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Community Education is a department of the public school that helps connect school to community. We promote learning for all age levels. Our mission at Cloquet Community Education is "To promote, provide and facilitate learning opportunities and social activities to serve individuals and families, while bridging generations, inspiring collaboration and building community." In Cloquet, we are fortunate to enjoy a very robust community education department. We offer a broad, diverse range of...
Peter Cox MPR News More people soon will be able to visit loved ones in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. The changes are set to go into effect on Saturday, Oct. 17. Right now people can visit elderly relatives at some nursing homes outside, through a window or as an essential caregiver. That means people can visit a family member in their room and do caregiving tasks for them. Not long ago, the state added indoor visits to that list, as long as the facility had not had a COVID-19 exposure in 28 days and spread in the surroundi...
Jim Huhta Jim Huhta District 8 Covid has altered all our lives with social distancing and limited contact with essential service personnel. Some activities still demand attention in spite of precautions implemented over the past months, and providing power to our Lake Country Power members is one of those activities. Communication, however, has been adversely affected with our member meetings suspended, and some of us “oldtimers” having an aversion toward electronic devices, hindering useful updates and information. Newspapers still remain a r...
Elizabeth Shockman MPR News Minnesota educators are stressed, overwhelmed, and worried — and 29 percent of them are considering quitting their jobs. That’s according to a survey recently published by Education Minnesota, the state’s largest teacher union. Denise Specht, the president of Education Minnesota, said low educator morale is the result of a pandemic that has forced the majority of the state’s students out of full-time in-person learning and virtually all educators to change the way they teach. “They’re especially worried about their...
High school sports may not look exactly like normal this year, but at least athletes are back on the fields and courts. With family members and friends allowed a limited number of tickets to attend events, where does this leave loyal fans? The Esko school board has a solution — use a streaming service to bring athletics and the arts into the homes of their numerous fans and community members. This plan to stream events is just one of the many things that the Esko school district has done this year to handle the issues presented by the C...
As the nights grow longer and Halloween approaches, there are some who gravitate toward the frightening and the macabre. Others don't. There's a farm between Carlton and Wrenshall that can satisfy both ... they call it Haunted Ridge. (Cue the scary music.) In daylight, it is Ru-Ridge Corn Maze, a place where children and adults can find their way through a uniquely designed corn maze, ride horses, commune with animals at a petting zoo, go on a hayride and tackle the kids' Ninja course. When the...
The Santa's Home for the Holidays parade will not be happening this year. Cloquet city councilors said "no" in an informal vote Tuesday after discussing the pros and cons of holding the annual holiday parade during a pandemic. Positives included the fact that the parade and fireworks are both outside in the cold - transmission is less likely outdoors and people would probably be masked up to stay warm anyway - and the desire to have some kind of community celebration. Negatives also centered...
An investment by the federal government at the Cloquet Carlton County Airport is helping a local business. As a result, that business will be making its own investments with increased staffing and offerings at the local airport. That's exactly how the "opportunity zone" grants are supposed to work, said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, after announcing last month that the department's Economic Development Administration was awarding a $1.2 million grant to establish an aeronautics workforce...
The Carlton County board of commissioners last week approved a preliminary 2-percent levy increase for the budget year 2021. This is set to raise $28,790,977 from taxable property in Carlton County. The final levy amount will be approved sometime in December with a Truth in Taxation hearing Dec. 8 at the transportation building. Several areas of the budget could reduce the increase. The final figure for health insurance has not been finalized. The gas tax revenues are expected to be down just 11 percent instead of the projected 15 percent....
Students can apply now for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy contest for grades 9-12 and Patriot’s Pen contest for grades 6-8. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31. The Voice of Democracy program for students in grades 9-12 offers more than $1.9 million in educational scholarships. This year’s audio-essay theme is “Is This the Country the Founders Envisioned?” The national winner receives a $30,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school. Other national scholarsh...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is hosting an online public meeting at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 to describe pedestrian crossing safety improvements at Minnesota Highway 210 and Mission Road in Sawyer. There will be time for questions after the presentation. To access the meeting, visit https://bit.ly/3jiKeOm. Those without internet access can also call 855-282-6330 to join the meeting. The meeting access code is 146 565 2596. A recording of the meeting will also be posted on social media, and available by contacting...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting grant applications through Nov. 13 for project funding through Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program. About $500,000 will be available for projects to begin fall 2021. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal Management provides the funding for these grants. The priorities for 2021 are projects that improve or protect the water quality of Lake Superior and coastal area streams; reduce future damage from coastal hazards such as climate change, flo...
A public hearing regarding the 14th Street improvement project got only one public comment during Tuesday's Cloquet City Council meeting, despite the fact that some residents don't like county plans for a roundabout at the intersection of Washington Avenue and 14th Street. Those folks were in the minority, said SEH project engineer Dan Hinzmann during a presentation Tuesday. Because the project uses state aid funding, he said the state would have required an intersection improvement there over...
Learn about the 1918 fires by walking through history starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. The Moose Lake Area Historical Society is sponsoring a Living History Walk at Riverside Cemetery east of Highway 61 in Moose Lake. Actors will play citizens from that time, including Albin Odberg, a prominent Kettle River resident; the Eckman family, early settlers in the area; and Frank Blomquist, who started the first sawmill in Moose Lake. Tickets are $10. A 1918 Fire Commemoration will follow at the Soo Line Event Center. Physical distancing and...
As winter approaches, you may think your outdoor projects are done for the year, but if you have buckthorn removal on your list of chores, late fall and early winter are great times to get it done. Why is buckthorn bad? There are many reasons this invasive, non-native shrub is better taken out than left to take over our native woodlands. • Competes and crowds out native plants for nutrients, light, and moisture • Degrades important wildlife habitat and food sources • Can host pests, such as crow...
Annette Christian of Cloquet didn't have to go far to find fall color. It exploded in her backyard last week. Send your color captures to [email protected]....
Carlton County settled a federal lawsuit with a man shot by a Carlton County deputy last summer for $6.2 million earlier this week. Shawn Michael Olthoff, 35, was paralyzed from the chest down after being shot twice by Carlton County deputy Sgt. Jason Warnygora during a Consolidated Emergency Response Team (CERT) operation on July 29, 2019. Olthoff had sued for $25 million in compensatory damages — as his paralysis is irreversible — and $10 million in punitive damages. The lawsuit claimed War...
A Cromwell woman died after a head-on collision at approximately 8:49 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24. According to the Minnesota State Patrol report, Melissa Kalinoski, 42, was driving a 2002 Honda Odyssey west on Highway 2 east of Brookston when the driver of a 2009 Chevrolet truck, 54-year-old Tony Northrup, crossed the centerline and hit her head-on while traveling eastbound on Highway 2. Northrup had been drinking, according to police, Kalinoski had not. Road conditions were dry. Kalinoski’s injuries were fatal. She was wearing a seatbelt. N...
The Cloquet Chamber of Commerce will hold a local candidate forum 6-9 p.m. Oct. 21 in the council chambers at Cloquet City Hall. No spectators will be allowed at the forum, which will be aired on CAT-7 and online. Featured races include candidates for Cloquet City Council, Cloquet School Board, State Senate and State Representative, and the District 5 Carlton County Commissioner candidates. The Pine Knot News and WKLK are media sponsors and PKN publisher Pete Radosevich is moderating the forum....
The Esko school board continued its focus on addressing issues created by the coronavirus at its meeting Thursday, Sept. 24. The recent decision by the Minnesota State High School League to bring football and volleyball back to fall with an abbreviated season prompted the board to re-evaluate some of the school events they had not yet started or had placed on hold. Programming for grades 7-12 will be returning. Activities director Chad Stoskopf provided a breakdown on what changes would be...
People coming down with Covid-19 is not the problem handcuffing the Cloquet school district. It’s the waiting for test results when someone shows symptoms. That was the assessment this week from superintendent Mike Cary as the district continues to have problems replacing staff with an “absolute dire need” for substitutes. A typical scenario, Cary told the school board at its regular meeting Monday, is a teacher has a family member with symptoms. That person gets tested and there is a three- to five-day wait for results. The entire famil...
A man who fired a gun at a Fond du Lac funeral last year pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Shelby Gene Boswell, 29, of Hugo, Minn. was accused of shooting and injuring another man in the back of the head at a funeral ceremony Oct. 18, 2019 in the Head Start gymnasium on the Fond du Lac Reservation. Carlton County attorney Lauri Ketola said her office originally considered an attempted murder charge for Boswell, but the investigation didn’t support that. The weapons charge in U.S. D...
On a computer screen in Wrenshall last Saturday, the fate of the first champion of the USA Jigsaw Puzzle Association was being decided. The president of the association and Wrenshall resident, Valerie Coit, was toggling through her Zoom screen gallery to keep a close eye on the more than 100 teams and individuals competing from 11 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. when the final heat ended. Coit's attention to detail paid off as a few of the contestants were within seconds of each other's time. "Some of the...
Cloquet High School has seen its first known case of Covid-19. School officials sent out an email Saturday to families and staff, letting people know they were notified by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) of a lab confirmed case of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in a member of the Cloquet High School community with exposure date of Tuesday 9/29/20. Following is the rest of the email: "We have worked with the MDH to identify those who had close contact with the case and have communicated with them individually. The risk of exposure for...
The Cloquet skatepark is the latest vandalism location in the city after it was spray-painted with messages last weekend. It is one of many places - including businesses and bridges - found to be filled with graffiti the past two weeks, many of them with what appears to be the word "junk." Cloquet patrol commander Dan O'Connor said police are investigating the property damage and working on development of a suspect and are looking for more information from the public. The police department...
