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Friday, Jan. 7 Boys hockey CEC vs. Stillwater, 7:30 Boys basketball Esko vs. Breckenridge, 7:15 Carlton at South Ridge, 7:15 Barnum at Silver Bay, 6:15 Cromwell-Wright at ML/WR, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. Cook County, 6:30 Girls basketball Cloquet vs. Crosby-Ironton, 7:15 Barnum at Silver Bay, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. Cook County, 4:45 Saturday, Jan. 8 Boys hockey MLA vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice, 5 Girls hockey CEC at Osseo, 3 MLA vs. North Shore, 2 Boys basketball Esko vs. Perham, 4 Nordic skiing CEC at Giants Ridge, 10 Wrestling CEC at Superior Monday, Jan. 10...
Last year’s predictions were so eerily accurate that some people thought I had cheated, like maybe I had looked up the answers before making my predictions, which is, of course, impossible. My 12-year-old son, Patrick, suggested that maybe I had invented a time machine, as he thinks I am both brilliant and handy. But, alas, there is no time machine; I am just that good at predicting the future. So, I again share my talents with you and make my remarkably accurate predictions for 2022: • Tar...
Charlene "Char" Anne Trettel, 82, Cloquet, passed away at Benedictine Health Center in Duluth on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. She was born Oct. 1, 1939, in Cloquet to Charles and Anne (Monson) Erkkila. She graduated from Esko High School in 1956. Char married Cyril Trettel on June 3, 1961, and was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church. She worked as a seamstress for many years at Wear-A-Knit. Char's passion was crafting, sewing, knitting baby sweaters and making cakes. She loved gardening and...
The Carlton County board of commissioners gave final approval for a property tax levy increase of 4.9 percent for the 2022 budget year. The new county budget was set for $69,772,168 in expenditures, revenues of $37,966,520, use of fund balances of $1,603,123, and an actual levy sum of $30,202,525. The vote was unanimous at this last meeting for the year of 2021 held Tuesday, Dec. 28. Of interest in the budget for next year, fund balances of $837,942 for Road and Bridge and $950,474 for Human Services were used in those departmental budgets for...
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...
Monday, Jan. 3 Boys basketball Esko at Proctor, 7:15 Girls basketball Carlton at Cromwell-Wright, 7:15 Wrenshall at Floodwood, 7:15 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Girls hockey CEC vs. Marshall, 7:30 MLA at Duluth Heritage, 7 Boys basketball Carlton at Cromwell-Wright, 7:15 Barnum vs. Deer River, 7:15 South Ridge vs. Cherry, 7:15 Wrenshall at Floodwood, 7:15 Girls basketball Carlton at North Woods High School, 7:15 Cloquet at Proctor, 7:15 Barnum at Virginia, 7:15 ML/WR vs. Marshall, 7:15 South Ridge vs. Northland, 7:15 Nordic skiing CEC meet at Pine Valley,...
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...
It was difficult to hear the pleas from students, parents and other district residents begging the school board to keep Carlton High School open. They were talking through masks and the speakers hanging from the ancient walls weren't optimal in the dimly lit and cavernous "small gym" that also serves as a cafeteria. Custodial machines could be heard in adjacent hallways. There was a varsity boys basketball game going on in the nearby main gym and buzzers and fans could be heard intermittently. A...
Regarding the Dec. 10 Harry’s Gang column by Pete Radosevich about U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber and his vote against the infrastructure bill last month: Maybe, just maybe, Pete Stauber wanted a vote of true infrastructure (roads, bridges). What percentage of all these Build Back Better measures go to honest, hard infrastructure. I challenge Pete (as part-owner of the paper and publisher) to publish what is in the bill or at least the top 20 or 25 items. Fix our roads and bridges but leave all the junk out. Tony Sheda, Wrenshall...
Cliford John Gallup, 70, of Wrenshall passed away Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 in The North Shore Estates in Duluth. He was born Sept. 25, 1951 in Cloquet to Eugene and Marie Gallup of Wrenshall. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Phyllis; sons, Daniel and Allen Gallup; a sister, Linda (Glen) Wood; and many nieces, nephews and friends. A private service will be held at a later date. Pine Knot News, Dec. 24, 2021...
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...
Holiday tournaments Boys hockey Dec. 28-30: MLA at Proctor Dec. 28-30: CEC at Bloomington Ice Garden Girls hockey Dec. 27-29: MLA at Schwan Super Rink Boys/Girls basketball Dec. 27-28: Carlton, South Ridge, Wrenshall girls at Ely Dec. 27-28: Carlton, Wrenshall boys at Chisholm Dec. 28-29: Cloquet Wood City Classic, boys and girls Dec. 28-29: Esko Coaches Classic, boys and girls Dec. 28-30: ML/WR boys at St. Cloud Cathedral Tuesday, Dec. 28 Girls basketball Barnum vs Two Harbors, 7:15 p.m. ML/WR at Greenway High School, 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30...
More than 30 people spoke Monday in a last ditch effort to convince Carlton School Board members to keep the high school open and the district a preK-12. Ostensibly, the public hearing at Carlton High School was about a proposed tuition agreement with Cloquet High School that both boards appear to favor. Under the terms of that agreement, Cloquet would guarantee acceptance of any Carlton student in grades 9-12 when the high school is closed there, possibly next year. But the meeting was really...
The number is big, but not a real surprise for residents of the Wrenshall school district. Taxes for residents and business owners will go up 26 percent next year. The school board approved the increase Monday at its regular meeting after a truth in taxation meeting and audit report Dec. 8. There was no public comment about the increase at either meeting. It is fueled by the continuing building improvement projects in the district the past year. The levy is increasing by $311,202, at $1.5 million for payable taxes in 2022 after $1.2 million...
Thursday, Dec. 9 Girls Basketball Carlton-50 Silver Bay-38 Crosby-Ironton-63 Esko-54 Barnum-63 Aitkin-43 Cromwell-Wright-79 Wrenshall-12 Grand Rapids-60 Cloquet-42 Girls Hockey G. Rapids/GW-4 CEC-1 Boys basketball Carlton-51 Silver Bay-44 FDL Ojibway-59 Hill City-50 Boys Hockey Duluth Denfeld-6 CEC-2 Greenway-7 MLA-0 Friday, Dec. 10 Girls Hockey MLA-7 Superior-1 Boys Basketball Esko-66 Cloquet-63 ML/WR-78 Aitkin-45 Cromwell-Wright-65 Wrenshall-55 Cherry-67 Barnum-49 Boys Hockey Mora/Milaca-7 MLA-1 Saturday, Dec. 11 Girls Basketball Esko-55...
Friday, Dec. 17 Boys basketball Cloquet at Hibbing, 7:15 Esko vs. Superior, 7:15 Carlton vs. McGregor, 7:15 Barnum vs. S. Ridge, 7:15 ML/WR vs. Cook County, 6:15 Wrenshall at Silver Bay, 6:30 Girls basketball Cromwell-Wright at Floodwood, 7:15 ML/WR vs. Cook County River High School, 4:45 Wrenshall at Silver Bay, 4:45 Skiing CEC Nordic at Denfeld, Grand Avenue Nordic, 11 a.m. CEC Alpine at Virginia, Giant’s Ridge, 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 Boys hockey CEC at Champlin Park, 3 MLA at North Shore, 7 Girls hockey CEC at Sartell, 2 MLA vs. Int. F...
By the time the English poet John Milton had completed his epic poem “Paradise Lost” in 1664, he was completely blind. He dictated most of the verse to his aides, which included his three daughters. That is partly why the theme of light plays so heavily in the text with many references to the light inside of us and comparisons between salvation and light: “Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.” Written at a time of political upheaval in Britain, Milton uses the poem to...
After two emotional meetings filled with public testimony in the past week, the Carlton school board failed to pass a resolution Monday night that would have led to an agreement with the Cloquet school district to take Carlton high schoolers. The tuition agreement, which would have eliminated the high school in Carlton, failed on a 3-3 vote. The board spent the past year going over its options after another consolidation effort with neighboring Wrenshall fizzled. The board now faces the...
Harold Ankrum is at it again, raising money for his favorite children’s hospital in novel ways. This time it’s Christmas trees. Cut your own tree or pick up a freshly cut tree, and donate what you can to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To cut your own tree, visit Rod and Sue Holmes’ tree farm south of Wrenshall (3.3 miles south of County Road 4 (Military Road) on the west side of Minnesota State Highway 23 across from Fire #3030. Or pick up a freshly cut tree at Harold’s Service in Carlton....
Marilyn A. Tvedt, 80, of Wrenshall passed away Dec. 7, 2021, at Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet. She was born Sept. 11, 1941, in McGregor, the daughter of Helmer and Mabel (Patrick) Johnson. Marilyn graduated from McGregor High School and two years of X-ray technician training at the Duluth Clinic. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Tvedt on Jan. 20, 1962, at Zion Lutheran Church in Cloquet. Marilyn worked at the Duluth Clinic, and also for the Moose Lake State Hospital, later the Minn...
We've heard much about supply chain issues over the past year or two as the world reckons with the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than stress about whether that mass-produced item you panic- ordered on Amazon will make it here on time, we here at the Pine Knot News suggest you take a look (in person or online) at your own backyard. Buying locally is, after all, a win in so many ways. Gifts are often made (or grown) right here in Carlton County. Gifts or gift certificates from local businesses and ser...
Wrenshall Schools Quarter 1 A Honor Roll Olivia Aldridge Natylee Anderson Bryce Bartczak Eli Beetcher Gavin Beetcher Corvus Eckdahl Sage Fernquist Mason Goetz Addison Hulgan Taylor Hulgan Eathen Johnson Jenna Johnson Kaylie Lammi Elliana Lattu Joel Lembke Joseph Mills Tyler Mills Alex Murray Andrew Olesen Isaias Padilla Camden Peterson Abbie Resberg Isabel Riley Jack Riley Dustin Roepke Molly Sheda Janae Sjodin Jeshua Sjodin Magdalene Sowada Kaya Stark Birk Stensaas Alexis Swanson Eli Twedt Wesley Ward Maddi Williams B Honor Roll Aiden...
Esko Schools Quarter 1 Honor Roll Bella Abrahamson Laila Adamu Emma Adkins Kaitlyn Adkins Ashley Aker Rachel Amireault Claire Anderson Keone Anderson Siri Anderson Santiago Anich Rachel Antonutti Lucye Backstrom Ellahna Barnes Ellynor Barta Joel Barta Alena Beare Mollie Belich Levi Belland Aspen Berg Hunter Berg Cadence Berger Cairin Berger Cuinn Berger Ava Bergstedt Maiya Bergstedt-Bloss Braeden Caple Priya Carey Joseph Cekalla Samuel Cheslak Ayden Chopskie Jordan Chopskie Megan Chopskie Brynn Christensen Ty Christensen Justin Church Liberty...
Thursday, Dec. 2 Girls Basketball Esko-59 Virginia-50 Cromwell-Wright-77 McGregor-14 Carlton-37 Wrenshall-35 Barnum-57 East Central-53 Proctor-75 Moose Lake/WR-49 Girls Hockey Moose Lake Area-4 Two Rivers-1 Boys Basketball Cloquet-82 Duluth Marshall-67 Moose Lake/WR-68 Proctor-44 Boys Hockey Becker/Big Lake-9 Moose Lake Area-3 Friday, Dec. 3 Girls Basketball Moose Lake/WR-71 Hinckley-Finlayson-53 Boys Basketball Cloquet-77 Barnum-68 Cromwell-Wright-55 McGregor-46 Esko-87 Virginia-62 Boys Hockey Mora/Milaca-7 Moose Lake Area-1 CEC-2 Bloomington...
While it may not have been the highest-scoring game, last week's Wrenshall vs. Carlton girls basketball game turned into an old-fashioned barn burner with the Bulldogs eventually coming out on top 37-35. It was an intense game. "For us, it was the first game of our season and the girls worked really hard," said first-year Wrenshall coach Emma Grover. "I don't think there was any moment that emotions weren't running high or the intensity wasn't up." Carlton started quickly in the first half and...
