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The Carlton County Farmers Market will celebrate harvest season with activities and vendor specials from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 17 at the usual location in front of Premiere Theatres, 904 Highway 33 S. in Cloquet. Events include: • Zucchini making and races. Zucchinis, wheels, axles, decorations and a speedway ramp will be available so kids (and their grown-ups) can make and race their own zucchini speedsters. • An ongoing bean bag tournament for Market Bucks. • Tomato tasting. Sample tomatoes grown by our farmers. Vote for your favor...
The West End of Cloquet was the first part of town rebuilt after the Fires of 1918 and has the most historic buildings, but it's also the area with the most vacant storefronts. It's a relatively small area: spanning avenues B, C and D from Broadway Avenue to the other side of Arch Street. For the first 50 years or so of Cloquet's existence, the West End was the beating heart of the city, particularly in terms of government. City Hall and the jail were here, the Pine Knot newspaper and lots of...
There may be fewer than 400 residents in Cromwell, but they know how to make a small-town fun. This weekend marks the annual Harvest Festival, bringing three-plus days of food, fun and music. All events take place at the pavilion unless noted. Weather permitting, six balloonists will be offering rides and a show at the school baseball field Friday night starting at 5:30 p.m., then again Saturday at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Contact Brenda at 218-390-4570 to get on the list. On Friday, there’s a steak fry 4-7 p.m. for $15 a plate for steak and $5 for a h...
A walk through the West End of Cloquet most days is a quiet one. Anchored at one end by Common Ground Coffee Bar & Deli and the Lakeshore Tobacco Vapor store on the other, it’s the end of downtown that time forgot. It will be anything but quiet on Saturday, Sept. 24. Weather permitting, the West End Flourish street fair and car show will turn the historic part of town into a bustling, pedestrian-friendly festival. There will be art and artisans, live music all day, things to buy, d...
It would be difficult to determine who had the starring role - politicians or candy - in Monday's Labor Day parade, but there was a plethora of both. And the kids were open to either, plastering political stickers on T-shirts without questioning platforms and filling backpacks and plastic grocery bags with enough candy to keep the dentist busy through Halloween. Many local candidates made their public debut this election season, while numerous state politicians and even U.S. Senator Amy Klobucha...
School has started, so please take extra time for travel and stop for all school buses. We want to keep all the children safe while they travel to and from school. When the bus is stopped, wait until the children have safely crossed the road and the bus has started again before moving. Come to the next Kettle River city council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 at the council room. There will be a Ma & Pa Kettle Days planning meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at the Kettle River senior center. We will be working on upcoming events and discus...
Harvest Festival is this weekend, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 9-11. We have a full schedule of events happening all three days! Friday’s steak fry is 4-7 p.m.,with cash bingo at 7 p.m. with a quilt raffle. The hot air balloon show and rides are at the school’s baseball field. On Saturday, there’s a patriotic salute at 9:15 a.m., kiddie parade at 9:30 a.m., then kids’ games, bean bag tournament, pie and ice cream social, music in the park, adult bean bag tournament, hot air balloon show and rides, and an evening dance at the Pavilion with mu...
The Moose Lake Historical Society will hold a Living History Walk at Riverside Cemetery at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. Actors in period costume will share accounts of local history from prominent past citizens, including Automba’s Matt Reed, Clarence Folz of Moose Lake, Barnum’s Goodell family, the Niemi and Hamlin families of Moose Lake and John Michaelson of West Side. Tickets are $15 cash or check, call 218-485-4234 to reserve. If the weather is bad, head to the Soo Line Event Center....
The Pine Knot Gallery offers “urbanscape” paintings and photos as its fall exhibit, with a public artist reception set for Sept. 16. Featured are unique perspectives from area artists, including everything from local townscapes to cityscapes in Minnesota and beyond. They include Cromwell artist Carole Hill’s painting of the Kettle River feed mill and Ivy Vainio’s photograph of Carl Gawboy painting an early large-scale Duluth/Superior landscape. Cloquet’s Rhonda “Ron” Peters loves to take photos. “Everything,” she says. “Industrial, comm...
With only a few days left until Labor Day, Central Labor Body president Chad Tuura is bouncing between excitement over what he’s predicting will be a large parade and worry, because this important local event basically rests on his shoulders. He was giddy Tuesday night, after learning that Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon had agreed to be grand marshal in Monday’s parade, and after hearing from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party that Cloquet would likely see some “major polit...
Moviegoers get a treat Saturday, Sept. 3, when Premiere Theaters in Cloquet will offer tickets to all movies, all day for $3. Premiere confirmed this week that it had joined the National Cinema Day movement adopted on a trial basis by the National Association of Theater Owners. The $3 tickets coincide with Premiere’s introduction of 369 new recliner seats, which are debuting this weekend. “It couldn’t be better timing for us,” general manager Adam Stowell said. “We’re excited. We expect it to be busy, and for people to enjoy experiencin...
It’s that time of year again: the Rat Rod Rendezvous is happening again in Mahtowa. Sept. 3 is “Shine on Saturday,” a day for more traditional classic cars and bikes with paint jobs that gleam in the sunlight, while Sept. 4 is “Rusty Sunday.” Think Rat Rods and other creative iterations of the past. Car shows run both days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with awards at 2:30 p.m. There will be live music Saturday from 2-5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also Sunday, a burnout and muffler rap contest and a pin-up contest by the Border Town Bett...
On Saturday, Sept. 10 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in downtown Mahtowa, the Mahtowa Covenant Church and T.J.’s Country Store is sponsoring a day of free community fun. Activities begin with the Stan Berglund Memorial Bike Ride at 10 a.m. from T.J.’s Country Store, followed by a picnic from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and yard games and a bouncy house from 1-4 p.m., along with live music and raffles for a meat basket or gift cards....
While the scarecrow contest and medallion hunt kick off Monday in Cromwell, the rest of the Harvest Festival activities are set for the following weekend, Sept. 9-11. On Friday, there’s a steak fry from 4-7 p.m. for $15 a plate for steak, $5 a plate for a hot dog, with a high school football game in Ely and bingo back home. Six balloonists will be showing at the school football field Friday night (lighted show) and two times on Saturday. They will offer tethered rides on Saturday. Saturday is the big day with a patriotic salute at 9:15 a.m. fol...
New and beginning farmers are invited to learn how to better understand a farm’s financial statements and utilize those to see financial success on the farm. Interested parties are asked to join on Sept. 27 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Carlton County Transportation building on County Highway 61, said a Carlton County Extension news release. Guest speaker Rob Holcomb, extension educator specializing in agricultural business management, will be discussing financial statements and how to best use the documents to realize success. There is no cost t...
There may have to be a re-turning of the phrase "kid in a candy store" when it comes to the childlike excitement Saturday in Esko. Kids at the Lakehead Harvest Festival last weekend had a wide variety of things to do and see, especially when it comes to the main attraction at the festival: tractors and engines and things that move in old-time fashion. And the adults in attendance Saturday looked like kids as they fine-tuned their engines, planed boards, munched on steamed corn and burgers, and...
I would like to thank all the volunteers who made the Ma & Pa Kettle Days happen again this year. Covid played a part in making us start over from scratch and we are really trying to keep this event going. I also want to thank all the people who attended. I heard many people liked the new way we did the standstill parade. We nearly ran out of pies at the pie social and many people enjoyed the old-fashioned-style bingo with great prizes. There will be a Ma & Pa Kettle Days meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at the Kettle River Senior Center to...
If you are a parent, grandparent or great-grandparent, you know that school will be starting on Tuesday, Sept. 6. We are excited for our kids, and remember how we felt on that first day of grade school or junior high way back when. The Carlton community has a long history of having a school within the city. The citizens of the Village of Carlton petitioned for a school on Sept. 18, 1871, and became District No. 2. A small wooden structure was built and one teacher, Miss Flora Lafan, was hired....
Grandchildren are wonderful gifts, and if you live long enough you get great-grandkids and maybe even great-great-grandkids. That is what we think of our grandkids, and now three great-grandkids. They were here for a visit last week and we made some wonderful memories. The great-grandkids — ages 4, 2, and 1 — were able to camp out in our yard and then spend the whole day with us along with their parents, making pancakes, chocolate chip cookies and playing with all the interesting toys and games I have for them. By the end of that day, I was...
Teachers were the focus Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the Moose Lodge. The project to feed and outfit teachers with supplies was a $3,000 effort, said event coordinator Patti Haus (not pictured). Last year, the Moose donated backpacks to students, but since the United Way and others were doing that this year, "We decided, 'Let's help teachers!'" Patti said. The Moose enjoyed a banner summer, she added, with contributing projects from May to July worth $20,000....
Fairgoers who stood in lines 30 deep for food, rides and attractions might have wondered Saturday if attendance had reached an all-time peak in Barnum. Alas, the Carlton County Fair concluded its marquee day with roughly 9,100 paid visitors, off the pace from last year's record-setting 9,800. "It was a good week, but nothing compared to last year," fair manager Lindsey Larson said. "We had fabulous numbers Saturday, but it didn't beat last year with everyone coming out after Covid. It was still...
The Lakehead Harvest Show returns Friday for its 61st annual show with daily activities from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m Friday through Sunday, Aug. 26-28 at 70 E. St. Louis River Road near Esko. Bring the whole family and get ready for a trip into the past on this old-school working farm. There’s lots to see and do there. Volunteers demonstrate all kinds of farm activities using old-school equipment to thresh, plow, crush rocks, plane wood and even make shingles. Lakehead Harvest president Ryan Hansen s...
The smell of exhaust and the roar of car engines engulfed the fairgrounds in Barnum last weekend. The annual Carlton County Fair brought the return of the Oval races, the Demolition Derby and the Figure 8, as well as school bus races and more. Pine Knot News photographer Dave Harwig was there to catch them all. Enjoy his photos and find more at viewthroughmylens.net....
Cloquet will, once again, be the place to go to celebrate Labor Day. After a pandemic hiatus, the free Oldtimers Banquet will return on Sunday, Sept. 4 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Four Seasons Event Center in Carlton. The parade is the highlight on Labor Day, filled with neighbors, businesses, and politicians marching down Cloquet Avenue at 11 a.m., Monday, Sept. 5, followed by children’s activities and food trucks at Veterans Park until 4 p.m. The Northeastern Hotel, Saloon and Grille will host its annual Labor Day car show – they’re hopin...
Thank you, thank you to the folks who volunteered at the Little Red Schoolhouse at the Carlton County fair this past week. Joining me were Sarah Sedlander, Sue and Rocky Youngberg, Eleanor Eskuri, Rick Gresczyk, Marilyn Kiehl, Terri Wallack, Sharon Zelazny, Mary Sanders, Felicia Hall, Shirley Stebbins, Linda Dahlman, Helen Kinnunen, Bev Clemons, Sandy Ferguson and Mary Svendsgaard. Also, thank you to Lake Country Power’s Operation Round Up program for the $500 donation to buy school supplies which were distributed to students visiting the s...
