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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...
Sappi Limited, a global leader in dissolving wood pulp as well as graphic, packaging and speciality papers, announced that Michael Haws has been appointed as president and CEO of Sappi North America effective Oct. 1, 2019. Haws succeeds Mark Gardner, a 38-year veteran of Sappi in North America, who will retire at the end of September. Haws is currently vice president of manufacturing at Sappi North America. Haws joined Sappi in 2012 as managing director of the Somerset Mill before being promoted to vice president of manufacturing in Oct. 2015...
As temperatures have climbed this summer, so have attendance numbers at The Beach. Community Ed director Ruth Reeves said 642 has been their highest attendance-day so far this season at the city swimming pond in Pinehurst Park. She explained that June was cool and wet, so numbers were down a little that month with 3,299 user-visits. They are right on track for July, Reeves said, adding that they were at 5,890 user-visits (not counting babies) as of July 23. "If it's hot and sunny, then were...
The Carlton County board of commissioners voted 3-2 to upgrade the overcrowded Barnum transportation garage and attach a large addition to create a 50,000-plus square-foot facility. The need for a new facility wasn’t debated — it was how to pay for the $10 million bonding package for the construction that commissioners didn’t agree on. In the end, they compromised and voted to use two funding sources to pay the estimated $600,000 yearly payments on $10 million bond for the upgrade and addition. Three sources were considered: a property tax i...
With little fanfare, the commissioners approved unanimously to move to appoint a new auditor/treasurer. Recent legislation gives the county board the power to fill the position by appointment; the office of auditor/treasurer has been an elected position since the formation of Carlton County. The retirement of longtime auditor/treasurer Paul Gassert has given the board the opportunity to consider this move to appoint the position. The county must follow a specific procedure to make the change from an elected to an appointed position. A hearing...
An undetermined number of solar lights and the American flag were stolen from Solway cemetery in Solway Township sometime over the weekend of July 19-21. The flag was hanging from the flagpole at the time. If anyone has any information, please contact Autumn at Solway Town Hall at 218-729-5134....
A Wrenshall resident who worked as a social worker for St. Louis County has been accused of rape and sexual abuse of a woman who was his client. Licensed social worker Michael Bryant, 46, was charged July 15 with third-degree criminal sexual conduct by a psychotherapist both during and outside of session; both charges are felonies. According to the criminal complaint, in February Duluth police received a report of ongoing sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult by her social worker, Bryant, who was supposed to provide ongoing counseling services as...
Another CSA hits county Tilling up hayfields, enriching soil, building a greenhouse and capturing rainwater off its roof, erecting a tiny house to live in, planting, weeding, harvesting and selling dozens of varieties of vegetables, and engaging community members in farm work. That's how Heather-Marie Bloom, and now her partner, University of Minnesota Duluth journalism professor John Hatcher, farm on the west side of Prairie Lake. Bloom's parents cultivated flowers and some vegetables in their...
The Cloquet Carlton County Airport received a $1.282 million Airport Improvement Program grant from the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month, and the Carlton County board of commissioners signed off on the grant this week. Airport manager Quinten Anderson said once it's done, the airport will have two "like new" runways. The FAA grant will pay for rehabilitating runway 7/25 at the facility at 125 Wheaton Road on the west side of Cloquet, following the completion of runway 18/36...
