Ironton Barnum at North Woods, 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 Girls soccer Esko vs Benilde-St. Margaret's, 4 p.m. Boys soccer CEC at Princeton, 1 p.m. Girls swimming CEC at Lincoln Park Middle School, 1 p.m. Girls tennis CEC at Saint Francis, 9 a.m. Volleyball Cloquet, South Ridge and...
With the turning of the leaves and calendar to September, many golf aficionados start planning where to store their clubs for the winter season. But a group of seniors maximize the remaining daylight and try to prolong the golf schedule with a condensed tournament that features six local course sites played over four days. The annual event, founded by the late Lee Samuelson of Lee’s Pro Shop in Pine City, has a maximum — and it is always full — of 18 foursomes playing in a four-...
The folks in Cromwell and the surrounding area celebrated a great weekend as Harvest Fest was a huge success. There were 194 steaks from the Farmers Co-op in Wright served at the Friday night fry. Sue Youngberg won the Cardinal Quilters donated quilt. The stand-still parade was great, with the Extreme Team winning first place with their Flight 93 float. Ken Kangas and Ed Raisanen were honored as the grand marshals. The pie social was delicious. Corn hole tournaments for youth and adults were...
I think most folks in Carlton County probably have a Jessica Lange story. She’s our most famous hometown native and the only movie and television star who can still be seen waltzing through the Super One aisles picking up shampoo or plants at a local greenhouse when she’s escaping to her cabin here. In the late 1980s, me and two of my buddies — Tom “Maynard” Marciniak and Gary “Moose” Pastika — coached my spouse’s slow pitch softball team. The team played in the very competitive Carlt...
Friday, Sept. 17 Football All games at 7 p.m. • Barnum at Braham • Carlton/Wrenshall, canceled • Cloquet vs Grand Rapids • Cromwell-Wright/ Floodwood vs Northland • Esko vs Proctor • Moose Lake/WR at Greenway/NK (Coleraine) • South Ridge vs Cook County Sat., Sept. 18 Girls soccer • Cloquet at Two Rivers, 2 p.m. Boys soccer • CEC at Hermantown for multiple games, 12 p.m. Volleyball • Barnum at Crosby-Ironton, 9 a.m. • Cloquet at Minnetonka, 8 a.m. • Moose Lake at Crosby-Ironton, 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 20 Girls soccer • Cloquet vs Denfeld, 4:45...
Hear accounts of local history from actors portraying prominent citizens of the past as you walk through Riverside Cemetery in Moose Lake. Meet Minnie Carlson Peterson, a heroic nurse from the 1918 Fires, businessman Claude Poston, pioneer family Olaf and Maria Hultberg and others. The Living History Walk is 2- 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Admission is $15, cash or check. Sponsored by the Moose Lake Area Historical Society. In case of inclement weather, the event will move to the Soo Line Event Center....
Thomas M. Skare, a longtime attorney in Cloquet, died Saturday, Sept. 4. He was 69. Skare started practicing law in Cloquet and eventually became a partner at Newby, Lindgren & Skare before starting his own law firm in 2004. He retired from practicing law in 2020, just as the pandemic made meeting with clients especially difficult. Skare’s practice focused on personal injury litigation, criminal defense, and general practice. For many years, he held the unofficial record for obtaining, on behalf of his client, the highest jury verdict in C...
When asked what cases stand out most over his career, recently retired Judge Robert Macaulay doesn't have to think for long. None of them, he says. "No case was more important than the next to me," Macaulay said. "Each case was the most important to the people that were part of it. And it was so important to me to think about them that way." Macaulay retired last week, taking one final bike ride from his home in Cloquet to the courthouse in Carlton with a police escort and numerous coworkers. Bo...
Thursday, Sept. 2 Girls soccer Esko- 2 Princeton- 1 Boys soccer CEC- 7 Mesabi East- 0 Volleyball Marshall- 3 Cloquet- 1 Floodwood- 3 Carlton- 1 South Ridge- 3 Cook County- 2 Friday, Sept. 3 Football Moose Lake/ Willow River- 28 Hermantown- 21 Logan Orvedahl led the Rebels with 187 yards on the ground and a touchdown as well as an interception in the waning moments of the game. Orvedahl also returned a kickoff 88 yards for a score. Cromwell- Wright- 13 North Central- 12 With two minutes remaining, the Cards had a goal- line stand and then went...
The Cloquet varsity volleyball team continued on a great start to the 2021 season with a three- set sweep over Carlton Tuesday. The Lumberjacks - who are now 3- 0 on the season - have not lost a set this season. They won 25-12, 25-18 and 25-15 in front of a spirited crowd at the Cloquet Middle School. The 'Jacks took an early lead and never trailed in the first set of the match. Cloquet used timely placing, finding a weak spot in the Bulldogs defense, and several unforced errors from Carlton...
Let’s hope the new school year goes well without Covid- 19 disruptions or outbreaks in our districts. Harvest Fest is this weekend; check out all the activities on the Facebook page. Also, the area Clothing Depot in Cromwell is having a $3- a- bag sale on Saturday as part of the festival. The Extreme Team will be selling ice cream at the steak fry and on Saturday during the day. The Farmers Co- op store in Wright is back to winter hours. It’s open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and...
A new Essentia Health clinic, located at the former Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake at 4572 County Road 61, opened Tuesday. According to an Essentia press release, there are two family medicine physicians solely dedicated to this clinic, with plans to eventually double that number. The clinic utilizes already existing lab and radiology resources. “We’re excited to expand our offerings in Moose Lake,” said Dr. Tom Witt, family medicine physician and administrator at Essentia Health- Moose Lake. “Providing comprehensive care close to home isn’t j...
With Covid-19 infections ramping up but no state of emergency in Minnesota or nationally, decisions on how to keep kids safe at school this fall have been left up to local school boards. It hasn’t been easy. Masks have become controversial, with some residents asking boards to simply recommend rather than require them, while others say they won’t send their unvaccinated children to school if they aren’t required. It’s also a different time in the pandemic, because people can be vaccinated, which was not the case last fall. According to its mos...
The sights and sounds of the Lakehead Harvest Show near Esko this past weekend were all about nostalgia for farm equipment and other machinery from days gone by, especially machines powered by steam. It was also a child's paradise, with train rides, a petting zoo, and mini-tractor pull....
Shirley Goodwin of Barnum was honored as the Outstanding Senior Citizen at the Carlton County Fair in Barnum last month. "It was quite the experience," she said this week as she prepared to head to the Minnesota State Fair Thursday for honors there. Shirley and Kae Goodwin moved to Barnum 43 years ago when he was hired as a special education teacher in Moose Lake. They raised three children. Shirley worked at Northview Bank, attaining the position of manager before retiring in 2005. Shirley has...
Stanley Adrian Berglund, 71, longtime resident of Mahtowa, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospice after a hard-fought battle with esophageal cancer. He was born in Moose Lake on March 19, 1950 to Adrian and Elizabeth (Pearson) Berglund. Stan was raised on the family farm east of Bruno and graduated from Askov High School in 1968. He played basketball and baseball throughout elementary and high school and continued to love sports throughout his...
Roy Tobolaski, 90, died peacefully in his sleep Saturday Aug. 28, 2021 at Augustana Care in Moose Lake. An informal memorial open house will be held 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 at Mahtowa Covenant Church, 2732 2nd St., Mahtowa Cake and coffee will be served. Wesley Duane Hunter, 87, of Cloquet died January 2, 2021 in his home. He was born Aug. 31, 1933 in Fleming Township in Aitkin County. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12 at The River’s Edge Presbyterian in Carlton....
