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The Cloquet school board approved its preliminary tax levy increase to a maximum of 0.2 percent over last year’s levy during Monday’s meeting. However, unless something changes at the state level in the next few days, district finance director Candace Nelis said she expects the actual levy increase to be closer to 0.17 percent. That’s less than three-tenths of 1 percent, superintendent Michael Cary pointed out. “I think the first year I was here [the increase] was 34 percent because of the new...
Two buses filled with state legislators wound their way through the Northland earlier this month. Members of the House Capital Investment Committee visited Carlton first on Sept. 17, then continued to the Northeast Regional Corrections Center and Duluth, where they spent the night before heading up to Two Harbors, Silver Bay and beyond the next day. In Carlton, the legislative visitors were gifted with their own bottle of less-than-perfect water. "Derek Wolf [city of Carlton public works...
The Carlton County Board of Commissioners approved continuing the $20 excise tax at its meeting Monday after a hearing at which only one comment was made by the public. Reporter and Automba Township chair Dan Reed supported more work on rural county gravel roads with the excise tax and half-cent sales tax revenues. “This spring mud season showed many weaknesses in the miles of county gravel roads,” Reed said. “Poor roads have hurt rural residential and new home construction. We don’t expect a tarred road in front of our houses in the rural a...
Remember the pet microchip clinic for Cloquet and other Carlton County residents 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at Dunlap Island Park in Cloquet. The event is free for Carlton County residents. Proof of residency with photo ID is required. There is a limit of three pets per household, while supplies last. All pets must be leashed or kenneled. Nonresidents are also welcome to come and get microchips for $20. This event is hosted by the Cloquet police department, Carlton County and Northern Lakes Rescue. Northern Lakes Rescue is bringing...
The city of Cloquet is seeking volunteers for approximately six months to serve on the 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. The city is looking for representatives from all aspects of the community to help get the word out about the upcoming Census. The committee will meet monthly with the first meeting held near the end of October and a training session led by members of the Census Bureau. If you are interested in serving on the committee or have questions, please feel free to contact city planner/zoning administrator Al Cottingham at...
Northwoods Credit Union of Cloquet was honored with a 2019 Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award. Sponsored by the Minnesota Credit Union Network and the Credit Union National Association, the award recognizes credit unions for the activities that benefit their community or a specific charity....
All eligible voters in Cloquet’s Ward 3, who reasonably expect to be unable to go to their polling place on primary election day Nov. 5, may vote by absentee ballot. Candidates for the special election are Ray Schow, Chris Swanson and Uriah Wilkinson. The three are running to fill the remaining three years of former councilor Dakota Koski’s term, because Koski bought a house outside of his ward this summer and had to step down. Ward 3 lies between Highway 33 and 14th Street, and Doddridge Avenue and the St. Louis River. Voters may make app...
Ward 2 Cloquet city councilor Sheila Lamb has been appointed to the state's newly created Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force. She was sworn in and attended her first task force meeting in St. Paul on Thursday, Sept. 19. The mission of the task force is to reduce and end violence against indigenous women and girls in Minnesota. Lamb said she was "thrilled" to be asked to serve on the task force, which includes representatives from tribal nations and law enforcement. "The fact that...
The students and staff of the geographic information systems (GIS) program at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College are hosting a special community event Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, focusing on geography and how to change the world with maps and teach with maps. The free event starts at 11:30 a.m. in the campus amphitheater and commons, and ends at 1:30 p.m. The geography event features special guest speaker Joseph Kerski, a world-renowned geographer and education manager at Esri. Participants will discover how web mapping applications, field...
Sympathy to the family of Faye A. Thomas, 92, of Cromwell, who passed away Sept. 17. Services were held Sept. 21 at Nelson Funeral Care. A special thank you to the staff at Villa Vista Care Center and St. Croix Hospice for the caring nature and personal touch they provided for Faye. The Cromwell Forest Hill Cemetery Association Board has been working diligently to update cemetery records. If you own a site in the cemetery, please contact Terry Olson at 218-390-0087 or Peggy Olson at...
Brian DePew said "seeing contemporary art in a barn next to an organic farm in northern Minnesota is not the way I thought I would be ending my evening," DePew, the executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs located in Lyons, Neb., went on: "But I couldn't have imagined a more wonderful end to the day". DePew was in Wrenshall Tuesday night along with 20 other fellows from BALLE, which stands for Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. The best description of what they are about cam...
Several weeks ago, the Carlton Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) sponsored a tour of the Nemadji Watershed to highlight the parts of a watershed and how they work together. Stops included forests, streams, farms, and culverts. What do culverts have to do with a watershed? Quite a lot, actually. Culverts are something that most of us seldom think about or even notice in our surroundings. Culverts are barely given a glance by people unless they are plugged by debris or blocked by ice....
The Cloquet School Board approved a resolution last week to close open enrollment in grades 6 and 8 last week. The board had closed open enrollment for kindergarten and grades 1, 3, 4 and 7 in August, leaving open enrollment open only for grades 2, 5 and 9-12. Superintendent Michael Cary said the district is likely to close the remaining grades to open enrollment sometime in October. Students moving into the district can still enroll, even after the district is closed to open enrollment. There are currently 2,622 students enrolled in the...
In another administrative shift at the Cloquet police department, Commander Derek Randall is now acting chief - effective Monday, Sept. 16. Randall replaces Commander Carey Ferrell at the helm, as Ferrell is taking voluntary paid leave for three weeks, according to city human resources director James Barclay. Ferrell, a 25-year veteran of the department, had been acting or interim police chief for five months, after former Cloquet police chief Jeff Palmer placed himself on paid administrative...
Cloquet Wendy’s store sold, Burger King coming The Wendy’s in Cloquet is closed for good, and will be replaced by Burger King. “Thanks for a great 15 years,” says a sign on the window of the local fast food restaurant, which is located in a prime spot between Highway 33 and the local Walmart store. “We appreciate all the support. The friendships we’ve made, and all the great employees who worked here.” Chicago-based Cave Enterprises will be leasing the property in Cloquet and the London Road property in Duluth, said Cave Enterprise pr...
Members Cooperative Credit Union has been named the top 2019 Minnesota Credit Union of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. According to an MCCU press release, the award is being presented to MCCU in recognition of their excellent SBA activity for the fiscal year. From July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 MCCU closed over $3 million in SBA-guaranteed approved loans, ranking them the top SBA credit union in Minnesota. “We know that without capital, small businesses struggle to s...
Continued decreasing enrollment is driving decisions in the Carlton school district this month. Outside of the continuing discussions about consolidation with Wrenshall, the school board set its preliminary levy for next year at the maximum. By law, districts need to set levy parameters by Sept. 30 each year. While the levy could go down before December, it can’t be increased. The exact numbers, and impact on taxpayers, has yet to be determined as the state dictates the maximum levy for every school district. The district has seven fewer s...
Thanks to actions this spring by the state legislature to let schools off the hook for not meeting the state mandated minimum number of school days due to snow days, the Cloquet School District will be making up more snow days in the future. School superintendent Michael Cary said district officials found out that there is a state statute for number of school days, and Cloquet can’t miss more than two days without making them up to meet the state statute. “We always met the minimum number of hours,” Cary told the board. “But if we miss more th...
Fidgety Feet Dixieland Band ended its season last Tuesday night with a free concert at the Cloquet Presbyterian Church. The group is led by Steve Tomhave (back row, far left) with David Luehr and Mike Tester. In front are Rose Kuhlman, Molly Stone, Carina Fogelberg and Ken Etterman. Dick Rollefson is also a member. The group traditionally plays at the Grandma’s Marathon course along with other engagements at senior housing facilities....
The Carlton County Board of Commissioners will hold a public meeting on road funding Monday: specifically to get public input on the continuation of the excise tax authorized in 2014 for county transportation projects and improvements approved in July, as well as identify the estimated costs of those projects. The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Carlton County Transportation Building and all residents are encouraged to attend. Carlton County road work is funded in five ways, with most income coming from state and federal...
The Carlton County Sheriff’s Department issued a notification that Dustin Nelson, who is identified as a risk level three sex offender, is moving from rural Barnum into Barnum Township. In addition to a sexual assault charge, Nelson has a significant history of assault. Nelson, age 36, committed the offense at age 16. According to the press release, Nelson engaged in sexual conduct with an unknown adult female victim and held her against her will. Contact included restraining the victim and pulling her to the ground. He approached her in a p...
The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to take up challenges by tribal and conservation groups to the environmental review of Enbridge Energy’s proposal for replacing its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline in Minnesota. The decision means that Minnesota regulators can begin the process of fixing the environmental review of Enbridge Energy’s controversial proposed $2.9 billion project. The project could have faced a long delay if the high court had agreed to hear the appeals. It’s unclear exactly when construction of the pipeline could begin...
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is stepping into the legal battle surrounding the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. According to a press release from the Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee, on Sept. 10, the Band filed a lawsuit in Minnesota federal district court against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The lawsuit is significant to the Band because the proposed mine will be located in the Ceded Territory where the Fond du Lac Band retains treaty rights to hunt, fish...
After a teenage girl disappeared from the Carlton County Youth Shelter last week with her baby and the teen’s 3-year-old sister, police issued a missing children alert — and removed the alert five hours later when the children were found. The escapade came with some major consequences as the teen is now facing criminal charges for taking her sister, herself and her 18-month-old baby out of county custody. Sadie Slides Off, 17, was charged in Sixth District Carlton County Court Sept. 13 for “de...
The 13th annual Karl Kalli Memorial Golf Tournament generated $9,122 for the Cromwell-Wright athletic department, which was evenly distributed to the eight athletic teams at school. The tournament takes place the first Saturday in August every year, so next year join in the fun. Just call Linda Kalli at 218-878-7876 for more info and thanks to everyone who supported this event. Our sympathy to the family of Irene Olson who died on Sept. 5. Her memorial service was held at Bethlehem Lutheran in W...
