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Things had to feel a bit different in Tuesday's tilt for the Little Brown Jug in Carlton. The Bulldogs hosted the Wrenshall Wrens for the annual "battle for the jug," but this was the first year the teams played each other for the jug after having competed on the football field in the fall together as a cooperative team. In the end the Bulldogs won 53-33 and held onto the jug for another year. "I think it did feel different for the kids and for the coaches," said Wrenshall coach Jon Bartczak....
Boys Hockey • CEC at Virginia 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 • CEC vs Superior at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 • CEC vs Bemidji at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 Girls Hockey • CEC at Proctor 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 • CEC at Grand Rapids 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 Wrestling • CEC at Aitkin starting 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 Boys Basketball • Cloquet vs Crosby-Ironton at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 • Cloquet at ML/WR at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 • Cloquet vs Superior at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 • Carlton vs Cook County at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.17 • Carlton at...
It’s 20 minutes that could change the future of two school districts and the children they serve. That’s about how long residents, staff and parents in the Carlton and Wrenshall school districts should set aside to complete their copies of a community survey regarding consolidation talks and facility plans between the two districts. Copies of the survey were mailed to school district residents and any parents/guardians of students who open-enroll into either district. Staff received the sur...
Thursday, Jan. 2 Boys Basketball Carlton-75 Two Harbors-66 Ben Soderstrom with 32 points, Matthew Santkuyl with 21 points and Ryan Gray with 13 points led the Bulldogs to the win over the Agates. Justin Swanson added four points. Adam Hey had three points and rounding out the scoring for the Bulldogs was Austin Parker with two points. Trent Gomez had a big night for the Agates with 27 points. Girls Basketball Barnum-54 Two Harbors-53 The Bombers held a slim one-point lead at halftime and were able to fend off the Agates on Thursday night. MaKen...
Boys Basketball Cloquet • vs Barnum at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 • at Virginia at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 • vs Crosby-Ironton at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 Carlton • vs South Ridge at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 • vs Wrenshall at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 • vs Cook County at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.17 Wrenshall • vs Esko at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 • at Carlton at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 • vs South Ridge at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 • vs Two Harbors at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 Esko • vs Columbia Heights at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 • v...
This was the first week of “back to reality” for a lot of us. School is back in session and most folks are back to work. Monday morning was a bit rough and it can be hard to find our way into routine again. I’m like a lot of folks who are looking to develop some new, healthier routines with the coming year. One of the ways I am approaching this is by choosing just one word for 2020 that I can use to focus on and reflect throughout the buffering and jostling of daily life. Since having kids, I ha...
How does one rank the top stories from an entire year? Are calculations made in terms of long-term health, dollars spent, numbers of people affected? What about long-term historical effects, or maybe Facebook clicks? No matter what metric you choose, 2019 was an eventful year in Carlton County, with elected and appointed officials making changes, kids smoking again and building moves that will stand for generations to come. Rather than ranking our top stories of 2019, we chose to place them in...
Boys basketball Cloquet • vs Duluth East at 3:15 p.m., at Superior High School Saturday, Jan. 4 • vs Ashland at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 • at Hermantown at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 Carlton • vs Floodwood at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3 • vs Duluth Marshall at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6th • vs Cromwell-Wright at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 • vs South Ridge at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 Wrenshall • at McGregor at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3 • at Floodwood at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 • vs Esko at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 Esko • at ML/WR at 7:15 p.m. Fr...
The Carlton and Wrenshall school boards will be reaching out to residents of both school districts in the coming weeks to gather input regarding school district consolidation. Both school districts have significant facility needs and residents from both districts — including the Community Advisory Committee formed by the Carlton district in 2017 — have previously encouraged both school boards to explore consolidation. The survey will ask residents to weigh in on consolidation as well as a proposed two-site consolidated school option that lea...
Larry Penk, George Saarela and Dick Singpiel from the Carlton Lions Club complete a vision test for a Carlton student. The Lions use a vision screener that evaluates nine different areas of vision. The Carlton Area Lions Club has provided this screening to preschool-first grade students in the Carlton, Esko and Wrenshall schools. The screening device is funded through the Lions International. Their goal is to provide this screening to all schools within Carlton County. "Thank you to the Carlton...
I love reminiscing. A good story, well-aged, being told and re-told, brings out the nuances that develop like fine wine and cheese. Details emerge that didn’t exist in the original story. But no amount of reminiscing can turn past predictions into correct predictions. If the prediction was wrong, only history will matter. Here’s what I mean: Nationally, I predicted last year that President Trump would not likely be impeached. That’s because I thought such a move would be very bad for the count...
Boys Hockey • CEC boys at Blaine hockey tournament at Plymouth Ice Center Dec. 26-27 • CEC boys vs Eagan at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2 • CEC boys vs Holy Angels/Richfield at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3 Girls Hockey • CEC girls at Coon Rapids 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2 Junior Hockey • Wilderness vs Austin at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27 • Wilderness vs Austin at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 • Wilderness vs St. Cloud at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 • Wilderness at Aberdeen at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 3-4 Boys Basketball • FDL Ojibwe at Deer River at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec....
The Wrenshall school board certified its 2020 levy Monday night that shows a 43-percent increase in taxes for residents of the district. While that is a huge jump, it wasn’t unexpected as the board this fall approved a nonvoter-approved $9.3 million bonding project that will cost taxpayers more than $400,000 a year for 20 years. The bonding will improve air quality at the school. If there hadn’t been bonding, the tax increase for next year would have been about 6 percent. There were a few people at the Truth-In-Taxation meeting that took place...
Kevin Olesen of Wrenshall replied on the Pine Knot Facebook page to Dave Chmielewski’s Dec. 6 column advocating for people to support a two-site solution in the upcoming Carlton/Wrenshall survey: Nailed it. ... without a positive outcome on the survey, at the legislature, and in a potential referendum vote next August the Raptors are in jeopardy of becoming extinct again. You should see what I saw [at the Carlton vs. Wrenshall basketball game] last night ... kids from both schools sitting together, laughing together and cheering for their f...
As I was mailing a package from the Duluth post office this week, the woman behind the counter noticed my address. "Wrenshall has the best burgers around, hands down!" she said. "I worked at that post office for a while and I would run across the street for Brickyard almost every day, although I had to start cutting back to once a week." I wholeheartedly agreed with her and promptly ordered takeout for my family that afternoon. A reminder that you can get your burgers and breakfast this...
Thursday, Dec. 12 Girls Hockey Hibbing-Chisholm-6 Moose Lake Area-5 (OT) Elyssa Durie of Hibbing-Chisholm scored just 16 seconds into the overtime session to give the Bluejackets the win. The Rebels led 3-2 after the first period on goals by Gabby Gamst and two goals by Jamie Benzie. Hibbing scored the only two goals of the second period and led 4-3 entering the third, but back-to-back goals by Sandra Ribich and Savannah Gamst gave the Rebels a 5-4 lead with a little over 10 minutes to play in regulation before the Bluejackets tied the game up...
The Carlton county board will join a list of those waiting on decisions regarding consolidation between the Wrenshall and Carlton school districts. The Carlton school board has been drafting a letter to the county regarding the possible sale of its high school property, which sits next to the county jail. The county board approached the district with the idea of using school property to build a new jail. It told the district earlier this year that it wanted an answer about the availability of the school land by next week. That won’t happen. T...
A Honor Roll Connar Ankrum, Patrick Ankrum, Joseph Bergman, Liam Bruce, Taylor Bryce Megan Carlson, Lillian Eckdahl, Sage Fernquist Hunter Holmes, Cloey Horner, Bryanna Kuehnow Kaylie Lammi, Elliana Lattu, Hannah Lattu, Joel Lembke, Katarina Mattson Alex Murray, Alexis Nelson Samantha Nyberg, Andrew Olesen, Alexis Perry, Jack Riley, Zeke Rousseau-Sheff, Magdalene Sowada, Kaya Stark, Alexis Swanson, Hailey Tauzell, Randy Wimmer B Honor Roll Joshua Anderson, Emma Andrews, Gavin Beetcher Leah Bethke, Willow Cash Logan DeGrugillier, Easton...
A group of Carlton County senior citizens got an inside glimpse of the Carlton County jail last week. It provided a better understanding of why county officials are so eager to replace the aging facility. Members of the Carlton County TRIAD group - a statewide group of senior citizens, law enforcement and community members working together to prevent crime against senior citizens - toured the Carlton County Law Enforcement Center on Dec. 4. Carlton County Sheriff Kelly Lake gave background on...
The Carlton Bulldogs raced out to an early lead and put things on cruise control Friday night in taking a 72-55 win on the road over next-door neighbor Wrenshall. Wrenshall struggled in finding defensive answers for the Carlton duo of Ben Soderstrom and Matt Santkuyl, who finished with 19 and 17 points respectively. "Soderstrom and Santkuyl are both very talented players, and Soderstrom dominated the inside with scoring and rebounds," said Carlton coach Shawn Filipiak. "Santkuyl played very...
The Carlton Bulldog girls basketball team picked up a nice home win last Thursday by knocking off Wrenshall 83-36 behind the 26-point effort of Alaina Bennett. “It was tough because up to that point our girls had just three practices in 11 days and two games,” said Wrens coach Daimen LaFave, referring to weather-related issues. “It was hard to expect much from the girls, given the circumstances. Now that we will be getting regular gym time, I expect us to have some more success. Carlton is a...
Girls hockey CEC at Princeton 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 CEC at Moose Lake 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20 Boys hockey CEC at Hibbing 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 CEC at Eastview (Apple Valley Sports Arena) 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20 Junior hockey MN Wilderness vs St. Cloud Blizzard at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 MN Wilderness at St. Cloud Blizzard at 7:10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 Boys basketball Cloquet at Princeton at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 Carlton at Braham at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 Esko at Duluth East at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 South Ridge at Cherry at...
A reader in Cloquet sent a lovely email about the amazing teachers at Wrenshall school. She is an avid supporter of the nonprofit DonorsChoose (donorschoose.org), which makes it easy for people to help classrooms, teachers and students get the tools and experience they need for a great education. The reader explained, “Teachers submit their projects and the charity arranges delivery after the project is fully funded. I ended up being absolutely obsessed with this charity. Since then, I r...
The Carlton Holiday Market was wonderful. My sister, Sherry Erickson, and I took our event passports to at least six businesses in Carlton to shop and get stamped for the drawing at the tree lighting ceremony. We started out at the Bethesda Lutheran Church Bazaar, which is always fun with the homemade baked goods, next to new items, and homemade lefse and lunch. Our next stop was The Greenhouse, where we were treated to a pop-up concert by the Madrigals from Cloquet High School. It was great to...
A survey is being designed to determine what Carlton and Wrenshall school district residents will support. On the table is a consolidation with an elementary in Carlton and a high school in Wrenshall. Both districts have made investments in these respective buildings, and it makes financial sense to not throw them away. Improve on what you already have as an asset. It also gives each population center a school building. The current Carlton High School building and property would be sold to the...
