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Larson Commons is getting a new lease on life. All the pieces for the renovation of the seven-story senior high-rise building by new owners clicked into place during the Cloquet city council meeting Tuesday. That’s when councilors approved a housing program for Larson Commons along with the eventual issuance of $9.37 million in tax-exempt bonds, which will be used to pay for renovations and programming. The bonds will be paid back by the new owners, Steele Properties, LLC, which has experience across the country with affordable housing d...
David Clanaugh, director of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees Local 1701 union, talked with a group gathered Sunday at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. It was a rally to raise awareness about work conditions at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program facility in Moose Lake. Clanaugh said there is "serious workplace staffing, retention, and safety issues" at the facility, where he coordinates volunteer service. The rally included delegates and some officeholders from the M...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is planning to treat six areas in Carlton County and one area in St. Louis County to manage spongy moth infestations detected in those areas last fall. Officials plan to conduct the first of two rounds of aerial management activities the week of June 10, a news release said. The exact date and time of aerial management activities are heavily dependent on weather conditions and insect development. For the most up-to-date information on these activities, cit...
A national scam in which individuals pose as law enforcement officers and falsely claim there is a warrant for the recipient’s arrest is now happening in Minnesota. The scam, which claims people are in imminent danger of arrest for missing jury duty, is designed to pressure victims into providing personal information or making immediate payments to avoid arrest. The Minnesota Judicial Branch became aware that scammers were targeting Minnesotans after the Duluth courthouse received a panicked call from a victim. The person told the court she rec...
Two artists in residency, Michelle Defoe and Moira Villiard, worked with Cloquet students to create two murals — one at Cloquet High School and one at Cloquet Middle School — over the past few months. Cloquet High School art teacher Julie Deters was thrilled with the residency and the final high school mural — a round mural that utilized three-dimensional cutouts of Ojibwe florals and pollinators, framing the northern lights as they dance across blue waters. The murals reflect the natural world...
Barnum Schools Second semester honor rolls. A Honor Roll Grade 7 Owen Bailey Macy Berg Jacob Bernhardson Morgan DeCaigny Rachel Dinger Avery Graftaas Hailey Ikola Moses Jurek Braxton Laveau Lindy LeDoux Clover Moerke Kamryn Pearsall Tyler Schatz Aiden Seboe Carli Stevens Addison Webb LeeRoy Wyatt Grade 8 Olivia Bigelow James Budge Julia Campbell Logan Charboneau Julian Class Braylon Collelo Brady Ferguson Piper Genereau Jaxson Halverson Ethan Heaslip Mia Hurst Alyssa Isham Kohltan Johnson Abigail Lahmayer Ingrid Lund Isabella McCall DeAhnna...
Are you struggling to get your kids to eat vegetables? Consider growing your own at the Cloquet Community Garden, where the Moore family is raising vegetables and children who enjoy eating them. "Gardening is fun," exclaimed Jocelyn Moore, age 8. "I love watching my plants grow and I love to plant and eat them ... especially the peas and cucumbers. Gardening makes me happy!" For the eighth summer, the Cloquet Community Garden is providing gardeners of all ages the opportunity to get busy...
While some people worked in their gardens, rode four-wheelers or frolicked at the lake, members of honor guards and local veterans organizations made their way from cemetery to cemetery Monday, honoring the dead on Memorial Day with taps and rifle salutes. At Veterans Park in Cloquet, the last stop for the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard and company, a crowd of nearly 150 people of all ages gathered for a short program on a day set aside to honor the men and women who died while serving in the...
The Carlton County Farmers Market opens Saturday, June 1 in front of Premiere Theatres in Cloquet. The local farmers market is coordinated by a dedicated and ever-changing group of farmers, bakers, preservers and crafters who volunteer their time to provide a place for local makers to meet the community. The Cloquet Farmers Market runs 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday in front of Premiere Theatres, 904 Highway 33 S., Cloquet. The Carlton market is open 4-6 p.m. every Tuesday in McFarland Park, at...
The Carlton County Master Gardeners spring plant sale runs from 9 a.m. Saturday, June 1 until supplies sell out at Veterans Park in Cloquet. There will be perennials, vegetable starts, bulbs and more available for $2, $3 and $5 as well as a gardening white-elephant table. Garden experts will be available to answer questions. Credit cards and cash will be accepted as payment....
Board members at its May 15 CAFD meeting voted to accept a $650 donation from Northwoods Credit Union. The funds are earmarked for the district’s community risk reduction programs, which include home safety visits and smoke and carbon monoxide alarm installation. That program also received a donation of batteries for smoke alarms from L&M Fleet Supply. To schedule a home safety visit, call the fire district at (218) 499-4258 or visit www.cloquetareafiredistrict.com/outreach/community/home-safety-visits. The CAFD board also voted to r...
Since the chaotic end to the 2024 legislative session on May 19, folks back at home have been trying to figure out exactly what it all means. Local ambulance services expect to see some of the short-term emergency aid for rural EMS, but exactly how much is still uncertain. Steve Risacher, who serves on the board for the Cromwell-Wright Area Fire District, said they’re pleased something passed, but they still don’t know what it involves for the ambulance service there. How to gain access to it, and what it’s going to be used for, is still pendi...
The Cloquet public works department began cleaning sewer mains on Tuesday, and will continue through the end of September. Cleaning will be done between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sewer customers in the immediate cleaning area may temporarily experience sewer gas odors and bubbling toilets or drains due to the cleaning process. If sewer odors are noticed, it is advisable to refill any p-traps in basement or seldom used drains by pouring a little water down each drain. City officials said this work will help to...
The Cloquet School District is hiring. For the first time in his tenure, superintendent Michael Cary said not enough paraprofessionals applied for summer care jobs. “We were short one person for three weeks, Monday through Thursday, so 12 days,” Cary told school board members during Tuesday’s meeting. “So by contract, we’re having to go from most senior to least senior and offer formal employment one by one until we find somebody willing to take the job.” Cary suspected why there was a dramatic dip in summer applicants: unemploymen...
The filing period for elected offices closes Tuesday, and there were some notable additions throughout the past week. Sarah Plante Buhs filed to run for Carlton County board, seeking the District 1 post being vacated by Dick Brenner after 32 years in the seat. Buhs is currently a member of the Cloquet school board, and is executive director of the United Way of Carlton County. The District 1 seat represents west Cloquet, Scanlon and Sawyer. For Cloquet City Council, incumbent Lara Wilkinson filed to return in the at-large council seat. The...
As the weather gets warmer and summer is on the horizon, we are gearing up for our 2024 Summer Reading program at the Cloquet Public Library. Summer is the busiest time of year for us, and we've actually been preparing since December. The summer reading program runs Monday, June 3 through Aug. 16. We're so excited to share all we've been working on with you. We have reading challenges for kids, teens, and adults and have tons of amazing events planned. Our theme this year is "Read, Renew,...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet announced recently that more than 287 students attending the college during spring semester achieved high academic standing. Requirements for earning dean’s list honors include maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or higher while completing six or more course credits during the semester. President’s list students have maintained a GPA of 4.0. President’s list: Barnum: Selah Casper, Madison Goodwin, Taylin Johnson, Madison Jones, Nancy Monfeldt, ShyAnn Ostby, Diane Peterson Carlton: Isabe...
At the start of the fourth quarter of the school year, Wrenshall English teacher Joel Swanson drew a 13-foot line on the classroom whiteboard, representing the lives of this year's seniors from kindergarten through senior year. Both Wrenshall valedictorians Jack Riley and Lexis Swanson spoke about it in their commencement speeches Friday afternoon. "He marked out the last three inches of that 13 feet - the time we had remaining as students here. He told us not to take those three inches for...
Barnum & Carlton graduation photos...
During a break in consolidation committee meetings, Carlton and Wrenshall school boards have continued to negotiate via written communications. The most recent letter came from the Carlton board May 14 in response to Wrenshall’s April 8 proposal to move the consolidation’s start date to July 2026. The Wrenshall board had pushed the date back from 2025 after learning the Carlton superintendent Donita Stepan’s contract runs through the 2025-26 school year. Wrenshall had previously stipulated it did not want any long-term contracts spilling over...
Come July 1, Cloquet's most popular downtown bar, The Jack, will be changing hands. Longtime owner Adam Bailey is selling to brothers Ryan Lindstrom and Zach Zezulka, owners of Carmen's Bar & Restaurant. Both are Cloquet grads, both know their way around a bar. But first things first: The Jack will still participate in the annual Labor Day parade, although no one knows if the elaborate dance routines often starring the bar owner will continue. "We've got some fun ideas, a few things up our...
City planner and zoning administrator Al Cottingham received a round of applause during Tuesday's Cloquet City Council meeting - a meeting he hopes will be his last. Cottingham is retiring June 6, after 12 years with the city of Cloquet. "I will very very much miss seeing you here every day and keeping the rest of us on point," said city administrator Tim Peterson. Cottingham said he will miss the people, the job not so much. "It's time to retire and go do some things that I've been putting on...
Cloquet High School held its awards convocation on May 8 and announced the following award and scholarship winners at the school, including those pictured on Page 9 of this week's Pine Knot News The George and Helen C. Medich Family Medical Scholarship: Kiley Issendorf Floy Gilman Scholarship: Grace Swanson Noah Feehan Memorial Scholarship: Owen Brenner and Mason Sundquist Cloquet Area Eagles Club Scholarship: Willow Putnam and Clara Wheale Bausch & Lomb Science Award: Josh Bleskacek Lake...
On May 5, a large group of Esko High School seniors were awarded a variety of academic scholarships from local agencies and foundations, including the Esko Educational Foundation. Principal Greg Hexum said Esko's Class of 2024 is collectively receiving in excess of $1.5 million in academic awards from postsecondary institutions. The recipients are: The Santo Antonutti Family Scholarship: Gino Bertogliat The Julian "Bert" Bertogliat Family Scholarship: Gino Bertogliat Memorial Blood Bank...
On May 13, the school board voted to accept the employment of Dr. Marcia Nelson as CAAEP principal Connie Hyde’s replacement at a salary of $111,576. “Dr. Nelson is being recommended due to her strong background and experience as a school principal and with alternative learning centers,” superintendent Michael Cary wrote in his recommendation. Nelson most recently worked in the educational specialist program at St. Mary’s University in Rochester, Minnesota. She has 30 years of experience as a teacher and administrator in K-12 schools, with a...
