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By working with as many sources as possible, the Cloquet school district is making good progress getting staff members vaccinated for Covid-19. Superintendent Michael Cary told Cloquet school board members that they started the process with the state efforts, but found that when 42 people traveled to the regional vaccine center in Mt. Iron there wasn't enough vaccine to go around. More recently, Carlton County has been an incredibly important partner in the process, he said. "The last couple of weeks the county has gotten doses that they're...
After months of consideration, the Thomson Township board of supervisors has decided to enter a three-year agreement with a new engineering firm: Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services. Joe Jurewicz, a project engineer with the firm, previously worked for MSA Professional Services, which has worked with the township for more than 15 years. Jurewicz recently accepted a position with AE2S, sparking the discussion of a change in the town’s contracted engineering to a larger firm and yearly contract, as opposed to a project-by-project b...
The Carlton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to make changes to the way the county operates the Carlton County Transfer Station. Zoning and Solid Waste Management administrator Heather Cunningham presented a plan that would end a contract with private contractor Mahkahta Trucking and hire two full-time employees to run the processing of demolition refuse coming into the facility. The station would continue to have three half-time employees, two to run the office and one...
The Floy Gilman Scheidler Scholarship Foundation provides scholarships to residents of Carlton County who are pursuing a post high school education. The Foundation was established in 1999 by former Esko High School English teacher Floy Dickison and her sister, Ona Scheidler, a former Cloquet High School business teacher. They established the foundation in honor of their mother, Floy Gilman Scheidler. Applicants must be residents of Carlton County and must have maintained a 3.0 GPA and been in the top 50 percent of their graduating class....
Correction: This is the Quarter 1 Honor Roll, but was originally posted as Quarter 2. Quarter 2 will be posted as soon as it is available. We apologize for the error. Cloquet High School Quarter 1 A HONOR ROLL Grade 9 Elexis Anderson Drew Angell Madyson Babineau Joseph Bailey David Baker Hannah Bastien Owen Brenner LeeAna Burley Ava Carlson Elise Cawcutt Ella Chartier Quinn Danielson Macy Dearborn Kiana DeFoe Emmie Doesken Ethan Doty Madison Fredrickson Anders Gunelson Riley Hall Isaac Hill Makenna Horvat Kiley Issendorf Eli Jazdzewski Kloey... Full story
FDLTCC Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet announced that 145 students attending the college last fall earned dean’s list honors for the semester. Here is a list of students from the area who made the list: • Barnum: Christen Klejeski, Abigail Mickle, Brittney Nelson • Brookston: Autumn Pesonen, Kelsey Warner • Carlton: Elijah Blue, Alisha Broneak, Saydee Clemens, Annabeth Johnson, Johnette Ostlund, Sierra Rustom • Cloquet: Ahna Anderson, Hailey Anderson, Peggy Armstrong, Jesse Bahen, Jessica Benson, Shantell Berglund,... Full story
A former Carlton teacher and girls basketball coach was sentenced Friday to 33 months in Minnesota state prison for criminal sexual conduct charges stemming from a sexual relationship with a student athlete nearly 20 years ago. Robert Kent Pioro, 63, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for four counts of felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct for engaging in sexual penetration with a person who was 16 years old when he was in a position of authority over the victim. The guilty pleas were the result of deals with both Carlton County and St.... Full story
A federal judge says Enbridge Energy can proceed with construction on its contentious Line 3 oil pipeline, less than a week after a state appellate court panel also denied a request from Minnesota tribes and environmental groups to temporarily block work on the project. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, the Sierra Club, and the Native American-led environmental group Honor the Earth filed suit in federal court in December, seeking to overturn a key permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At the same time,... 
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The city of Moose Lake lost power to homes and businesses on Monday during subzero temperatures. According to information released by city officials, there was an explosion in a regulator at the north substation at 7:20 p.m. The Moose Lake police and fire departments responded. “The fire was almost out when we got there,” said Moose Lake fire chief Jim Michalski. There were no injuries. He said a regulator across the street from the plant exploded. A warming shelter was opened at the Moose Lake Community School for those who had lost their sou...
Wrenshall High School Quarter 2 A HONOR ROLL Natylee Anderson Connar Ankrum Patrick Ankrum Liam Bruce Lillian Eckdahl Sage Fernquist Mason Goetz Brooke Kent Elliana Lattu Ryan Mattson Alex Murray Samantha Nyberg Paige Olson Isaias Padilla Camden Peterson Owen Resberg Isabel Riley Jack Riley Zeke Rousseau-Sheff Molly Sheda Janae Sjodin Magdalene Sowada Kaya Stark Birk Stensaas Alexis Swanson Nadia Tessier Eli Twedt Rilee Wolfe B Honor Roll Joshua Anderson Bruddy Axtell Bryce Bartczak Gavin... Full story
Cromwell- Wright High School Semester 1 A HONOR ROLL Grade 12 Justin Aho Eliana Anderson Daniel Belden Daniele Butera Brandi Collman Elisabeth Kachinske Andrew Kosloski Aiden Lehti Katherine Libbon Grade 11 Jacob Anderson Scarlett Korpela Alaina Lind Jay Olesiak Andrea Pocernich Zevvus Smith Chandell Warner Michael Zoeller Grade 10 Angela Dilly Noah Riley Foster Isaac King Sascha Korpela Jacob Measner Steven Ridlon Payton Rosbacka Liam Schoenberg Payton Smith Nika Tkachenko Grade 9 Elliott... Full story
After winning 15 state awards after its first full year of operation, the Pine Knot News doubled its haul last week, collecting 33 awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association through its annual contest judging newspapers for overall quality. The unprecedented number of awards means the Pine Knot office now holds the Mills Trophy from MNA as the "Minnesota's most outstanding weekly newspaper." The trophy has been in the hands of just a few papers the size of the Pine Knot in the 40 years it... Full story
In December, former Carlton girls basketball coach Robert Pioro pleaded guilty to four counts of felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct stemming from a sexual relationship with an athlete some 20 years ago. Two weeks ago, another girls basketball coach was arrested on similar charges with a 17-year-old girl on his team this year, a case that is only beginning to wind its way through the courts to an unknown conclusion. Those charges came only a week after the arrest of a Cloquet man for first-degree sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl.... Full story
Dan Britton, a driver for Cloquet distributor Upper Lakes Foods, chats with Matt Baker from competitor US Foods last Thursday in Duluth's Canal Park. Britton said he knew Baker when he first started at Upper Lakes and catching up with him was just natural. He laughed at the notion of competition getting in the way of basic friendliness. "It's no big deal to me," Britton said. "When I worked for Pepsi, I talked to the Coke guys." Food and beverage distributors in the region are busy early this...
The Cloquet library opened to the public again on Monday, Feb. 1. Open hours are Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. The library will be observing the following protocols to ensure the continued safety of the public and library staff: • Anyone entering the building will be required to wear a mask at all times • No open food or beverages will be allowed • Hand sanitizer will be available at various locations throughout the library Patrons will be able to use the computers, browse the shelves and check out mater... Full story
Joseph James Fohrenkam, 18, pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter charges in the shooting death of his friend, 16-year-old Joseph James Peterson, in a virtual hearing held Monday, Feb. 1 in Sixth District Court in Duluth. According to the criminal complaint, Fohrenkam was drinking with four other young men — Peterson was the youngest — in a parked truck outside a home on the 3600 block of Giiniw Road the night of Dec. 27. According to three witnesses who were interviewed by law enforcement, they were just drinking and talking, not...
Super One store in Pike Lake Friday, Jan. 29 ended with the suspect fleeing the car after it went off the road near the Saginaw Union Station bar at the intersection of Highways 2 and 194, according to information from the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. Scott Michael Jordan, 34, of Duluth was armed when he carjacked the vehicle and its occupants, a woman and her 16-year-old son. When the car crashed in the Union Station parking lot, the carjacker fled on foot and the victims were able to call for help. St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office dep...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and the Northeast Minnesota Beekeepers Association are hosting a virtual symposium called “Beekeeping and More!” Saturday, Feb. 13, for anyone interested in learning about beekeeping as a hobby or as a commercial enterprise. The virtual symposium will open at 8:45 a.m. and classes run 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Registration is $10. Pre-registration is required, available online at https://bit.ly/3ahMKB6. Zoom links to the day’s presentations will be emailed to registered participants. Other sessi...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking for online public comment through Feb. 15 on its outdoor recreation task force recommendations for enhancing the state's outdoor recreation opportunities. The initiative is quite broad and includes many state-owned and operated areas in Carlton County. These include Jay Cooke and Moose Lake state parks, Fond du Lac State Forest, and the Soo Line north and south trails, among others. The DNR's State Forest Trail and Management Revisions Proj...
Local law enforcement and firefighters are keeping busy as protesters continue to disrupt and potentially delay construction of the Enbridge Line 3 replacement pipeline through the Fond du Lac reservation and Carlton County. Late Monday afternoon, three water protectors were arrested. Two of the protestors — Nicholas Tippins and Joseph Morales — were arrested while blocking the entrance to the site, while the third, Jeff Nichols-Haining, climbed onto a section of the pipeline dangling over a trench. According to a press release from the Wat...
Cloquet city councilors approved a plan Tuesday to continue the city's transition toward being compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, particularly where sidewalks, pedestrian ramps and traffic signals are concerned. The 63-page ADA Transition Plan is federally mandated and must be developed in order to qualify for certain funding streams. Were every suggestion to be implemented, the work would cost the city an estimated $1.2 million. Of that, reconstructed 550 pedestrian ramps would...
For those who disparage or simply don’t understand the younger generation, maybe this will help. Please enjoy the essays on this page and next shared by Cloquet High School seniors in Jason Richardson’s college prep English class last semester. The prompt was NPR’s “This I Believe,” Richardson said, adding that some students “put their hearts into this.” We thank them for sharing. — Pine Knot News staff ******** Beating your brain By Logan Dushkin I believe in mental toughness. In sports, look at the greatest — Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant in... Full story
UMD The University of Minnesota Duluth announced its dean’s list for last fall. Students on the list have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Many students from Cloquet made the list: Ethan Bergman, senior, English and history; Jordan Bolos, senior, chemical engineering; Tyler Budris, senior, computer science; Tyler Conway, junior, undeclared; Jean-Luc Genereau, senior, electrical engineering; Ava Grondahl, sophomore, biochemistry; Nathan Hammond, senior, chemical engineering; Julia Hill, junior, education; Callie Holm, senior, m...
For me and my neighbors, it feels far too early to think of the promise of spring. But I have appreciated the return of evening light as I walk to the mailbox at 5 p.m. While most phenological changes are happening "in the belly" of the earth, local farmers are on the verge of starting seeds for the coming season and many of our area's food share farms are now open for member sign-ups. The Dalens at Northern Harvest Farms (northernharvestfarm.com) and Catherine Conover from Stone's Throw Farm...
Here is a look at the 33 awards the Pine Knot News received last week from the Minnesota Newspaper Association. The annual contest run by MNA pits papers of comparable size against each other. Awards honoring overall work by a newspaper come from a look at issues chosen at random under contest rules. Entries by individuals are chosen by newspaper staff from a year’s worth of work. There are about 285 newspapers in the state that are part of the association. About 260 of those papers are w... Full story
