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A 74-year-old Cloquet man is facing charges of sexually assaulting a child who was not a stranger to him. Edward Christian of Cloquet was charged with six counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree for allegedly performing sexually penetrative acts with a female child under the age of 10 years old. According to the criminal complaint, the child’s mother observed Christian allegedly showing the girl pornography when the two of them were on a FaceTime call. The mother and father had their daughter discontinue the call, then asked if Ch...
Whoever thought non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cool websites, sweet apps and cybersecurity would be mentioned in the same sentence as computer science? A guy from Cloquet who focused on computer science (at Harvard, no less) and was named one of Fortune magazine’s “30 Under 30” honorees, that’s who. Because Luke Heine, 27, knows computer science is the foundation for all kinds of cool innovation. “A hackathon is a digital form of building things with Legos, only more fun!” said Heine. “You don’t have to be a website guru to join us. You just ha... Full story
It’s the time of year when anglers and hunters need to buy new fishing and hunting licenses. Minnesota fishing, hunting and trapping licenses for 2021 expire Monday, Feb. 28. Licenses for 2022 are now available wherever fishing and hunting licenses are sold, online at mndnr.gov/BuyALicense and by telephone at 888-665-4236....
The Esko SubZero robotics team is preparing for its biggest season yet. The team of more than 40 Esko students has been hard at work since early January, constructing a robot to compete at the Lake Superior Regionals Competition at the Duluth Event Entertainment Center on March 4, a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics competition. "First off, robotics gets confused with battle bots a lot, but it's really not that at all," said team captain Ben Holt.... Full story
Build Season - a defined period of time, typically 6-8 weeks, between Kickoff and Competition that sparks excitement, fear, and urgency to all FIRST Robotics team members. Will we have enough time? Do we have enough funds? Do we have the right talent, skill, ambition? Will it all come together? Currently, Cloquet's Ripsaw Robotics team is in the middle of build season, with high ambitions for the upcoming competitions. FIRST Robotics Competition is a worldwide organization consisting of 4,000... Full story
Honor Roll Santiago Anich Bella Abrahamson Emma Adkins Kaitlyn Adkins Ashley Aker Simone Anderson Claire Anderson Keone Anderson Siri Anderson Joseph Antonutti Rachel Antonutti Lucye Backstrom Ellahna Barnes Lourdes Barousse Ellynor Barta Joel Barta Alena Beare Mollie Belich Jaxon Benedix Hunter Berg Aspen Berg Cadence Berger Cairin Berger Cuinn Berger Maiya Bergstedt-Bloss Ahna Brekke Cadence Brissett Priya Carey Joseph Cekalla Samuel Cheslak Ayden Chopskie Jordan Chopskie Megan Chopskie Ty Christensen Liberty Clifford Avah Clow Keaira... Full story
UPDATE: The Cloquet Police Department sent out a message just after noon Wednesday that a missing 12-year-old boy had been found and is safe. *** previous story below *** The Cloquet Police Department is seeking the community's help in locating a 12-year-old child that ran from his home here in Cloquet. According to an online alert issued at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, the missing child, Ian Javier Reynolds, is described as a Native American, male, 5'2", 110 lbs, and wearing wind pants and a... Full story
Residents have until 8 a.m. Monday, March 7, to comment on plans for remediation of contaminated groundwater in Esko, adjacent to the Esko Post Office. A notice regarding the comment period appeared on page 5 of the Feb. 4 Pine Knot News. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency began site investigation in 1994, when the post office well was sampled as part of a petroleum release investigation and benzene was detected in the well. Remedial activities lowered the benzene levels so the MPCA closed that case in 2008. In 1996, tetrachloroethene (PCE)... Full story
The mask mandate implemented by Cloquet elected officials a month ago will be allowed to automatically expire on its planned end date of Friday, Feb. 18. The expiration was ensured when Tuesday’s Cloquet city council meeting was canceled “because there was nothing that required council action,” said Cloquet mayor Roger Maki. Maki said he implemented the original mandate — with the support of a majority of council members — because researchers at Mayo were predicting a surge in the Covid Omicron variant around Feb. 1 followed by a swift dec...
As Covid case numbers continue to fall after peaking here in early February, so too do the mask mandates. The only school district in the county to mandate universal mask wearing in all grades since the start of school, Cloquet school board members took a cautious approach through both the Delta and the Omicron variants, never altering the mandate. On Monday, however, board members voted 5-0 to end the mask mandate effective Saturday. Their decision was greeted with applause by nearly a dozen...
On top of a pandemic, the Barnum school board is looking at a challenging 2022, with top administrators leaving and an $8 million decision on school maintenance coming fast. During the regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 15, the board held a lengthy discussion about replacing administrative staff that have left or are leaving. The board approved the resignation of Judy Vitito, the former elementary principal, effective Jan. 7, at the meeting of the board Jan. 18, and Mike McNulty, superintendent,...
The Wrenshall school board on Feb. 9 appointed district substitute teacher Ben Johnson to the school board as a temporary replacement for member Alice Kloepfer, who had a serious case of Covid last fall and is still recovering. Johnson, who is also a firefighter in Duluth, expressed interest in becoming a board member last summer as the board needed to replace Michelle Blanchard, who became principal of the school. Cindy Bourn eventually filled that spot. Johnson has a child in the school and one who graduated from Wrenshall. He said he’d l...
A special five-judge panel released new congressional and legislative maps Tuesday setting the political playing field for Minnesota for the next 10 years. The newly drawn congressional districts keep the 7th in western Minnesota and extends the 8th district west to take in all the state’s northern Native American reservations and south to the northeast metro area. State legislative districts covering Carlton County changed little in the process....
A car crashed into a Barnum restaurant Sunday, but no one was injured and no charges are being filed. The 911 call came into Carlton County dispatch at 10:46 a.m. Sunday, reporting a motor vehicle had struck the Lazy Bear Restaurant building at 3696 Main St. in Barnum. According to a press release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, Bloomington’s Amanda Geyen, 40, was turning from County Road 6 into the shared parking lot of the Minit Mart Gas Station and the Lazy Bear Restaurant. Gey...
For girls seeking the ultimate prom experience, finding and affording a dress can be a barrier to the big night. For the past several years, a mother-daughter team has put dresses within reach. Amy and Ashleigh Arntson's nonprofit If the Dress Fits helps teens find affordable dresses by collecting dress donations from across the region. After taking two years off during the pandemic, the team is back with a new concept this year. This year, dresses and fittings are taking place by appointment on... Full story
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is hosting a fantastic event featuring two FDLTCC alumni on Wednesday, Feb. 23. The exciting event will feature a presentation from Serrano Robinson and soul food lunch provided by Doc Witherspoon’s Soul Food Shack. Robinson currently works as the youth restorative program coordinator at Men as Peacemakers in Duluth. During his presentation, Serrano will acknowledge the United States’ history involving the Black community while raising awareness of current racial inequities and social injustices tha...
Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training (JET) and Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College are providing free nursing assistant training through a 4-week fast track hybrid program in March. Eligible individuals interested in pursuing the exciting field of nursing can take a unique 4-week Nursing Assistant course at FDLTCC for free, courtesy of JET. Starting March 7, students participating in the hybrid program will participate in virtual courses on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and...
Cloquet High School Quarter 2 honor roll A Honor Roll Grade 9 Rizal Agaton-Howes Gage Allen Diamond Allen-Lovejoy Owen Anderson Ahnna Bader William Bauer Johanna Bernu Sarah Blais Joshua Bleskacek Ellise Boyd-Affias Sofia Breuer Madison Correll Cadence Dillon Brody Dushkin Madison Erickson Clare French Nikolas Gentilini Paige Goranson Shealee Gunderson Natalie Halling Noah Hansen Natalie Hautajarvi Riley Hillman Jean Hurd Nicholas Janke Sophia Johnson Erin Keating Addison Kozelouzek Michael Kruse Brijette LaCore Quinten Larsen Preston Latour... Full story
Cromwell -Wright High School First Semester honor roll A Honor Roll Grade 12 Ludovica Abbozzo Jacob Anderson Andres Angulo Rylie Dobosenski NataLee Hakamaki Anja Johnson Scarlett Korpela Alaina Lind Jay Olesiak Andrea Pocernich Augusta Poskus Zevvus Smith Chandell Warner Michael Zoeller Grade 11 Noah Foster Isaac King Sascha Korpela Jacob Measner Steven Ridlon Payton Rosbacka Liam Schoenberg Grade 10 Elliott Anderson Jillian Anderson Avery Birman Tanner Collman Marissa Dahl Caya Forland Aurora Gervais Kyra Granholm Mya Gronner Maxell Hanni... Full story
Graduated Cooper Ketola, of Cloquet, graduated from the University of Tampa on Friday, Dec. 17. Ketola graduated with a bachelor of arts in avertising and public relations. Esko’s Dawsen Cossalter graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in December. Cossalter received his bachelor of science in nursing. Dean’s list The University of Minnesota Duluth announced its dean’s list for fall semester. These local students on the dean’s list achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Ezekiel R. Palmer, political science - Carlton Ben Talaric...
Across Carlton County, northern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, farmers are firing up the heaters in their greenhouses, ordering seeds and preparing for another season of feeding families across the region. For one unique type of farm, this is also the season when they begin to take orders from households that will receive weekly deliveries of farm fresh produce and other products throughout the summer and fall. It's called community supported agriculture, or just CSA, and it is an approach to...
Due to labor shortages and supply chain issues, Locally Laid Egg Company in Wrenshall has been unable to secure a steady stream of egg cartons. But it's not from a lack of trying. "I've been on the phone, on the road, talking with suppliers, setting up plan Bs, Cs and Ds," said owner Jason Amundsen. "We've been getting by that way for a while, but on Friday (Feb. 11) it all just fell apart." Supply chain issues across the country have come to roost in Wrenshall. "It's frustrating to have the...
Charges were filed Thursday, in the case of a hit-and-run crash nearly four weeks ago in Cloquet that police previously described as a case of “road rage.” A 38-year-old Cloquet woman was charged via summons Thursday, Feb. 3, by the Carlton County Attorney’s Office. Rebecca Lee Glader faces seven charges, including three counts of felony criminal vehicular operation with substantial bodily harm and leaving the scene of an accident, along with gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor traffic violations including failure to stop, failure to notif...
After taking a pandemic pause last year, the Blue Jean Ball returned Saturday to rave reviews. The annual Community Educational Foundation fundraiser was modified for the times, of course. People wore masks walking around, but didn't have to wear masks when eating and drinking at the table. And the elaborately decorated tables were a little more spread out. But the spirit of the event was the same. "We didn't want anyone to think we weren't taking the virus seriously, and we were ready to turn o...
In a room packed full with nearly 40 parents and teachers, the Esko school board chose to not alter the district’s current Covid-19 mitigation strategies despite tense discussion between board members at their meeting Monday, Feb. 7. As of Monday, students in the district are not required to wear masks to class or school events, regardless of vaccination status. It’s a new policy for students in elementary school, and the same policy that’s been in place for more highly vaccinated secondary students since the start of the school year. Accor...
