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The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development recently announced its latest round of broadband development grants, which will distribute over $50 million in grants to support 26 projects around the state next year. The $2,127,530 in projects to be completed by Consolidated Telephone Company and will bring broadband access to portions of the City of Wrenshall and City of Carlton and portions of Silver Brook, Blackhoof, and Twin Lakes townships....
The Carlton County Sheriff’s Office is once again part of the Law Enforcement Scholarship Program. Sheriff Kelly Lake said the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association has established a scholarship fund for up to 18 $2,000 scholarships. The MSA gives special recognition to the financial needs of students attending the peace officer skills course, or one of the two- or four-year law enforcement degree programs around the state.Application forms are available at the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office or www.mnsheriffs.org and are due by Nov. 25....
Carlton County will hold its National Prescription Drug Take Back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 in the Cloquet Walmart parking lot at 1308 Minnesota Highway 33. This is a one-day event offering residents free disposal of unwanted medications in a safe, convenient and environmentally sound manner. A day earlier, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District will host a free collection event for unwanted or expired medications at its regional household hazardous waste facility (at 2626 Courtland St., Duluth) from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....
Sign up for a free community suicide gatekeeper training session 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4 online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QPR11424 or by calling Carlton County Public Health at 218-878-2846. During the training, community members will learn myths and facts about suicide, learn warning signs for a suicide crisis, as well as the QPR method: How to Question a person about suicide; Persuade them to get help; and Refer them to the appropriate resources. All community members over age 16 are invited to attend as we are all in a position...
It’s been a year since the city of Cloquet denied the transfer of some state aid to the Cloquet Area Fire District for the purchase of a vehicle exhaust removal system. Now, using levied funds, the CAFD’s three stations will soon be outfitted with the equipment since the board approved a quote at its Oct. 16 meeting. Battalion chief Mike Garberg, who did the research on installation companies, said the removal systems work by attaching a flexible pipe to the exhaust of the fire engines while idling or in operation at the station. The hose aut...
Lyric Opera of the North opens its 20th anniversary season with a comedy double bill. Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. At the St. Louis County Depot in Duluth. Tickets available at loonopera.org or by calling 218.464.0922. Mozart’s “The Impresario” is LOON’s homage to its founder, Ruth Jacobson, and to all who have worked to create opera through the ages. This one-act opera has a new script from Jeffrey Madison, who also co-stars in the opera. After intermission, and 100 years later, a different fictional opera company...
The Duluth Ski and Snowboard Club ski and snowboard swap is back for its 53rd year this weekend at Spirit Mountain’s lower chalet off Grand Avenue. The event hosts hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts each year over the course of four days, offering used ski and snowboard equipment at a reasonable rate and for a good cause. Used equipment can be donated, resold or purchased at the swap with a portion of the commission being donated to the club to help fund the upcoming season. It’s the club’s largest fundraiser of the season. The chalet will be op...
Veterans, military members and descendants take note. The Pine Knot News will again publish a special section recognizing local veterans and military personnel on Friday, Nov. 8. But we need your help to do it with a deadline of noon Monday, Oct. 28. Please send or drop off photos of your veterans and military personnel along with their name, branch of service, rank, years and dates of service if available, and conflicts they participated in. Extra details, memories or stories from their years of service are encouraged.Mail to or drop by the...
A 37-year-old pipeline worker from Waubun, Minnesota was charged with multiple felony-level assault charges Friday, Oct. 18, after allegedly stabbing a coworker in the home they shared on Reservation Road, outside Cloquet. Randy Allen Hagen Jr. was arrested Oct. 17, after Cloquet police first responded at 11:30 p.m. Oct. 16 to Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet, where they found the victim of a stabbing being treated by an emergency room nurse applying pressure to the wound. Hagen was charged with felony first-degree assault-great bodily...
Work is ongoing at the Hotel Solem building downtown Cloquet as part of an extensive renovation that will remake the historic hotel — and former Mexico Lindo restaurant — into market rate apartments over the next 12-18 months. A crane was used earlier this month to replace roofing, while general demolition of the interior is continuing. Asbestos abatement is completed both inside and outside, according to developers C&C Holdings of Cloquet. Want more history on this project? Search for “Ho...
Cloquet police confirmed Tuesday, Oct. 29, that a deceased person was found in the wooded area behind the 218 Taphouse at approximately 9 p.m. Oct. 18. A preliminary investigation did not uncover any firearms, bullet holes, or other apparent indicators of foul play, according to a news release issued Tuesday. “No evidence suggests suspicious circumstances,” said Cloquet Chief of Police Derek Randall. The man was later identified by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office as 64-year-old Timothy Scott Morse, whose last known address is Grand Maria...
A bicyclist was struck on Highway 45 early Tuesday morning. According to a Minnesota State Patrol report, the driver of a Ford Focus was traveling southbound on Highway 45 and struck the cyclist in the roadway about one mile south of Interstate 35 at approximately 4:44 a.m. Tuesday. The cyclist, 34-year-old Michael Lawrence Benson of Wrenshall, was transported with non-life threatening injuries to Essentia Health in Duluth, according to the MSP incident report. He was not wearing a helmet. The driver of the Focus, Wrenshall’s 60-year-old D...
This is a story about elections and their consequences. About victims and justice. About hope for a safer, brighter future for the children in our midst. On Aug. 9, this newspaper covered two sentencings in Sixth District Court in Carlton, both criminal sexual conduct cases involving juvenile female victims. The cases were the latest in a series of similar cases being prosecuted locally since Carlton County Attorney Lauri Ketola took elected office in 2019. The emotional afternoon saw the...
This week’s Pine Knot News and the local election guide inside are being delivered to almost every home and business in Carlton County for free. Please don’t throw it into the recycling bin before exploring what’s inside. You will find stories and photos about local government, events, business, crime, local sports, many local candidates, even our first-ever survey. There are ads too, for local businesses that you love. As the only independent and locally owned newspaper in Carlton County, our m...
Armory Road will be smoother, safer and a little less steep at the end after a $1.8 million reconstruction project is mostly complete in 2026. For now, that project exists only on paper, but assistant city engineer John Anderson said construction is expected to start next spring during a public hearing at Tuesday's Cloquet City Council meeting. It's a well-used road, leading from Minnesota Highway 33 to the Cloquet Armory, McDonald's Restaurant and entrances to the Lumberjack Mall businesses...
Kerry Rodd is running as a write-in candidate for Scanlon City Council. Born and raised in Scanlon, the longtime radio personality and sports writer said he wants to be more involved in his community. Rodd will be retiring from a job with Daugherty’s Appliance in Duluth at the end of the month. “As a person who was born and raised in this community, I’m fully committed to doing what is best for the city of Scanlon,” Rodd said. “I will have the time now that I will be retired from full-time...
Veterans, military members and descendants take note. The Pine Knot News will again publish a special section recognizing local veterans and military personnel on Friday, Nov. 8. But we need your help to do it with a deadline of noon Friday, Oct. 25. Please send or drop off photos of your veterans and military personnel along with their name, branch of service, rank, years and dates of service if available, and conflicts they participated in. Extra details, memories or stories from their years of service are encouraged. Please mail to or drop...
A televised debate between U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber and his DFL challenger, Jen Schultz, has been rescheduled to Oct. 29. The two will face off in a live, 40-minute debate hosted and moderated by WDIO’s Baihly Warfield and Darren Danielson now set for 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29....
Cloquet School Board members voted Monday against appointing a temporary replacement for Ken Scarbrough, who moved with his wife to North Dakota with less than three months left of his school board term. Superintendent Michael Cary said there was a former board member willing to serve the remainder of the term. He also explained there is a 30-day wait period for public comment, so even if the board had appointed a temporary member on Monday, they couldn’t be seated until Nov. 13, after the board’s first meeting that month. “So you would have...
A 26-year-old Duluth man was arrested Sunday after a report of someone breaking windows of Burger's Shoes, located at 1609 Carlton Ave., Cloquet. Matthew William Johnson was arrested shortly after the incident was reported at 8:55 p.m. Sunday. Johnson was charged Tuesday with first-degree felony damage to property and remained in Carlton County Jail into the week on $15,000 bail. According to the criminal complaint filed in Sixth District Court in Carlton, a witness called Cloquet police to say...
The candidate forum organized by the Cloquet Area Chamber of Commerce got a makeover for 2024. Instead of candidates sitting side by side in the Cloquet City Council chambers in front of a live audience, individual interviews were recorded without an audience and should be posted soon to the city and Chamber website, as well as the city’s CAT-7 channel (for Mediacom customers). The Cloquet forum will feature candidates for MN House District 11A and Carlton County Commissioner District 1 only....
Minnesota’s Cold Weather Rule is in place from Oct. 1 to April 30 each year. Under this state statute, eligible residential energy customers are protected from service disconnection for these seven months if the disconnection would affect the customer’s primary heating source. However, customers must set up and keep a monthly payment plan to be protected. If customers have a past-due balance on their bill or are struggling to keep up, they should contact their provider to explore options and set up a payment plan to avoid disconnection. The...
A week after a board training session on school board rights and responsibilities, Carlton school board chair Julianne Emerson expressed regret for suggesting at an earlier meeting that some board members talk more than others. “One of those people is me,” she admitted during Tuesday’s work session. “This is by far and away the best group of people that I’ve had to work with,” she added while expressing the desire for participation from all board members. Having thus cleared the air, the Carlton Board discussed plans for a self evaluation...
Like clockwork, trucks roll in and trucks roll out, making the newest facility in the Cloquet Business Park function like a model of efficiency. C&L Distributing began operations here just before Memorial Day. The first few months in its new building have gone well, company representatives said, as staff settled into a daily pattern and workflow. When presented to the city of Cloquet, the center cost was $3.4 million with more than 20 employees expected to work there. Today there are 22 full-...
The Cloquet Community Band is seeking new members. If you have played an instrument, please check out the band. Practice is 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays at the Cloquet Presbyterian Church, 47 Fourth St., Cloquet. The band provides sheet music, and you bring your instrument. The band performs at a variety of community events (spring and winter concert, Cloquet Memorial Day service, parades, nursing homes and other events as requested). Questions? Contact Becky at 218-206-4441....
