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A well-known polka music show from the past is returning to television. Starting Saturday, reruns of the Chmielewski Polka Show are coming to Antenna TV. Starting back in the 1970s, the family produced more than 1,800 television episodes through the years. Now polka lovers can enjoy some of those classic televised music shows once again. The show will be airing Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. and Sunday mornings at 8....
Enbridge announced this week that it has completed its Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement project across Minnesota. It expected to begin running tar sands oil from Edmonton to Superior today. The 1,097-mile-long pipeline has a thicker-walled pipe and Enbridge said the "completion ensures a safe, reliable supply of North American crude oil to U.S. refineries." "Line 3 was developed and executed with the most state-of-the-art approach to design, construction and environmental management," said...
Esko school board members rescinded their approval of a snowmobile trail route that would have crossed school property during their regular meeting Monday. The decision came because the route had changed and wasn’t what the board originally approved. Three board members attended the Thomson Township Board of Supervisors meeting Sept. 16, when Wood City Riders president Chris Rokke gave a presentation to the more than 60 people in attendance about the volunteer snowmobile club and the approved trail. Although the township board had already g...
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Cloquet area staff have moved from their former location on Highway 33 South to the Cloquet Business Park at 305 Business Park Drive. All telephone numbers for general inquiries and individual staff contacts will remain the same. Most DNR offices are providing in-person services, but may have limited hours depending on staff availability. Please contact the Cloquet office at 218-878-5640 for Forestry, or 218-878-5661 for Wildlife, before visiting to confirm the office is open. The former DNR Cloquet...
The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) Board of Directors approved its 2022 operating and capital budgets at its regular board meeting this week. The Sanitary Board approved a 4.11-percent increase in wastewater charges as WLSSD restores operating and capital budgets back to levels similar to 2020. “We have all been significantly affected by Covid-19,” said WLSSD executive director Marianne Bohren. “Our 2022 budget reflects resuming the infrastructure reliability projects we put on hold for 2021 with so much economic uncer...
This year, Minnesota’s 87 counties are the beneficiaries of $36.3 million in aid that helps support public lands and provide critical links within the state’s public recreation system. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources highlighted the payments as part of National Public Lands Day on Sept. 25. Carlton County received about $450,000 this year, just above the average of $417,000 for each county. Each year, the state’s Department of Revenue distributes annual payments for Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT), a property tax relief progr...
After a pandemic pause, the Cloquet schools Power Lunch program will be running this year, and volunteers are needed. Power Lunch matches students with community members to have lunch and read together. The commitment is one hour per week, and lunch is provided. There are different matches and lunch times available Monday through Thursday. Mondays and Tuesdays will be at Churchill, and Wednesday and Thursdays at Washington. The welcome luncheon will be held Oct. 4 for Churchill and Oct. 6 for Washington, and the program will run from Oct. 18...
• Bemidji State University recently announced several graduates from Cloquet: Trent Anderson (economics), Ryan Defoe, (master’s in business administration), Eric Lee (liberal studies), Autumn Mikula-Goodrich (psychology), Brena Mullen (wildlife biology), Erin Nygaard (nursing), and Allyson Rahkola (psychology). • Emily Johnson of Cloquet has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s summer president’s list. Eligibility for the list requires an academic grade point average of 3.7-4.0....
Board members from Carlton and Cloquet School districts met for the first time Monday to continue discussions about a possible tuition agreement between the two schools. A tuition agreement would guarantee that Carlton students in grades 9-12 could enroll in the larger district — at a cost to the Carlton district — if and when Carlton closes its high school. Up to this point, only the two superintendents, business managers and the school board chair for each district have been talking. Both boa...
Pine Knot News Editor Jana Peterson found the sublety of fall color changes in the woods this past week at the Cloquet Forestry Center. All pictures great and small (in scope) are welcome to the Pine Knot inbox. Send yours today at [email protected]...
There was a time when every rural community had a special gathering place, a hall where people could hold dances, dinners and other community events. On Highway 27 west of Kettle River, there was - and still is - the Star Club. Incorporated in 1921, the Star Club was formed as a "gentlemen's club" for the area Polish settlers in Split Rock and continues to operate today. Built after the 1918 Fires that burned down the old log church previously used for social gatherings, next week the Star Club... Full story
History repeated itself this week at Burger Shoes in Cloquet. After closing on the sale of the longtime local shoe store Tuesday evening, Carmen LaPlant celebrated her first day as the new owner on Wednesday, exactly 54 years after Ludwig Burger held his grand opening at 1609 Carlton Avenue. Ludwig's daughter, Maria Leyrer, took down the bell that hung over the front door of the store on Tuesday - as a new family heirloom - and enjoyed her first day of retirement. "It's home," she said. "I grew... Full story
Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay up to $3.32 million for allegedly violating state environmental law by piercing a groundwater aquifer during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline. Last Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued a restoration order and administrative penalty order against the Canadian-based company over the breach, which the agency says occurred in late January near the Clearbrook Terminal in Clearwater County. The breach resulted in millions of gallons of groundwater flowing out of the...
Cloquet Public Library staff literally kicked off Saturday's community celebration by demonstrating how they have survived construction, Covid and Covid, Part 2: by dancing in their chairs to "Can't Stop the Feeling!" in front of a roomful of people. On a more serious note, library director Beth Sorenson praised the community for its support, and for creating a building that is not only better for us, "but for our children and our grandchildren." Although the more than $2 million...
A man was in grave condition after being hit by a vehicle while crossing Doddridge Avenue near Eighth Street in Cloquet on Thursday, Sept. 16. Cloquet Police responded to the accident just after 8 p.m. Thursday along with staff from the Cloquet Area Fire District. The man was transported to an area hospital. CPD commander Dave O’Connor said they didn’t have an update on the condition of the pedestrian, whose name has not been released. Police interviewed witnesses at the scene and have not pursued any charges against the driver, O’Connor said...
At a short regular meeting Monday, the Cloquet city council officially adopted a 2022 budget and a proposed levy increase of $109,400, or 3.49 percent. The levy can’t go up from that percentage when the levy is set in December. A public hearing on the budget and levy will be held at the Dec. 7 regular meeting. Running the numbers in the future will be new finance director Katie Bloom. She was approved by the board this week after the city’s first choice, Joshua Bailey, decided to keep his auditing job with the city of Duluth. Longtime finance...
A Cloquet man faces manslaughter charges following a fight in his apartment. Joel Jay Ammesmaki, 58, was charged with first-degree manslaughter Thursday in Sixth District Carlton County Court for “causing the death of another while committing assault in the fifth degree with such force and violence” that death or great harm was “reasonably foreseeable.” Officers from the Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments responded to a 9-1-1 call at around 2 a.m. Sept. 14 reporting an unwanted person...
A district judge on Monday denied a change of venue and dismissal of counts against a Cloquet man accused in the murder of a pregnant woman and her child. Sheldon James Thompson, who is accused of killing Jackie Defoe, her unborn child and her 20-month-old son, faces two charges of murder in the first degree each for the deaths of Jackie Ann Defoe and her son Kevin Lee Shabaiash Jr., and one charge of murder in the first degree of an unborn child, premeditated. In the order filed Monday, Judge Jill Eichenwald, denied his attorney’s request t...
Following the approval of a revised snowmobile trail through the township at its last meeting - and subsequent complaints - the Thomson Township board invited people to discuss the action at the regular board meeting Sept. 16. Although the board already granted permission for a preliminary trail, residents were invited to give their input so that the board and the snowmobile club could answer questions and address concerns. Wood City Riders president Chris Rokke gave a presentation to the more t...
Students and community members turned out for Monday’s Carlton School Board meeting, and most of them had the future of the high school on their mind. Out of nearly 20 people there, seven spoke, all of them against the idea of a tuition agreement with the Cloquet school district. Such an agreement would guarantee that Carlton students in grades 9-12 could enroll in the larger district — at a cost to the Carlton district — if and when Carlton closes its high school. The current long-range plan fo...
Get ready to laugh at the County Seat Theater Company's fall season opener, the comedy "Beer for Breakfast," which begins its run at the Encore Performing Arts Center starting tonight, Friday, Sept. 24. Cast members Sean Biskey, Jeff Anderson and Jeff Ross portray a group of middle-aged buddies who reunite for a "guys' weekend" in a snowed-in cabin to eat chili, drink beer and relive the good old days. These guys are out to prove they've still got it, so they are going to party like it's 1979.... Full story
There has been plenty of activity at Cloquet High School this week with homecoming events. Today, the homecoming court took part in fun and games as part of a pep fest before the football game. A king and queen will be crowned at halftime. The court includes, from left to right, front row: Katie Turner, Emerson Rock, Olivia Macaulay, Lydia Stone, Dana Jones, Olivia Jameson, Ilei Benson, Addie Loeb, Rylee Burkhart, Amelia Allen; back row: Carson Essler, Cale Prosen, Jack Liang, Reese Turnbull,... Full story
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is hosting a virtual public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 to discuss work along northbound Interstate 35 at Barnum in 2022. The project may include a detour due to closure of the northbound exit ramp into town. The meeting will include a presentation and time for questions. More information and a link to the virtual meeting can be found on the project webpage at www.dot.state.mn.us/d1/projects/i35-barnum/index.html. For those unable to watch the meeting live, a recording will be posted on the webpage... Full story
The Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments are investigating what they term a "suspicious death" earlier this week. Meanwhile, a 58-year-old man was arrested Tuesday and in custody in Carlton County jail on possible charges of manslaughter in the first degree, while committing a gross misdemeanor with violence. Officers from both departments responded to a 9-1-1 call at approximately 2:09 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, reporting an unwanted person in an apartment inside the Fond du Lac Veterans...
A petition to rescind a school board appointment in Wrenshall has been turned in to the school district office. Superintendent Kim Belcastro reported at the regular school board meeting Monday night that the petition had 200 signatures on it. If all of the signatures are valid, it would be well above the required signatures required by state statute, which set the amount at 5 percent of eligible voters in a district, or, in Wrenshall, 168 people. The petition will now be reviewed by the district’s head of elections, Beth Peterson. If enough s... Full story
