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With positive Covid-19 cases trending upward in Carlton County, some schools are taking a second look at the idea of all students attending school in person this fall. In Carlton, according to superintendent John Engstrom, school will still open the first week (Sept. 8-11) in person, but students in grades 7-12 will transition to a hybrid model — with students doing both distance and in-person learning — starting Monday, Sept. 14 through at least Oct. 2. As of last Thursday, the rate in Car...
Mark Lanigan has been named Bank President of the Frandsen Bank & Trust Cloquet office, effective Aug. 12. Lanigan, a native of Waterloo, Iowa has more than 30 years of banking experience, the last 19 years in the Duluth, Minnesota market. Prior to joining Frandsen, he spent 18 years with Republic Bank as a vice president/commercial banker. More recently, he served as a senior vice president/commercial banker for Bell Bank. "We're excited to welcome Mark to Frandsen Bank and the Cloquet communit...
National Bank of Commerce continues its growth and expansion with the addition of a new associate, hiring Roger Mischke as vice president-commercial banker. Roger is from Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He has a bachelor of science degree from Kent State University and 19 years of banking experience. Working out of NBC’s Hibbing office, Roger will build relationships with both current and new commercial customers to help local businesses and communities grow. National Bank of Commerce is headquartered in downtown Superior and also has locations in D...
Positive COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Carlton County, with the Minnesota Department of Health reporting a cumulative (since March) total of 196 cases here as of Wednesday, Sept. 2, up 17 from the previous Wednesday. Over the past month, since Aug. 3, the number of cases here has risen by 71 cases. Anyone who has symptoms of COVID-19 or who has been exposed to someone they think may have the disease is encouraged to seek testing. Symptoms can include fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, headache, muscle pain, sore throat, fatigue,...
All Carlton County offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. This includes county courthouse offices, the transportation department, Public Health and Human Services, the motor vehicle license bureau, Veterans Services, and the University of Minnesota Extension Service. The Highway 210 transfer station will also be closed on Monday. City offices across the county and post offices will also be closed Monday....
St. Luke's opened its new emergency department and cardiac catheterization laboratories Aug. 25. The $37.5 million project includes a new emergency department triple the size of the current space. There are 37 exam rooms, which include 27 general treatment rooms, four trauma rooms, four mental health treatment rooms and two triage rooms, as well as a decontamination room with eight stations, a bereavement room and a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner room. The 17-month project also provides the region's most technologically advanced cardiac cath...
Essentia Health’s Vision Northland project was selected for an Honorable Mention award in Healthcare Design Magazine’s 2020 Design Showcase. EwingCole, a nationally recognized architecture, engineering and interior design firm based in Philadelphia, led the design. The panelists noted the design’s “innovative use of materials, shapes and forms and leveraging daylighting, nature and views,” along with being “mindful of social responsibility, with passive solar, vegetative roof, etc. This project is probably the most advanced and conscientio...
A Scanlon man accused of holding a woman against her will and raping her repeatedly in July already had a criminal sexual assault case working its way through the court system. Dennis Michael St. John Jr., 53, was charged with domestic assault and third-degree criminal sexual conduct-force or coercion in August 2018, a case that is set for a jury trial in October. Additionally, in the most recent case, St. John is charged with three counts of felony first-degree criminal sexual conduct and additional felony counts for kidnapping, threats of...
Social media sites started lighting up in Cloquet circles last weekend after a former Cloquet student unleashed a laundry list of allegations against current and former Cloquet school district teachers and staff. The posts came from myriad sources and included claims regarding both past and present employees, with stories of teachers and staff who asked female students to hug them or sit on their laps, to others who allegedly bullied students, played favorites or gave a person "the creeps."...
Following months of spotty internet connectivity during board meetings during the Covid-19 pandemic, Thomson Township is investing in better broadband. Since the state initially shut down community gatherings due to the pandemic, the board of supervisors has asked community members to attend virtually, either by calling in or using an online stream. The change has drawn attention to the Esko area's poor internet quality. Township clerk and treasurer Rhonda Peleski said meetings have been marked...
Carlton County is providing two sites for storm-related brush and tree debris, one on Moorhead Road and another at the Carlton County Wildlife Management Area. The Moorhead Road site is located at 1694 Moorhead Road and will be open 1-4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31 and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2. The entrance to the Carlton County Wildlife Area is approximately 200 feet east of 3159 County Road 10. That site will be open 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31 and 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. No stumps, please. The city of...
As of Friday, Aug. 28, the Highway 23 detour over Deer Creek in Carlton County will end. Traffic will be brought back on to the single-lane, signal-controlled bypass while work continues. Once work is completed, traffic will switch from the bypass to the bridge. Visit the MnDOT website for project information: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/d1/projects/hwy23bridge/index.html....
The county took the next step Monday in disbursing more than $4 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act money. The Carlton County board of commissioners gave preliminary approval for a plan to disburse $4.356 million in CARES Act money to fund emergency needs of Carlton County government, communities, residents, businesses, and nonprofits adversely impacted by and responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Upon the recommendation of its CARES Act committee, the county board designated four different pots of money: • $...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College announced the graduation of 27 students who successfully completed program requirements in the Law Enforcement Skills Training Program during the recent summer session. A ceremony was held at the college Aug. 21 with Covid-19 protocols and no guests in attendance, and a live online feed. This is the 20th group of students to participate in the law enforcement program at the college. Students completed intensive hands-on training Aug. 21. The 600 hours of...
Dozens of teachers gathered outside Eisenhower Elementary School and the district offices in Hopkins last week, eliciting some honks of approval from cars passing by on Highway 7. The teachers waved signs reading “Educator lives are more important than child care,” and “Safety first. Distance learning will not kill us, but COVID can.” Keenan Jones, a fourth-grade teacher, said he has been rattled by some of the missteps schools around the country have made as a result of trying to reopen too soon. He doesn’t want his district to make the same...
More than 20,000 Minnesotans who receive food or cash assistance must renew their eligibility by the end of August to ensure they continue receiving benefits in September. Some Minnesotans who receive food or cash benefits received letters in the mail in late July and early August notifying them to renew (or “recertify”) their eligibility for assistance. It includes Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), General Assistance (GA), Housing Support (which used to be called Group Res...
Community Memorial Hospital and Sappi Fine Paper have formed a partnership that allows CMH to provide occupational health services to the Sappi Cloquet mill. The partnership will begin this fall and will include CMH working with Sappi’s safety office to conduct preliminary risk assessments of sick and injured employees, handle workers’ compensation claims, as well as coordinating the Sappi wellness program. “At CMH, we feel privileged to serve one of the best employers in our region in this capacity. This is a great opportunity for CMH to me...
A local program that provides peer support services to breastfeeding mothers is making a difference and being recognized for it. The Carlton County Peer Breastfeeding Support program received the Loving Support Award of Excellence. Run through the local Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, the Carlton County program provides breastfeeding education and offers peer support services to all pregnant and breastfeeding women. In 2019, 89.6 percent of women who participated in WIC at Carlton County initiated breastf...
The Esko school board decided this week that the district won't have all students in classrooms as planned at the start of the school year Sept. 8. Based on the number of coronavirus cases at the time of the meeting in both Carlton and St. Louis counties - as they pull students from both - the board decided to start at Level Two of the state's guidance on re-opening. While case numbers in Carlton County remain low enough to allow for in-person classes as Esko had planned earlier in the month,...
It's official. Cloquet students will return to school in-person after Labor Day, unless they choose individually to opt out for distance learning. The decision came when it did based on two factors. One, that the state told school districts they must inform families of how school will start - with in-person, hybrid or distance learning models - at least two weeks before the start date, which is Wednesday, Sept. 9 for Cloquet. And second, they waited for the most recent report from Minnesota Depa...
The Esko sports fields that were redone only a few years ago now have a beautiful new parking lot to match. Over the spring and summer, workers tore down the old bus barn that used to sit in the middle of the gravel parking lot off Canosia Road and built a new bus garage in the northwest corner of the Esko business park. That freed up lots of space for parking in the newly paved lot adjacent to the athletic complex, which features locker rooms and a concession stand, fields for football,...
A sloppy kiss between a moist, unstable air mass and a veering cold front led to a stormy afternoon and evening last Friday, Aug. 14, across Carlton County. Strong downdraft winds snapped trees and unrooted others. Power lines went down, causing outages, particularly in the Carlton area and south although there were also lines down in Thomson Township. In the western part of the county, near Wright and Cromwell, low-level tornadoes were suspected but unconfirmed by the National Weather Service....
A Cloquet police officer is facing charges for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing a car and fleeing the scene earlier this month. Andrew Michael Murray, 34, was cited for fourth-degree driving while impared as well as DWI-operating a motor vehicle under influence of alcohol, both misdemeanors, by the Minnesota State Patrol on Aug. 6. There was no blood alcohol content level available, but a blood sample has been sent to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for analysis. According to the Minnesota State Patrol incident report:...
The Minnesota Rural Broadband Coalition is conducting a test of broadband services in rural Minnesota. To take the test, go to this site: mnruralbroadband coalition.com/speedtest. The speed test can be taken with any device that has an internet or cellular connection and takes less than one minute to complete. No personal information will be collected. Testing data will be statistically valid and provide a map of what service levels are for any given area in the state. This information will be an important tool for communities that are...
Law enforcement students are invited to apply for scholarships offered by the Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association (MSA) Law Enforcement Scholarship Program for 2020. The scholarships are the result of coordinated efforts of the 87 sheriffs of the state of Minnesota. The fifteen $600 scholarships will be awarded in recognition of the financial needs of students attending the peace officer skills course or one of the two- or four-year law enforcement degree colleges. The application form and policy-procedure statement are available at w...
