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Students in Jennifer Mangan's fourth-grade class at Washington Elementary School play resonator bells purchased with grant funds in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Cloquet Education Foundation awarded money for the bells, which will get years of use in the classroom. With help from Washington's Partners in Education group, both music classrooms there are now fully equipped with bell sets. "During the Covid-19 pandemic, elementary music, as we know it, could not exist," said Washington...
Barnum High School Fourth quarter A HONOR ROLL Grade 7 Emily Class Alizondra Collelo Lucy Franek Sophia Frank Michael Hoover Kyson Landwehr MaKenna Nordstrom Morghan Nynas Ava Nyquist Iris Polecheck Kaitlyn Rudloff Aleksander Shefchik Hartleigh Stecyk Grade 8 Kaden Carlson Kyler Clarke Casey Corrigan Connor Corrigan Jack Dobosenski Bryce Ferguson Eli Gilbertson Rijah Jones Janaya Jurek Madison Koecher Pierce Korpela Aili Lund Kairi McCoy Lily Newman Brooklyn Peterson Spencer Strohm Megan Swenson Avery Westendorf Ebboney Wills Grade 9 Thomas... Full story
Cromwell-Wright High School Second semester A HONOR ROLL Grade 12 Justin Aho Eliana Anderson Daniel Belden Daniele Butera Brandi Collman Elisabeth Kachinske Andrew Kosloski Aiden Lehti Katherine Libbon Seth Ridlon Grade 11 Scarlett Korpela Alaina Lind Jay Olesiak Andrea Pocernich Zevvus Smith Chandell Warner Michael Zoeller Grade 10 Ellie Anderson Noah Foster Amber Fredrickson Isaac King Sascha Korpela Jacob Measner Steven Ridlon Payton Rosbacka Liam Schoenberg Grade 9 Elliott Anderson Jillian Anderson Avery Birman Tanner Collman Marissa Dahl... Full story
There aren't too many requirements for the new high ropes course that opened Saturday in Scanlon: you simply have to be 8 years old or older, at least 35 pounds and not over 275 pounds. No experience is necessary. "It's like a pace-yourself kind of course, no need to race through it," said Cliff Langley, owner and operator of High Ropes Minnesota, a sister company of Swiftwater Adventures, which offers whitewater rafting on the St. Louis River. High Ropes is a five-pole course that features 12...
Attention, potential lifeguards: Preteens will soon be begging you to apply for a job at The Beach at Pinehurst Park this summer. That's because a staff shortage is requiring a major change in beach rules as it prepares to open Monday: All children age 12 and under will be required to wear a lifejacket while in the water. Cloquet Community Ed director Erin Bates said the rule "applies to all, whether or not they have had swim lessons in the past." If staffing levels ramp up, the rules may be... Full story
The Cloquet public works department began flushing water mains last week and will continue through the entire months of June, July and August. Flushing will be done between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Customers in the immediate flushing area may temporarily experience rusty or dirty water. It is advisable for anyone washing clothes during the week to check their water prior to washing. If dirty water persists, contact the city engineer’s office at 218-879-6758. Sewer mains are also being cleaned and will continue through O...
The attorney for a Cloquet man facing both first- and second-degree murder charges will be asking the court to both dismiss the case and change the venue. In an online hearing held Wednesday, June 9, defense attorney Steve Bergeson, assistant state public defender and a member of the Public Defender Trial Team, asked Sixth District judge Jill Eichenwald for a month to submit his arguments for dismissal and a change of venue in writing. Eichenwald granted that request, and a request by prosecutor Erin Eldridge for another month in which to...
Hot on the heels of a months-long Cloquet debate, Carlton County is taking its turn to determine whether its own Project Labor Agreement (PLA) — dating back to 2013 — for county construction projects should be dropped or amended. The county’s PLA calls for public construction projects to be completed by workers that are members of a union. The Carlton County PLA only affects projects estimated to be bid for more than $175,000. Unlike Cloquet, the county PLA doesn’t apply to private construction, only publicly funded projects. All county... Full story
Rebekah King [email protected] The Thomson Township community garden is joining the Northeastern Minnesota Bee Friendly Corridor project with the addition of a pollinator garden this summer. Kathy Rahkola and other community members have been trying to revamp the garden, located behind the Thomson Town Hall. People are trying to create new opportunities at the community garden, Rahkola reported to the Thomson Township board of supervisors at its meeting on June 3. The pollinator garden will cover four garden plots and will need to be...
Imagine you have a child, whose life depends on getting a daily dose of medication that is available, but you can’t afford it. Just $1 a day could make a difference between life and a slow decline toward death. That’s a situation Dr. Emmanuel Mareus, aka “Doctor Manno,” sees too often at his medical center and mobile outreach clinics in Haiti. “Diabetes is not a disease that will kill you, like cancer,” he said. “And as a parent, you know that, but can’t afford this.” Mareus spoke in the dini... Full story
Some folks come to farming through family generations, finding themselves tilling the soil on acres cleared and planted by those whose DNA inhabits the cells in their bodies. Others arrive on the land through a much more circuitous route. Adam Kemp of Uff-Da Organics is one of these people. He began his farming career 12 years ago when he was hired at Northern Harvest Farm and discovered an affinity for working the land and growing healthy food. A music composition major at the University of... Full story
Jana Peterson [email protected] Sometimes, to draw attention to a darker issue, it helps to bring a little honey too. That’s what Cloquet’s Starr Marshall — who works with senior citizens almost exclusively in her job with Reliable Insurance Agency — did by creating Senior Day in Cloquet. Running 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, at Veterans Park in Cloquet, Senior Day is a time to celebrate our senior citizens. This year Senior Day organizers will do that with music, prizes, free beverag... Full story
The uproar at the Streetcar in Carlton late Friday afternoon was not sustained. There were those who specifically came to watch Sam Kavanaugh in the last game of the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions final, like the family friends in the back room. There were those who were reminded by the venerable game show airing on all of the multiple televisions that a local kid was doing pretty good, again, on the quiz show. Some chanced into it and caught on, at the bar for food and drink in an early... Full story
Thanks to Ward 2 councilor Sheila Lamb, the Cloquet city council's 4-3 vote to repeal the city's project labor agreement May 4 became a 4-3 vote to preserve it Tuesday evening. Lamb said she spent the last month studying the PLA issue, having conversations with people from the city of Duluth, local union members and examining lawsuits targeting the labor agreements around the country. "I think that PLAs protect the city on multiple levels and our citizens," Lamb said. "It was why I made my reque... Full story
Cloquet will celebrate its senior citizens from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 15 at Veterans Park. Those 60 and older will be celebrated at the park at the second annual Senior Day in Cloquet with prize drawings, food and beverages, a photo booth, myriad vendors and more. Gift bags will be given out to the first 100 guests. Arrowhead Transit is offering free rides to and from the park that day. Call 1-800-862-0175 at least an hour ahead for a ride. The June 15 event will also mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Allegations of maltreatment... Full story
Construction of a cable median barrier on Interstate 35 between Hinckley and Minnesota Highway 210 began this week. Barrier installation is at intermittent points and began just south of Hinckley and will continue north. Drivers can expect left lane closures on weekdays. The closures will be limited northbound, Monday through Thursday, and southbound, Monday through Friday. The Minnesota Department of Transportation expects the project will be completed by the end of July....
The Minnesota Judicial Branch is in the process of a deliberate, gradual return to more in-person court proceedings and modifications to its Covid-19 health and safety protocols. As of June 14, criminal and civil jury trials will be in person along with most other court proceedings. Misdemeanor criminal trials and contested hearings will be held in person beginning Aug. 2....
Minnesotans purchasing health insurance through MNsure are seeing increased savings thanks to recent changes to the Affordable Care Act made through the American Rescue Plan. MNsure is reminding Minnesotans in need of health insurance that they can sign up for coverage through July 16 through the marketplace’s special enrollment period. “The new and expanded financial help available only through MNsure can help lower the cost of health insurance by hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year for Minnesota families,” said MNsure CEO Nate Clark.... Full story
The Minnesota Department of Corrections is requesting the public’s assistance in locating fugitive Robert Thomas Baca. Baca was released from the Minnesota DOC in October 2020. His supervision was subsequently transferred to the California Department of Corrections in San Bernardino, California, where he has family and a support system. On May 11, Baca was released from a detention center in California, where he was being questioned on new charges, and was instructed to report to his C... Full story
Oxygen levels are falling in freshwater lakes in Minnesota and across the globe — a trend likely driven by climate change and human development, a new study suggests. The findings could be a sign that trouble is ahead for Minnesota lakes that provide important habitat for coldwater fish species, and could have more harmful algal blooms in their future. The study, published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, was the first to look at temperature and oxygen changes across a large number of lakes across the globe. Its research team include... 
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Sam Kavanaugh was watching himself on Jeopardy! Monday night and it felt foreign to him. While that can be expected for a show that was taped two months ago, it's Kavanaugh's whirlwind success in the game show's "Tournament of Champions" that has him grasping for details of his experience. He won Monday, placing him among the overall top three contestants in the final round airing Thursday and today to determine a champion. "It's bizarre," the 2009 Carlton High School graduate said Tuesday... Full story
The Carlton County Transportation Department will be spraying herbicides on vegetation growing through the pavement of the St. Louis River bike/pedestrian trail from Minnesota Highway 210 east of the Four Seasons Sports Complex in Carlton north to the Park and Ride lot in Scanlon. They will also be spraying the ditches on county roads 27, 116, 117, 118, 119, 151, 152 and 696. In some areas the vegetation has caused severe pavement damage, making it difficult for people to use the trail. Vegetation management with selective herbicides controls...
It was a decision no grandparent should have to make. Phyllis Rousseau thought she was going to have to choose between attending the Carlton and Wrenshall graduation ceremonies — originally scheduled at the same time Friday — and how’s a grandmother supposed to choose between two grandsons who are both valedictorians of their classes? That’s right. Grandson Zeke Rousseau-Sheff is valedictorian for the Class of 2021 in Wrenshall, while grandson Spencer Rousseau is valedictorian for the Class o... Full story
A 7-year-old boy died in an ATV crash Friday, May 21 in southern Carlton County. According to a Carlton County press release, Drew Nordstrom was a backseat passenger in a side-by-side ATV that rolled over and on top of him. Sheriff’s office deputies, members of the Moose Lake Fire Department and Essentia EMS responded to the crash on private property off County Road 13 in Moose Lake Township at 6:21 p.m. Friday. The ATV was traveling down a slight hill when the juvenile female driver lost control and it rolled. A juvenile female front seat p...
The Old Highway 61 Coalition invites the public to travel Old Highway 61 and play a little “Park Bingo” event to be eligible to win prizes. You can participate in the bingo activity anytime through Labor Day. Visit a park, take a photo at the location and post it to your personal social media using the hashtag #oldhwy61parks. After you’ve visited five parks in a row on the card for a successful BINGO, email a photo of the card to [email protected]. Get a card and prize details at oldhighway61.com... Full story
