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The first famous movie quote, "There's no place like home," went up on the Premiere Theatres sign after Gov. Tim Walz issued his stay-at-home order and shut down movie theaters, restaurants and other gathering places to guard against COVID-19 spread. Owner Rick Stowell said they've been changing the quotes frequently. On Tuesday, the sign at Premiere proclaimed: "I'll be back." They will, Stowell promised. Just not right away. "Even if we were allowed to open today, the next new release is...
It will be a Cloquet High School graduation unlike any that have come before, that's for certain. Restricted by orders prohibiting large gatherings and aiming to promote social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cloquet school district is renting a 40-foot-wide drive-in movie screen and inviting each graduate and his or her family to come to the Cloquet Business Park on North Highway 33 to watch a graduation ceremony on the big screen. The big event is scheduled for 9 p.m. Friday, May...
Two people were taken to the Cloquet hospital Saturday after a teenage driver ran a stop sign on County Road 4 in Silver Brook Township. According to the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, a 43-year-old male driver and his 42-year-old passenger in a 2020 Kia Sportage were traveling north on County Road 1, approaching County Road 4. A 17-year-old female traveling eastbound in a 2003 Ford Explorer on County Road 4 failed to yield to the northbound traffic and continued through the intersection, and the two vehicles collided. The crash was r...
Two bridge projects on Highway 23 in Carlton County south of Wrenshall began this week and are expected to run until October. The road will not be closed, but single-lane bypasses will be used. The bridge over Deer Creek, south of Pleasant Valley, will be removed and replaced, and the creek area restored. The bridge over the Nemadji River will also be removed and replaced with river work done. Minnesota Department of Transportation road work has been identified as a critical service in Gov. Tim Walz’s Stay at Home executive order. MnDOT r...
A joint committee made up of school board members from Carlton and Wrenshall districts is chipping away at site plans for a consolidated district. The boards have to submit a plan to the Minnesota Department of Education next week on what it will be asking voters for in a planned referendum in August. But that hinges on the current state legislature passing a measure in its bonding bill allocating money to schools seeking consolidation — and the legislature needs to finish its work by May 18. The joint facilities commission decided late last m...
Two-term Carlton County board commissioner Gary Peterson announced this week that he will seek re-election this fall. He made the announcement at the board’s committee of the whole meeting on Monday. Filing opens on May 19 with the Carlton County Auditor. Peterson is the commissioner for District 5, which includes Moose Lake, Kettle River, Cromwell and Wright. Peterson admitted it is a hard time to campaign for political office. Parades, festivals, prominent holidays, and door-to-door talks with the public are almost impossible with social d...
Cloquet librarian Keiko Satomi said she was reading about the food train at B&B Market in Cloquet, along with stories about community members reading to kids online, when it occurred to her: Why not do a "Story Train by community helpers" online during the stay-at-home order? Satomi sent out a batch of emails and people obliged: already she has stories read by a doctor, a teacher, a farmer and a firefighter with more to come. The videos are posted on the library's new YouTube channel, along...
As increasing numbers of our neighbors are laid off or staying home with children, they find it harder to make ends meet. Nonprofits such as the Tri-Community Food Shelf are helping mightily to compensate. Year-round, on Friday afternoons from 3 to 5:30 p.m., the food shelf, serving Wright, Tamarack and Cromwell, offers boxes of food for all who come to their quarters on the northeast corner of highways 210 and 73. The organization was started by the late Art and Bea Jauss of Tamarack and...
Saturday night sauna visits with Great-Uncle Krigsholm and the Reed and Koivisto grandparents included tales of past epidemics that killed family members or neighbors. Average life expectancy in 1918 wasn’t much past age 50. People who died in their 70s or 80s were few and far between — 50 was old age and 80 was ancient. I wrote for the Barnum Herald while I was in high school in Barnum and at the University of Minnesota Duluth. I scoured back issues and wrote a weekly column entitled “The Good Old Days.” It noted events and interes...
The Scouts from Cloquet’s Troop 171 have been busy with distant learning activities during the ongoing health emergency. Scoutmaster Kevin McGrath says they have been holding weekly virtual troop meetings on Friday nights, which have kept Scouts engaged and linked to one another. Scouts have taken part in a letter writing project for residents at Evergreen Knoll. Each Scout wrote a letter introducing himself, explaining what he is doing during “Stay at Home” measures and asking how the resident is coping. The Scouts have received grate...
The Cloquet Community Garden is open for the 2020 growing season. The garden is located at Zion Lutheran Church (1000 Washington Avenue). Plots are $20 each, but scholarships are available to anyone who needs them. Visit www.cloquetcommunitygarden.org or call 218-879-8404 for more information....
Property taxes are due May 15, and the fact that the courthouse is open by appointment only means people should probably plan how they will pay, rather than racing to county auditor’s office at the last possible minute only to discover that in-person payments are not being accepted at this time. According to Acting Auditor/Treasurer Kathy Kortuem, people can pay via the following methods: • Mail a check, cashier’s check, or money order to Carlton County Treasurer, PO Box 160, Carlton, MN 55718 • Pay by e-check, debit card, or credit card ei...
I recently ran across a quote from the writer and thinker Bell Hooks talking about the possibilities a classroom environment offers students: "The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created." In her book "Teaching to Transgress" she continues: "The classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility." There has been a lot written about what impact the loss of a deliberate space for learning might mean for students. I teach at the college lev...
Even if our schools are closed, there is some school news to report, as we congratulate Emaleigh Olesiak, who competed in the Minnesota Academy of Science state fair held virtually in March. This was Emaleigh’s first state event, and she won a Silver Award for her project “Air Air Everywhere,” for excellence in STEM research. We also congratulate Katelynne Schatz for being named Employee of the Year at the College of St. Scholastica and also the top student employee of the year in the state...
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Happy Mother’s Day. During this time of social distancing, let us take time to honor moms and to show our appreciation for their continued love and support on Sunday. The first Mother’s Day in the United States was celebrated on May 12, 1908, at the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church to honor Anna Jarvis’ mother. Mother’s Day can actually be traced back to the 17th century in England. Mothering Sunday was the fourth Sunday of Lent, and was a special day when rules about fasting and penance...
The announcement by Minnesota governor Tim Walz that distance learning would be extended for the rest of the school year was a gut punch to many area students. It hit seniors particularly hard. Members of the Class of 2020 who were hoping they'd spend the last few weeks of school with their classmates will continue to learn from home, mostly online, and see the majority of their friends only through various social media platforms and video classroom meetings. News that all spring high school spo...
COVID-19 stimulus checks are automatic for people who receive Social Security retirement, survivor or disability, and Supplemental Security Income. People who receive Railroad Retirement benefits and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries who didn’t file a tax return in the last two years will also get automatic payments. Social Security recipients may have started seeing payments by April 29, according to the IRS. SSI and Veterans Affairs benefit recipients who don’t file a tax return and have dependent children need to act by May 5 to claim the $500-...
The U.S. Census Bureau is beginning to send reminder notice postcards to an estimated 69 million households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census. About 53.4 percent of households across the country have already responded since invitations began arriving in mailboxes on March 12. Those households that have not yet responded to the census will receive an in-person visit by a census taker to collect their information later this summer. Minnesota has the highest response rate, at 64 percent, followed by Iowa with 61.2 percent. Wisconsin,...
While Gov. Tim Walz says his stay-at-home order has worked to buy the state more time to prepare for increasing cases of COVID-19 and better testing, that extra time also means that the state's expected peak of infections will likely occur mid-summer. Which is exactly when small and large communities across the state are busy celebrating July Fourth. Or maybe not. In Carlton County, Moose Lake city councilors elected to postpone their July Fourth festivities, and Agate Days event organizers...
With the Cloquet School District looking at a possible $1 million deficit (out of a $30 million operating budget) during the 2020-21 school year, the pressure to approve a number of planned cuts was high during Monday’s school board meeting. The board approved close to $700,000 in cuts at the meeting. Superintendent Michael Cary said the district tends to leave about $300,000 in deficit spending on the table almost every year, which usually disappears due to increases in student numbers t...
The Carlton County Sheriff’s Office is planning to implement a system of portable recording devices, also known as body-worn cameras, for deputies who are licensed peace officers. Under state statute, before a local law enforcement agency purchases or implements a portable recording system, it must first provide an opportunity for public comment by mail, electronically, and at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body with jurisdiction over the budget. There will be an open forum at the Carlton County board meeting starting at 8:30 a...
The Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota will hold a Kids Count coffee via Zoom in partnership with Carlton County from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursday, May 7. Attendees will learn about this year’s Data Book which focuses on trends in key indicators of child and family well-being and highlights public policy that has improved or could improve outcomes for our youngest citizens and the entire state of Minnesota. Anyone working with youth, including school staff, nonprofits, child care providers, etc. are welcome to join. Participants must RSVP to bit...
Tracey Goranson's "Hair It Is!" is the longest-living commercial business on Cromwell's Main Street. Tracey offers haircuts, perms, color, eyebrow waxing and a tanning booth to men, women and children of all ages. She's built a loyal clientele of locals and cabin people. It's a wonderful career for Tracey, who loves working a mile from home and being her own boss. Once "stay at home" restrictions began, the Minnesota Board of Cosmetology sent Tracey updates, including the notice to close...
BARNUM Lazy Bear Grill Closed Rustic Diner Closed The Chickadee Coffeehouse & Deli 3691 Alan Syverson Drive 218-389-4444 Open for takeout Barnum Muni Open for takeout, off-sale 218-389-6811 CARLTON & WRENSHALL Brickyard Closed Bricks Pub & Grub 129 Broadway, Wrenshall 218-384-4267 Open for takeout and off-sale Elmwood Inn 2145 State Highway 61, Carlton 218-384-3488 Open for takeout Magnolia Café 206 Third Street, Carlton 218-499-5911 Open for window pickup Streetcar Kitchen & Pub 232 Chestnut Ave., Carlton 218-384-3333 Curbside pickup....
