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Celebrate “The Wolf’s Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves” book with storytime and mask making at the Cloquet Public Library from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 22. The all-ages event will be led by students from the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Head Start. Refreshments will be provided. Author Thomas Peacock is a Cloquet native, growing up as part of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. This year, his 2020 book, “The Wolf’s Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told By Wolves,” is the 22nd One Book Northland selection,...
You don’t really own your land, right? The government just lets you use it as long as you pay your taxes, and, of course, you have to comply with zoning laws and all sorts of rules and regulations. Maybe you have a mortgage, so the bank owns some of your property, too. When I ask clients if they own a home, there’s a common answer: Well, I’m making payments to the bank. I hope to own it someday. I can tell you that “ownership” of real estate means that you have the right to occupy and control t...
Ahh, springtime. The time of year when the snow melts, the mud puddles get deep and the winter snowbanks recede to allow the piles of doggy doo to rear their ugly faces. But not all is bad, because we know the rains of April will wash away the dinginess of late winter. Springtime in the sports world means stretching muscles that have atrophied over the winter months and using the warmth of the sun to help get you limber enough, depending on your age, to go for a walk, a run, or to dodge the...
The Knot Gallery is taking a different tack for its next display, hosting a fabric art exhibit for May and June. Join fabric artists and Pine Knot News staff for a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the office at 122 Avenue C in Cloquet's West End. The works of seven artists are up for viewing and most of them will be attending the opening, including Moose Lake's Tah'tini Ho'okan, who will be demonstrating techniques on her loom. This week and next we share insights from...
Jessie Waldorf opened CreativEdge in 2017 with the help of her husband, Joe. She left full-time employment to begin her own business. Without Joe's support, CreativEdge would still be a daydream, Jessie said. Jessie's 18 years of print and design experience has given her the knowledge to serve both individuals and businesses with professional design and fast, quality service. She began simply: A computer and a 250-square-foot space in Carlton, offering only graphic design services along with...
Carlton County officials are poised to make some significant changes to the zoning ordinance, specifically addressing cervid farms, residential and commercial kennels and future cemeteries, with a public hearing set for May 3 to receive public input. The commission held three working sessions through the fall and winter, approving proposed changes on March 1 and finally setting a hearing date at their April 5 meeting. Cervid farms (deer, elk, moose or reindeer) have been under a county moratorium on establishing or expanding an operation while...
If you're wondering about the military jets flying over Cloquet this week, they may be honoring one of their own. Noah Feehan, a master sergeant in the Air National Guard who spent 18 years as a jet aircraft technician, was in hospice care and has now died after a two-year battle with brain cancer likely caused by exposure to toxic burn pits during deployment overseas. Feehan was featured in the Pine Knot News last fall as part of a story by Public Health Watch about military members or...
Those enticing ads depicting people immigrating to a better life in the USA sponsored by Ancestry.com have succeeded in convincing millions of people to submit DNA samples as a means of finding their roots. We search for stories of the past, details about where we came from, health histories and more. In all of this, we hope to learn how our ancestors survived to pass their genes on to us, but we need hard facts to establish the basis of our stories. The New York Library website says,...
Sometimes lawyers have to argue in favor of issues they are opposed to. For example, a lawyer dedicated to First Amendment rights may defend a pornographer on constitutional grounds, although he’s opposed to the proliferation of smut. Or a criminal defense lawyer may feel icky defending a child molester but will still vigorously defend his client because he believes in our system of “innocent until proven guilty.” And sometimes a lawyer has to defend a county board’s right to declare their c...
Alyce Elaine Frost, 90, of Esko went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 28, 2023. Alyce was born on May 8, 1932, in Birch Creek Township, Denham, Minnesota, to Leonard and Marie (Olson) Larson. After graduating from high school, she was married to John "Jack" Frost. She accompanied her husband in Christian service in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and they traveled with the Sky Pilots gospel team. She retired after 33 years as a secretary for RAM Mutual Insurance Company in Esko. She is...
Karen Leigh Fox, 69, of Cloquet passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet. She was born Sept. 2, 1953, in Moose Lake to Gale "Bud" and Shirley Beccue. She grew up in the Sturgeon Lake area and attended Willow River High School, graduating in 1971. She married Richard Fox on April 29, 1995. Karen had much love for her family, especially her grandchildren, whom she doted on with a unique bond. She loved her pugs, especially Lulu. Karen worked in the insurance...
Not every poem Patrick Stevens writes will see the light of day. Some are crafted simply to get it all out. "I'm venting a lot of anger in my poetry at this point about snow," Stevens said last week, before the warming thaw. "It's nothing I'm going to publish ever. It's more about getting it out on paper." In December, the 75-year-old Stevens, with the help of some old Cloquet High School classmates, published his first book of poetry. Titled "Panning Gold," it features 40 poems across 146...
The Legislature is gearing up to spend our money this week, so I thought I’d review some of the ways they plan to spend it. First, they are planning to increase wages and funding for the courts. As a lawyer, I can see the need. I’m not going to argue about why the court system is so busy and overworked, because there is another approach to solving that problem. Let’s just admit there is a problem, and increased funding will certainly help. The Legislature will increase salaries for court staff,...
Mike Shannon was such a curmudgeon - with a capital C - a picture of him could be expected next to the word in any illustrated dictionary. I had many maddening conversations with him in low light at the Gaslight tavern in Sandstone. This small town in Pine County had an inordinate number of talented musicians at the time, now nearly 20 years ago. Just when Mike would tear at the last remnant of likability I may have had, he would shuffle over to the piano and start playing. He was transformed....
Lately, I’ve been pondering how marvelous and challenging live and in-person human performance can be. Of course, machines perform as well, by design. But machines don’t have feelings and/or unique intelligence that can be mobilized to enhance expression. We also may enjoy products that convey or reflect on expression, such as films, recordings, books and magazines. But nothing can be as marvelous as live human expression offered up to others. A week ago, while in New York City, I attended a n...
Carlton/Wrenshall softball pitcher Abby Mitchell and her dad, Jason, wrangle some of the 200 boxes of cupcakes Abby has since March 31 been selling to raise money to help Wrenshall's Sjodin family and daughter Janae as she undergoes treatment in the hospital for injuries suffered in a car crash on March 24. Mitchell has her own baking business, Hello Cupcake, to make money for her future college plans. A community "Sjodin Strong" benefit will be held 2-6 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Four...
The Pine Knot News will hold its next art show — featuring textile arts – from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 28 at 122 Ave. C in Cloquet. Area residents who create with fabric and fibers are invited to submit images of their favorite quilts, clothing items, hats, wall art and more to gallery curator Ann Markusen at [email protected] by April 14 for consideration....
It’s difficult to explain why, exactly, there’s a disagreement over the revised project labor agreement (PLA) requirement for city-funded economic development projects. Just asking the question is confusing enough. But like most political issues of the day, the solutions are both nuanced and obvious. It all stems from Cloquet’s requirement that private construction projects that receive city aid valued at over $175,000 (usually in the form of loans and tax-increment financing; the city rarel...
Throughout life I’ve toggled between professional worlds, working in journalism or being employed in human services as a caregiver. For the first time, I’m juggling those. I work part-time at the Pine Knot News, of course, and also for a Cloquet outfit which houses and cares for people with disabilities. As part of my latter work, I go with people on 1:1 outings. I chauffeur. We connect. We do fun things. One week, we played miniature golf and shot hoops at the carnival baskets at Adventure Zone in Duluth. Another week, a gentleman and I wen...
It was August 8, 1991, before I ever called my buddy Rolf’s dad “Bud” like everyone else did. Until that date, he had been “Mr. Kragseth” to me for over 20 years. This memory came back last week. I frequently drive the neighborhood kids to school along with my own; the five of them are pretty good buddies and it’s fun to hear them discuss the important issues of the day as we make our way to the middle school and high school. I used to participate in the conversation but as the kids have gotten...
I got on the phone to find out more about Cloquet High School senior Ellie Evenson, who was involved in the first year of girls wrestling at Cloquet. Evenson broke barriers and brought confidence to herself and teammates as they'd never imagined. In a November Pine Knot story, Kerry Rodd introduced readers to Evenson and the new sport at CHS. I wanted to find out more about her drive, purpose and motivation. It didn't take me long upon meeting her to recognize what a great (and busy) kid Ellie...
It sure is nice to have more daylight in the evenings. Now maybe the snow will stop falling and we can get onto the season of spring. Congratulations to the UMD women’s basketball team on making it to the Division II Final Four. We can be proud of Cromwell’s Taya Hakamaki, as she is a key member of the team. A great number of folks attended the gathering of family and friends for Gary Oja on Saturday, March 18 at St. John’s. I heard that at least 16 of his classmates from Cromwell-Wright School attended in support of the family. Gary was laid...
Alice J. Johnson, 94, of Cloquet passed away March 18, 2023, at Sunnyside Health Care Center. She was born May 22, 1928, in Cloquet to Lawrence and Violet Johnson and was a lifelong Cloquet resident. Alice was a 1946 Cloquet High School graduate. She married Paul Johnson on Sept. 4, 1950, in Cloquet. She worked as a cook for the Cloquet School District for 26 years. Alice was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Cloquet and was active with the church's funeral food circle, newsletter, bulletin,...
Kathleen Faye Marciniak, 83, of Cloquet passed away peacefully on March 14, 2023. She was born on April 17, 1939, to Joseph and Esther Blair. Best known to her family and friends as Faye, "Gramsie," a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she is survived by her sons, Kevin (Beth), Todd (Beth) and Patrick (Kim); grandchildren, Kirsten (Donnie), Amber (Mike), Arianna (Jason), Max and Sam; and great-grandsons, Axel and Teddy. She was a lifelong resident of Cloquet and enjoyed working...
Edward Lee "Ed" Gotzh, 57, passed away in Springdale, Arkansas surrounded by family on March 18, 2023. He was born in Cloquet to Gerald "Jerry" and Phyllis Gotzh. Ed's career as a professional truck driver started in 1984. He worked in Hibbing and Duluth, later moving to Minneapolis, where he worked for ABF Freight for several years. In 2007 he moved to Bella Vista, Arkansas, and worked as a contract driver for FedEx. Growing up in Minnesota, Ed enjoyed the outdoors and especially the yearly...
