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Carlton County assessor Kyle Holmes said due to a clarification in the tax law during the recent legislative session, there is a new special refund provision for disabled veterans who were eligible but did not receive the veteran-with-a-disability homestead market value exclusion for assessment year 2016 or 2017. An uncodified provision provided for a special property tax refund for a veteran who received a disability rating of 70 percent or more in 2016 or 2017. Such a veteran may now apply for a refund of taxes paid in 2017 or 2018 if the...
Residents and businesses in downtown Carlton do not receive mail, but they do get free post office boxes. However, not all their mail is being addressed properly. The U.S. Postal Service is reminding residents and others to include the post office box numbers on the mailing address rather than the physical address of the home or business in downtown Carlton. If a letter is addressed to the physical address rather than the post office box, the mail is supposed to be returned to the sender....
Wrenshall celebrated Brickyard Days last weekend and, judging from the buzz around the activities, the proverbial good time was had by all. The weather, while a bit steamy, cooperated and the smalltown festival feel prevailed all weekend....
Thursday, Aug. 15 through Sunday, Aug. 18, more than 120 youth from Carlton County will showcase their learning and achievements in 4-H at the Carlton County County Fair. 4-H at Minnesota county fairs is more than just fun annual events. Every summer, tens of thousands of 4-H youth participate in county fairs to showcase the knowledge and skills they've gained throughout the year, and to continue their learning experiences. 4-H youth spend months working on projects designed to equip them with...
The Carlton County Historical Society needs volunteers to help greet visitors, sell items and talk about Carlton County history at its machinery building and log cabin at the county fair in Barnum, Aug. 14-19. Volunteers are also needed to demonstrate period-relevant activities such as cooking on a wood stove, weaving, sewing, spinning, wood carving, playing a musical instrument or other period-relevant are needed for the log cabin. Sign up at https://signup.com/go/bCBAjtb or call 218-590-6965 for help getting scheduled. Volunteers are also...
Just a few weeks ago on a fine July Saturday afternoon, I had the pleasure of taking part in the Oldenburg’s “Bee Friendly Day.” The event, centered around capturing the importance of pollinators in our local region, hosted a variety of pollinator-themed activities with something for everyone. For the garden buffs and flower advocates, I gave a short presentation on behalf of the Carlton SWCD and highlighted a little bit about our pollinators and how we can invite them into our landscape. No su...
Cloquet Police Chief Jeff Palmer has resigned. According to an email from city administrator Aaron Reeves, Palmer resigned effective today, Aug. 8. Reeves did not say why, but Palmer has been on voluntary paid leave since mid-April. Patrol commander Carey Ferrell has been acting police chief since Palmer went on leave April 16, and Reeves said he expects him to continue in that role for the time being. A 25-year veteran of the department, Ferrell is one of two commanders. According to the...
Recent reports from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in the area: Scott Staples (Carlton) assisted the State Patrol with an ATV accident in which a juvenile hit a pickup truck while trying to cross State Highway 210. Assistance was given to the Michigan DNR after a report of a dead collared wolf. The wolf was located and found to have been killed by a motor vehicle. Data from the collar showed that in the past year the wolf travelled from the Upper Peninsula, across Wisconsin, back to Michigan and then into...
The theme for this year's annual celebration in Kettle River is apt historically and for the event itself: "Ma & Pa Kettle Days Rebuilds After the 1918 Fire." It was the devastating forest fire a century ago that forced two distinct ethnic groups, the Finns and the Poles, to merge their communities and form the heart of a rebuilt Kettle River. Ma & Pa Kettle Days is rebuilding as well, after talk of the event's demise circulated in 2017. Morgan Yeats and Marcia Sarvela were not ready to see the...
Volunteer Services of Carlton County Pine Knot News Hats serve many purposes, both practical and fashionable, and in times past were an indicator of social status. Today, “hats” can also refer to the many roles we fill. Many will agree that wearing many hats, figuratively speaking, is quite a balancing act. And while wearing many hats presents many challenges, it also presents many opportunities. This month’s featured volunteer, Jennie K. Hanson of Wright, fondly known as “the hat lady,” thrives on wearing many hats, literally and figurativ...
Last Thursday evening, the parking lot at Gordy's HiHat was packed with plenty of cars that were new when the local roadside diner opened. But that was nearly 60 years ago ... and now both the cars and the restaurant are much admired classics. It was that time of year again -- the annual Gordy's Hi-Hat Classic Car Show was Thursday, Aug. 1. Jim Viner and Dave Couture admired Ken Landwehr's 1961 Chrysler 330G as Landwehr headed back to Duluth following the annual car show. Viner, of Pike Lake,...
Following are recent felony and gross misdemeanor court cases resolved in Carlton County Sixth District Court. Arresting agencies are abbreviated as follows: Cloquet Police Department (CPD), Carlton County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), Fond du Lac Police Department (FDL), Moose Lake Police Department (MLPD), Minnesota State Patrol (MSP). Hagy, Joseph Eugene, Rosemount, Driving After Cancellation-Inimical to Public Safety, Gross Misdemeanor, Pleaded Guilty 6/3/2019. Sentenced to Supervised Probation 2 years. MSP Morrow Gary Lee, Wright, Felony F...
When Minnesota governor Tim Walz signed the “hands-free while driving” law April 12, it meant Minnesota joined 17 states in requiring drivers to have their cellphones in hands-free mode while driving vehicles. It also gave people months to prepare for the day that they wouldn’t legally be able to hold their phones in the car. But now it’s showtime — the new law went into effect Aug. 1. Under the new law, drivers can use their device in hands-free or voice-activated mode only. That means manually...
Students from the new combined Carlton Wrenshall football team and cheer squad unveiled their new mascot and colors during the Carlton Daze parade on Sunday. They are the Carlton Wrenshall Raptors - think velociraptor, not birds of prey - and the colors are bright Wrenshall orange and Carlton blue. They plan to do the same thing during the Wrenshall Brickyard Days parade on Saturday, according to Wrenshall superintendent Kim Belcastro. She explained that a committee made up of students from...
The picture always gnawed at Lynn Shaw. There she is, in 1958, posing with her brother and father next to their typical suburban Minneapolis home. The landscape is bare. Don Siiter is towering over his children. And he is wearing a graduation gown. "I was always bothered by a picture of me at 4 years old with my dad," Shaw wrote in an email to the Pine Knot News. Attached was the picture. "He said he did not have enough credits to graduate." So why the gown? Lynn, who is an educator with a docto...
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating an officer-involved shooting incident that happened Monday in Moose Lake. According to the BCA, members of the Carlton County Consolidated Emergency Response Team were serving felony warrants at a residence in Hillside Terraces Mobile Home Park in Moose Lake at approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday. The warrants were related to an open investigation into a recent incident allegedly involving the subject,...
The Carlton County board of commissioners is asking for input on changing the county auditor/treasurer job from being an elected position to an appointed position. The public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Carlton County transportation building, 1630 Highway 61, Carlton. All interested individuals may appear and be heard there. Those unable to attend the public hearing can make comment by writing to: Carlton County Auditor/Treasurer, PO Box 130, Carlton MN 55718. Written comments must be received before the public...
After just under two years on the job in Cloquet, city administrator Aaron Reeves is resigning to take the same job in Hudson, Wisconsin. His last day with the City of Cloquet will be Sept. 5. Reeves said he and his wife made the move north from the Rochester area two years ago with plans to stay in the area, but her job changed about nine months ago and Reeves started searching for a job closer to the metro area, as she flies a lot for work now. "I waited as long as I could before getting too...
The most recent complaint filed by former Cloquet police chief Wade Lamirande - alleging that a photograph of four uniformed police officers posing with former Cloquet mayor Dave Hallback was a violation of policy - was not sustained. According to a letter from Commander Carey Ferrell, who is acting chief of police, when an investigation discloses insufficient evidence to sustain the complaint or fully exonerate the member, it is classified as "not sustained." "Although your complaint against...
It’s official. Essential Health is planning to open a Cloquet clinic at the site of the Driftwood Motel, opposite Walmart on the frontage road west of Highway 33. “We are expanding our services in Cloquet to meet the health care needs of Essentia Health patients and employees in the area,” said Essentia Health spokesperson Louie St. George. City planner and zoning administrator Al Cottingham confirmed that the plans were public, noting that the health care network submitted plans to the city...
Following are recent felony and gross misdemeanor court cases resolved in Carlton County Sixth District Court. Arresting agencies are abbreviated as follows: Cloquet Police Department (CPD), Carlton County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), Fond du Lac Police Department (FDL), Moose Lake Police Department (MLPD), Minnesota State Patrol (MSP). Brigan, Heather Lynn, Cook, MN, Damage to Property, Felony. Plead Guilty 3/12/2018, Convicted May 14, 2018. Amended Court Decision 5//29/2019 Sentenced to the Commissioner of Corrections in Shakopee for 1 year a...
One person is dead following an ATV accident Sunday off South Finn Road in Lakeview Township. According to a press release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, at 12:06 p.m. Sunday, August 4, Carlton County Dispatch received a report of an ATV accident. The male driver, age 35 from Brooklyn Center, Minn. was riding up and down the driveway of the family cabin when he lost control and hit a tree. The victim was air lifted to Essentia in Duluth where he later died as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident. Alcohol was not...
When the Carlton basketball team came home from Hibbing in March of 1959, players decided to get a bite to eat at a diner in Cloquet. They were in a celebratory mood, after all. Against all odds, the Bulldogs had gone to the regionals and won it, earning them a spot in what then was the most-coveted high school sports achievement in Minnesota - a spot in the state basketball tournament. But the road to that triumph included tiny Carlton knocking Cloquet out of the districts a week earlier. The...
A Wrenshall-area farm with 60 or more horses that appeared to be underfed and lacking care is under investigation by the Carlton County sheriff's department and the Animal Humane Society, a non-profit organization that investigates claims of animal abuse and neglect. No charges have been filed in the case, and Animal Humane Society investigator Amanda Oquist said the farmer who owns the horses has been cooperating with her since she first visited the farm May 21. Neighbors say they've been...
A peek inside the windows of the former Goodwill building on Cloquet Avenue shows big changes ahead. Empty for months since the charity shop closed its Cloquet location in December, office and conference room walls are going up where gently used clothes and household items once called to those searching for a deal. Local attorney Terri Port Wright is hoping to generate a different kind of goodwill here; she's looking to create a facility that will help families and individuals struggling in the...
