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As noted in the most recent issue of the Lumberlog by Cloquet Community Education, the Cloquet parks commission voted earlier this year to close the hills at Pine Valley to tubing “due to safety considerations and an aging tow rope system.” Pine Valley will continue to be home base for Cloquet kids’ ski jumping and Nordic skiing, as well as the CEC Nordic ski team. If you love tubing, visit Mont du Lac Resort’s brand-new Outta Bounds tubing park, which includes four speed lanes, two children’s lanes, and two custom lanes that careen through t...
The Pine Knot News will go to press early for the New Year’s holiday. That means deadlines will come early for the Jan. 3 issue. For the Jan. 3 issue, please email letters to the editor, press releases and other editorial submissions to news@Pine KnotNews.com by noon Saturday, Dec. 28 and advertising requests sent to ads@Pine KnotNews.com by noon Sunday, Dec. 29. Call or stop by with any questions on Monday, Dec. 30. We will reopen Jan. 2-3. The Pine Knot offices will be closed Dec. 31 t...
At its final meeting of 2019, the Carlton County Board of Commissioners set the property tax levy increase at 2.9 percent, shaving 1 percent from the preliminary levy set in September. This is the smallest increase in the levy for many budget cycles. “I am pleased that we came in at that figure,” board chairman Dick Brenner said. “A 2.2 precent wage increase for county employees this coming year, rising insurance costs and added staff in the sheriff’s office for state-mandated jail coverage all put pressure on the new 2020 budget.” The vote...
With five chapters written (but not in stone), the process of creating the new “2040 Comprehensive Plan” for Thomson Township is nearing completion but there’s still time to give feedback on the future vision for the township. Comp plan steering committee and planning commission members along with Township supervisors met with MSA planning consultants Dec. 10 to discuss the latest draft of the plan, which outlines the community’s goals and objectives for future land use in the nearly 40 square miles of land that make up the mostly rural t...
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 trillion spending package that included a measure to raise the age for buying tobacco from 18 to 21. The tobacco provision makes it a violation of federal law to sell tobacco to anyone under 21, and applies to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vaping cartridges. The law is not immediate; it will go into effect in the summer of 2020 across the country. According to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 19 states had already raised the legal age to buy tobacco products to 21. Youth tobacco...
Election judges play an important role in administering elections. The city of Cloquet is looking for election judges for the 2020 elections including the Presidential Primary on March 3, the Primary elections Aug. 11 and the General Election on Nov. 3. (The Ward 3 Special Election will be held Feb. 11.) Anyone who is interested in working as an election judge, please contact Kris St. Arnold for more information at 879-3347, or visit the elections page on the city website at www.cloquetmn.gov....
The Carlton and Wrenshall school boards will be reaching out to residents of both school districts in the coming weeks to gather input regarding school district consolidation. Both school districts have significant facility needs and residents from both districts — including the Community Advisory Committee formed by the Carlton district in 2017 — have previously encouraged both school boards to explore consolidation. The survey will ask residents to weigh in on consolidation as well as a proposed two-site consolidated school option that lea...
Attorneys and staff of Cloquet's 47-year-old Rudy Law Firm will become part of the Duluth-based Fryberger Law Firm, effective Jan. 1, 2020. On that date, the Cloquet firm will be known as Rudy, Gassert, Yetka, Pritchett & Helwig, a Fryberger Law Firm Practice Group. Rudy attorneys and staff will continue to operate out of offices at 813 Cloquet Avenue. "We have long respected the superb work done by the Rudy Law Firm and are looking forward to using that experience to complement and strengthen...
As I write these words, the year 2019 is almost completed. Another year come and gone, another chapter in history lived, experienced, recorded. Since there is not much happening in January, the coldest month of the year for us in the Northland, I don’t have much to share about Finn events so I figured I would bring you something to think about, to contemplate on during these wintery days ahead. As I look back on this past year, I think to myself, “What did I learn? What have I done? What am I leaving for future generations?” I’ve been applyin...
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for this weekend. Here's what the NWS Duluth office posted at 2:33 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26: ...Strong Winter Storm Expected This Weekend... .A strong area of low pressure will lift northeast from the central Plains on Saturday, before slowly meandering across the upper Midwest Sunday into Monday. This feature will bring a prolonged period of wintry precipitation to the Northland, with a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain expected...
Christmas will be here before we know it, and Cloquet's Dave Johnson wants to make sure nobody is left out. Everyone is invited to the 26th annual Cloquet Area Community Christmas Day dinner at 2 p.m. Christmas Day at Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave., Cloquet. No money? Don't worry, it's free. Need a ride? Someone will pick you up. Can't leave home? Volunteers will also be delivering meals. Anyone who wants transportation or a meal delivered must call the Zion Lutheran Church by noon...
Open this present from the Pine Knot News and you’ll find letters to Santa written by elementary students from the area along with photos from Santa’s visit to the newspaper office earlier this month. There was a packed house as children relayed their Christmas wishes to the jolly old elf in person. Enjoy. Merry Christmas. Find letters and photos in the PDF copy online or the print edition of this week's Pine Knot....
One step at a time. That's the approach one consulting firm is recommending for repairs and renovations to the city's ice arenas, in particular The Barn. After spending close to $50,000 in October to replace the R-22 refrigerant that had leaked out of the aging pipes and ice plant at the more-than-40-year-old facility, determining options for fixing and replacing the cooling systems at both facilities has become a priority for the city. It's more complicated than systems simply getting old....
The Wrenshall school board certified its 2020 levy Monday night that shows a 43-percent increase in taxes for residents of the district. While that is a huge jump, it wasn’t unexpected as the board this fall approved a nonvoter-approved $9.3 million bonding project that will cost taxpayers more than $400,000 a year for 20 years. The bonding will improve air quality at the school. If there hadn’t been bonding, the tax increase for next year would have been about 6 percent. There were a few people at the Truth-In-Taxation meeting that took place...
The Pine Knot News will go to press early over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. That means deadlines will come early for the Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 issues. For the Dec. 27 issue, please email all letters to the editor, press releases and other editorial submissions to news@Pine KnotNews.com by noon Saturday, Dec. 21 and advertising requests to [email protected] by noon Sunday, Dec. 22. Call or stop by with any questions on Monday, Dec. 23. We will reopen Dec. 26-27. For the Jan. 3 issue, please email letters to the editor, press r...
Brighten faces of children in our area and recycle quality items at the same time. Bring new or gently used toys, movies, books and games for all ages to Common Ground Coffee Bar and Deli 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 19-20. Cash to buy new toys will also be accepted. The toy giveaway is Saturday, Dec. 21. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and the giveaway starts at 9 a.m. and continues until everything is gone. Common Ground is located in the old Chief Theater at the corner of Avenue C and Broadway in West End Cloquet....
The REACH mentoring program, based in Cloquet, won the second Season of Giving award of $5,000 from Grand Casino in Hinckley after a Facebook competition on Tuesday. REACH had 421 votes to Stable Pathways’ 350, according to REACH executive director Dakota Koski. “We are truly grateful for all of the community support in liking, sharing and voting for REACH to receive this donation,” Koski said. “It was great to see everyone’s comments with kind words and support. Now all we need are community leaders to step up as volunteers once a month to...
Skaters enjoy a sunny winter day at Cloquet's Pinehurst Park skating pond circa 1950 in this photo from the Carlton County Historical Society. Today the city freezes a rink in the parking lot of the city park for hockey players and brave pleasure skaters....
In response to concerns from parents of students who would normally walk to school this year, the Cloquet School District is trying a “winter-only bus route” to pick up Washington Elementary, middle school and high school students who live too close to school to qualify for busing. The bus route started Monday, just in time for a cold snap that sent temperatures to -15 degrees Wednesday morning. Superintendent Michael Cary said he has not heard any numbers yet, as the service just started, but explained that the district sent the inf...
MNsure open enrollment will end next week. Minnesotans have until 11:59 p.m. Monday to enroll in coverage through MNsure. After then, Minnesotans will be able to enroll in private health insurance coverage through MNsure only if they qualify for a special enrollment period. “We strongly encourage all Minnesotans to come back to MNsure.org and compare plans to ensure they are getting the best deal and the best coverage for their family,” said Nate Clark, MNsure CEO. “Financial assistance to lower premium costs is available, and the majority of M...
In January of this year, the council tabled a request from the Cloquet police department to purchase 26 Heckler & Koch VP9 (9mm) handguns at a cost of $17,277 after requesting additional information. On Tuesday night, they passed the same request - 26 H&K VP9 handguns - but this time the cost of the guns was significantly lower, at $12,974, a reduction from $688 per gun to $499. It was, however, still a more expensive bid than the second gun considered by the department, the Glock 19 (9mm)...
As I was mailing a package from the Duluth post office this week, the woman behind the counter noticed my address. "Wrenshall has the best burgers around, hands down!" she said. "I worked at that post office for a while and I would run across the street for Brickyard almost every day, although I had to start cutting back to once a week." I wholeheartedly agreed with her and promptly ordered takeout for my family that afternoon. A reminder that you can get your burgers and breakfast this...
In offering workshops and programs at Cloquet Library, the Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District seeks to better connect with residents with the goal of building up an understanding of all the conservation possibilities and growing community knowledge. This is mostly a new avenue for us. We do host events through the year, like watershed tours or Walk in the Woods, but they vary and typically are specific to grants or a project. These are great, but have limited scope. And...
This may be my last news column for a couple of weeks, as I had a total knee replacement scheduled for Dec. 16 at Cloquet Memorial Hospital. I do hope to be well enough to get back home to my computer to do the news, but who knows? Our sympathies to the family of Philip Lippo, 78, of Cromwell, who passed away in his home Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 with family at his side. A memorial service was scheduled for Dec. 19. Phil’s obituary appears in today’s edition of the Pine Knot News. Our sym...
The Carlton county board will join a list of those waiting on decisions regarding consolidation between the Wrenshall and Carlton school districts. The Carlton school board has been drafting a letter to the county regarding the possible sale of its high school property, which sits next to the county jail. The county board approached the district with the idea of using school property to build a new jail. It told the district earlier this year that it wanted an answer about the availability of the school land by next week. That won’t happen. T...
