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Thursday, Jan. 23 Boys Basketball Barnum 80 Rush City 60 South Ridge 79 Proctor 70 Grand Rapids 70 ML/WR 51 Hill City 79 Fond du Lac 58 Girls Basketball Esko 61 Two Harbors 31 ML/WR 46 Carlton/Wrenshall 30 Boys Hockey MLA 9 Wadena/Deer Creek 7 Friday, Jan. 24 Boys Basketball East Central 62 Cromwell-Wright 58 South Ridge 71 Mesabi East 54 ML/WR 82 Carlton/Wrenshall 56 Esko 84 Two Harbors 53 Girls Basketball Barnum 59 Aitkin 47 Boys Hockey CEC 6 Bemidji 4 Saturday, Jan. 25 Boys Basketball Esko 69 Maple River 61 Swanville 75 Barnum 67 Girls Baske...
Friday, Jan. 31 Boys hockey MLA at Lake of the Woods, 5 Girls hockey MLA vs Warroad, 6 CEC at Thief River Falls, 7 Girls basketball ML/WR vs Pine City, 7:15 Boys basketball Cloquet at Hermantown, 7:15 Barnum at T. Harbors, 7:15 Carlton/Wrenshall vs. Ely, 6:15 Cromwell-Wright vs. Hill City, 7:15 ML/WR at Esko, 7:15 Saturday, Feb. 1 Boys hockey CEC vs. Minneapolis, 3 Girls hockey CEC at Bemidji, 12 Girls basketball Cloquet at North Branch, 1 Boys basketball Esko at Becker, TBD Wrestling CEC hosts conference tourney, 10 Monday, Feb. 3 Girls...
A fast start to the second half allowed the Cromwell-Wright girls basketball team to pull away to a 64-51 road win over Esko on Monday night in Esko. "We locked them down at the start of the second half on defense," said Cardinals head coach Jeff Gronner. "We got off to a big run, and that was enough to get us a win against a tough team on the road." With Cromwell-Wright leading 34-30 at halftime, the Cards started the second half on an 18-4 run as Esko struggled to get the ball to drop. "The...
Three one-act play casts from Carlton County will perform at sections this weekend. Cloquet qualified in Section 7AA after its subsection performance of "Dirt," by Mandy Conner, at Rock Ridge High School Jan. 25. The section final will be held at Duluth East High School on Saturday, Feb. 1. The top-rated performance there and in the other 15 Class AA and Class A sections will go to the stage at the 2025 One Act Play State Festival Feb. 6-7. The festival will be held at the O'Shaughnessy...
Well, it's over. Yes, Bethlehem Lutheran in Wright officially closed on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, at a worship and holy closure service. Around 200 folks from far and wide were in attendance to bid a fond farewell to this 112-year-old community of worshippers, including past pastors Valerie Brown and Deb-Hanson-Carlson, and Gayle Nieman, wife of the late Ed Nieman. We are so thankful for all who organized and participated in this special service. I'm hoping to send in some memories in special news...
Bethany/Bethlehem Lutheran Parish www.bethanybethlehem.org Bethany Lutheran Church 5660 Hwy 210, Cromwell 218-644-3640 bethany55726@ yahoo.com Worship 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School Women’s Bible study 9:30 a.m. first Wed. Bethany Beacons women’s ministry 9 a.m. second Wed. Bethlehem Lutheran Church Hwy 210 & Third St., Wright 218-357-2593 [email protected] Worship 8 a.m. Holy Closure service 10 a.m. Jan. 26 Bethel Lutheran Church Pastor Rob Larson 1012 29th St., Scanlon 218-879-9723, 763-957-2990 [email protected] Facebook:...
Thursday, Jan. 16 Girls Basketball Hill City/Northland 65 Fond du Lac 21 ML/WR 66 Pillager 52 Cromwell-Wright 79 McGregor 26 Superior 53 Cloquet 45 Esko 66 Barnum 27 Two Harbors 61 Carlton/Wrenshall 37 South Ridge 61 Silver Bay 35 Boys Hockey Northern Edge 6 MLA 1 Girls Hockey Northern Lakes 3 CEC 2 (OT) MLA 2 Northern Tier 0 Friday, Jan. 17 Boys Basketball Two Harbors 67 Carlton/Wrenshall 41 Superior 92 Cloquet 46 Cromwell-Wright 71 McGregor 51 South Ridge 80 Nashwauk-Keewatin 53 Fond du Lac 73 Bigfork 67 Esko 83 Barnum 63 Girls Basketball...
Friday, Jan. 24 Boys hockey CEC vs. Bemidji, 7 MLA at Barron, 6 Girls basketball Barnum at Aitkin, 7 Boys basketball ML/WR at Carlton/Wrenshall, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright at East Central, 7:15 Esko at Two Harbors, 7:15 ML/WR at Carlton/ Wrenshall, 7:15 Alpine skiing CEC at Lutsen Saturday, Jan. 25 Boys basketball Barnum at Swanville, 3 Esko vs. Maple River, 12:30 Girls basketball ML/WR vs. Ely, 2:30 Nordic skiing CEC at Ely, 9:30 a.m. Wrestling CEC at South St. Paul H.S., 10 Monday, Jan. 27 Girls hockey CEC at North Shore Storm, 7 Girls basketball...
Salutations. By the time you read this news, we will have Donald J. Trump as our 47th president of the United States. The people have spoken, now we will have to wait and see how Trump's second term turns out. The ice rink at the Cromwell Park has been flooded and is ready for skaters. Skates are available in the warming shack. The Cromwell-Wright Dollar for Scholars annual meeting was held this week in the school cafeteria. New members are welcome. If you have any questions about what this...
Coming off a tough loss last Friday night to Barnum, the Cromwell-Wright boys basketball team picked up its seventh win of the season Tuesday, defeating the Carlton/Wrenshall Raptors 80-48 in Carlton. Carlton/Wrenshall was fresh off its first win of the season, also last Friday, over the Floodwood Polar Bears. "This was a big bounce back win over the Raptors," said head coach Bill Pocernich. "We had a tough loss last game with Barnum, and it was nice just to come out and play well." The...
Thursday, Jan. 9 Boys Basketball Moose Lake/WR 72 Hinckley-Finlayson 36 Cloquet 83 Hermantown 62 Girls Basketball South Ridge 65 Fond du Lac Ojibwe 34 Esko 67 Hibbing 33 Cromwell-Wright 63 Barnum 27 Mesabi East 58 Carlton/Wrenshall 24 Floodwood 61 Moose Lake/WR 35 Boys Hockey CEC 3 Duluth Marshall 2 (OT) WSFLG 6 Moose Lake Area 3 Girls Hockey Duluth 2 CEC 0 Friday, Jan. 10 Boys Basketball Carlton/Wrenshall 78 Floodwood 57 Deer River 74 Moose Lake/WR 59 Cherry 82 Esko 70 Two Harbors 71 South Ridge 52 Girls Basketball Crosby-Ironton 92 Cloquet 47...
Friday, Jan. 17 Boys hockey CEC at Orono, 7 Boys basketball Esko at Barnum, 7:15 Carlton/Wrenshall vs. Two Harbors, 7:15 Cloquet at Superior, 7:15 Cromwell-Wright vs. McGregor, 7:15 Fond du Lac vs. Bigfork, 7 Girls basketball ML/WR at Denfeld, 7 Alpine skiing CEC at Mont du Lac, 5 Saturday, Jan. 18 Boys basketball Esko vs. St. Paul Johnson, 4 Monday, Jan. 20 Girls hockey MLA vs. International Falls, 5 Girls basketball Carlton/Wrenshall vs. Silver Bay, 7:15 Cloquet tourney at St. Catherine University Esko at Mesabi East, 7:15 Boys basketball...
Since I have moved to Cromwell, I am changing the name of this column to the Cromwell/Wright News instead of Wright/Cromwell News. It just seems to make more sense this way. When I lived on the Edge of Wright, it seemed appropriate to stress the Wright aspect. Anyway, I will try to do my best to cover the news from both towns equally. The final worship service at Bethlehem Lutheran in Wright will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 26, with a special meal to follow. All area folks are encouraged to attend. The City of Wright will take over the property...
The Carlton County board met Tuesday for its annual organizational meeting. Sixth District judge Amy Lukasavitz administered the swearing in of newly elected commissioners Sarah Plante Buhs and Dan Reed, along with reelected District 3 commissioner Tom Proulx, representing most of Cloquet. Plante Buhs represents District 1, including large parts of rural Cloquet and Sawyer, while Reed is the District 5 commissioner, representing the western half of Carlton County, including Cromwell, Wright,...
Happy New Year to all my readers. I hope you have kept your New Year’s Resolutions so far. My holidays were great. Now, it’s time to get back on a schedule and get some things done or planned for the new year. Just think of 2025, we are now into the second quarter of this century. I’ve heard from so many of you thanking me for this column. I appreciate all the greetings and all of your friendship. I even run into strangers who seem to know me and when I ask them how they know me, they say they...
Friday, Jan. 10 Boys basketball Barnum at Cromwell-Wright, 7:15 Carlton/Wrenshall vs. Floodwood @Carlton, 7:15 Esko at Cherry, 7:15 ML/WR at Deer River, 7:15 Girls basketball Cloquet at Crosby-Ironton, 7 ML/WR at Chisholm, 7:15 Alpine skiing CEC at Mont du Lac, 5 Saturday, Jan. 11 Boys hockey Hockey Day Cloquet: CEC vs. Sartell @Veterans Park, 2 Girls hockey Hockey Day Cloquet: CEC vs. Northern Tier Stars, 7 MLA vs. Dodge County, 3 Boys basketball Fond du Lac vs. Red Lake, 3 Girls basketball Fond du Lac vs. Red Lake, 12 Nordic skiing CEC at...
Thursday, Jan. 2 Boys Basketball Cloquet 90 Barnum 61 South Ridge 90 Floodwood 19 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright 86 Silver Bay 9 Cloquet 68 Esko 48 Floodwood 63 South Ridge 51 Boys Hockey CEC 6 Superior 1 MLA 1 Greenway/Nashwauk- Keewatin 0 Girls Hockey Proctor/Hermantown 2 CEC 0 Friday, Jan. 3 Boys Basketball Browerville 60 Cromwell-Wright 58 Blake 71 Esko 61 Cloquet 88 Two Harbors 45 Northland 102 Carlton/Wrenshall 49 Girls Basketball Barnum 45 Cherry 38 South Ridge 51 Carlton/Wrenshall 39 Boys Hockey MLA 5 Mora/Milaca 1 Girls Hockey MLA 2...
Marilyn Ada Steffer, 91, passed away on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Diamond Willow Assisted Living. She was born Sept. 9, 1933, in Cromwell, MN to John and Ada Smith Gravelle. She lived there until she was six, when her family moved to Wright, MN. She married Harold Steffer on February 11th, 1953, in Wright. They lived there until 1955, when they moved to a farm in Tamarack. She worked in several restaurants in the area and worked 9 years at Nelson’s Store in Tamarack. She was a homemaker for A...
Jamie Lund Moose Lake Star Gazette Joyce Hibke made history when she became the first female fire chief at the Moose Lake Area Fire District on Wednesday, Jan. 1. The 60-year-old has been inundated with congratulations on her achievement everywhere she goes and online. Former fire chief Jim Michalski, who is her brother, said he has faith in her abilities to run the department after working with her since she began 21 years ago. Hibke decided to put in the paperwork for the position when...
The Carlton County board approved a 2025 budget of $84.9 million on Dec. 23, but not before lengthy discussions on pay increases for the elected county sheriff and attorney. Sheriff Kelly Lake, in her 19th year in elected office, was approved for a nearly $20,000 pay increase, from $142,937 in 2024 to $161,387 in 2025. Twice-elected county attorney Lauri Ketola was increased from $152,734 to $163,800. “I do think it matters that you have people in positions who really care about what they do and commit themselves to doing really good w...
Thursday, Dec. 26 Boys Basketball Deer River 81 Fond du Lac 47 Esko 69 East Central 37 Boys Hockey CEC 4 Luverne 1 Friday, Dec. 27 Boys Basketball Cloquet 82 Cromwell-Wright 48 Warroad 72 ML/WR 42 Proctor 51 Fond du Lac 50 South Ridge 63 Chisholm 62 Esko 74 Duluth Marshall 53 Girls Basketball Melrose 48 Carlton/Wrenshall 20 Hermantown 68 Esko 50 Cloquet 59 Mesabi East 43 Cromwell-Wright 63 Pine City 29 Boys Hockey St. Cloud 2 CEC 1 Girls Hockey Mankato East 5 MLA 1 Saturday, Dec. 28 Boys Hockey CEC 6 Mankato East 0 Girls Hockey Pine City 5 MLA...
The 2024 version of the Wood City Classic boys basketball tournament was held last Friday and Saturday at Cloquet Middle School, and the venerable tournament did not disappoint local basketball fans. "It is always a good tournament and we love coming to play here," said Cromwell-Wright coach Bill Pocernich. "There's always good competition against good teams." The host Lumberjacks took on Pocernich's Cardinals in the opening game for both teams. Cloquet came out on top 82-48. "We started well...
The Wood City Classic girls basketball tournament is in the books, and both local teams went 1-1 in the tournament. Cloquet opened with a win over Mesabi East and then lost to Pine City, while Cromwell-Wright started with an easy win over Pine City, but then fell to Mesabi East in their second game. A year ago, Cloquet entered the tournament with an 8-0 record and looked to be the favorite in Section 7AAA, but Mesabi East put a stop to the win streak. That loss kickstarted a downward spiral for...
I hope you’re having a great 2025. Happy New Year. We all wonder what this year will bring — it seems that 2024 went by too fast, but with all the election stuff, I’m glad that part is over. Bethlehem Lutheran church in Wright will have its final worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 26. The service will be followed by a catered meal. If you have any special memories from the church, please send them to me at [email protected] or mail a note to me at my new address: P.O. Box 211, 1242...
More than 400 people turned out for the annual community Christmas meal in Cloquet on Dec. 25. Carlton County Disabled American Veterans member and lead organizer Raffy Johnson said it’s important to keep the tradition going for him and for all the people who enjoy having their Christmas meal together, recalling the days that his late father, Dave, organized the meal with other Zion members. The meal has been served at the Cloquet church for more than 30 years. Johnson said volunteers help m...
