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Deputies from the St Louis County Sheriff’s Office responded at 2:45 a.m. Saturday to an automated 911 call from an iPhone stating that the owner had been in a severe crash. Upon arrival, Deputies found two occupants of the vehicle deceased: Joseph David Trowbridge of Woodbury, Minnesota, and Madison Joy Warren of Oakdale, Minnesota. Driver Darren Andrew Tenney was in critical condition, still trapped inside. Tenney was airlifted to a nearby hospital and is currently in stable condition. Alcohol and speed appear to be contributing factors of t...
A Carlton County man pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 8, to shooting his wife in what he termed a “mercy killing” in December 2021. Raymond Arthur Julian, age 67, of Kalavala Township, has been in the Carlton County jail since he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, with intent, not premeditated, for allegedly shooting and killing his wife, Tracy Julian, who was 62. Julian was arrested after Carlton County 911 dispatch received a call at 2:35 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 requesting a w...
The long summer without ice at Cloquet's Northwoods Credit Union Arena is coming to a close, with delivery and installation of a new cooling tower completed earlier this week. Facilities manager Justin Harriman expects to have ice within two weeks, which should allow the Minnesota Wilderness junior hockey team to come back home and youth and high school hockey seasons to progress as normal. Harriman said the cooling tower works like a giant car radiator, cooling the freon after it passes under...
Weather permitting, it’s looking “pretty likely” that the homeless Cloquet football and soccer teams will get to play at least one game in the revamped athletic grounds this fall. Superintendent Michael Cary is optimistic, but stressed there are no guarantees; but “if the option is there, we’ll take it,” he said. Dylan Carlson, facilities manager for the Cloquet school district, told school board members Monday that workers are putting the final surface on the tennis courts this week, follo...
With the help of wetter and colder weather, the County Road 11 fire in Barnum Township was declared 100-percent contained on Tuesday, eight days after smoke was observed in the area on Labor Day. On Wednesday, command of the fire was handed off to local firefighters to monitor hot spots, mostly in areas of shallow peat among the 82 acres of mostly swampland that burned. The fire spread quickly after a hot and windy Labor Day weekend but was mostly contained a day after the fire was reported. It...
From Carmen LaPlant Owner, Burger's Shoes September means so many things to me: the end of summer, the start of fall, and another year of small business ownership. While September marks two years of my owning Burger's Shoes, this destination store has been a part of Cloquet's many small businesses for a grand total of 65 years. That's a long time! There's so much history since Ludwig Burger began as a cobbler in a small shop on 10th Street. I still have people come in and share stories about...
A crash between a motorcycle and car in Mahtowa Wednesday night killed the motorcycle driver, identified as 47-year-old Justin Eller of Esko. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, Nicholas Berglund, 51, of Bruno, Minnesota was driving a passenger car and was turning left (south) onto County Road 61 from County Road 4. When his car entered the intersection, Eller and his motorcycle, which were traveling north on County Road 61, struck the passenger car. Eller was fatally injured; he was not wearing a helmet....
Carlton County authorities impounded a dozen horses from the property of a Wrenshall farmer last week. The county's civil case against the man, Henry DeVriendt, 63, reached online District Court on Monday. DeVriendt appeared to want to relinquish his claims to the horses, but an erratic performance over the telephone caused Judge Rebekka Stumme to schedule a further hearing for November. The DeVriendt pasture at 1196 Gault Road has been investigated multiple times by the Carlton County...
You could say that parts of Carlton County lucked out this past Labor Day weekend. Things could have been much worse. Days after a swath across northern Minnesota, including all of the county, was designated in the "extreme drought" category, we were hit with record high temperatures over the holiday weekend. Drought conditions lingering into the fall are not common in the region. Infamously, the region also received what would have been declared an "extreme" level of dryness in the fall of...
Giant "Welcome back to school" signs greeted returning Churchill Elementary School students Wednesday, providing the perfect photo opp for family members as they said goodbye to children and summer in the cooler weather. Staff were ready and waiting inside and out, lined up along the hallways to greet students as they disembarked from buses rolling in on the building's west side, or piling out of cars or walking at the main entrance. "We got the first crew in," said American Indian Ed teacher...
A nonprofit organization tasked with supporting the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton varsity boys hockey program is hitting reset after falling out of compliance with its federal and state government filings. Calling it “pure oversight,” the Lumberjack Blue Line Club reported its revoked nonprofit status on Facebook earlier this week. “We are in the process of submitting the required forms and past information for our organization to be reinstated,” the social media post said. The Lumberjack Blue Line Club is among many volunteer- run, nonprofit organiz...
Enjoy a Sloppy Joe dinner, silent auction and 50/50 drawing noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Cloquet VFW and help a family in need at the same time. The Stansfield family, which includes four children, lost their home in a fire June 23 and things are still a struggle. Cost is $12 for adults and $6 for kids. Want to donate more? Call 218-600-9314....
Cloquet made statewide news last month, and not in a good way. The city was one of 12 Minnesota cities that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new limits on manmade chemicals dubbed “forever chemicals.” During Tuesday’s meeting, Cloquet City councilors got an informational lecture on the chemicals and the possible impact on the city and its residents from public works director Caleb Peterson, who explained that the city’s five wells were tested, and one slightly exceeds the limit for PFAS in drinking water that will like...
When you can’t come to the library, your library on wheels will come to you. The Arrowhead Library System’s Bookmobile stops every three weeks at these locations in your area, with the next date listed: Esko, at Northwood United Methodist Church, 10:30-11 a.m. Sept. 25 ; Solway Town Hall, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Sept. 21; Wrenshall, Silver Brook Town Hall, 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Sept. 25; Kettle River, Main Street, 1:30-2:15 p.m. Sept. 25; Mahtowa, TJ’s Country Corner, 2:45-3:45 p.m. Sept. 19; Cromwell, City Park on Highway 210, 1-2 p.m. Sept. 19; Barnu...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is waiving vehicle permit fees at all 75 state parks and recreation areas on Saturday, Sept. 9. With the support of the state legislature, the DNR offers Free Park Days to encourage Minnesotans to get outdoors and enjoy the health and wellness benefits of spending time in nature....
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, parades, nursing homes and other events as requested). Questions? Contact Becky at 218-206-4441....
Because of Labor Day weekend, I had to get this news out earlier than usual so thought I’d bring you up to date on my medical issues. I’m back home now for a few days. I’m wearing a drain for my mastectomy, which has to be emptied two or three times a day. I have to record the amount of drainage so the doctor can tell when it’s time to remove it. The drain on my colon was taken out during the mastectomy, so at least I have only one to worry about. Now I have to wait for the doctor’s report on...
Quilting at Holy Trinity is at 9 a.m. every Wednesday. Everyone is invited. Donations of new cotton fabric, thread or crochet cotton are appreciated. The next city council meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the Senior Center, 3977 Main St. Everyone is encouraged to attend the meetings. The Ma & Pa Kettle Days meeting is at 12 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Kettle River Senior Center. Everyone is encouraged to come to this meeting. The Finnish Luncheon starts at noon Wednesday, Sept. 20. The last Finnish luncheon for the season will be in...
A Wright man died Saturday morning after his car was hit broadside by a train near Sawyer. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, Brock Hascall, 22, was driving south on Lammi Road when his vehicle was struck broadside by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train traveling westbound, parallel with Hwy 210 just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. Hascall was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants in the car and no BNSF personnel on the train were injured. This remains an ongoing...
Before head coach Jeff Ojanen became a 21-year fixture in the coaching ranks of the Cloquet High School football program, he was a Lumberjack football player. Even then, the program was buoyed by the sale of discount cards. "We've been doing it for as long as I can remember," he said. "The cool thing is how supportive the community is." Every year, the team's players sell between 1,500 and 1,600 cards for $20 apiece, Ojanen said. Doing the math, that comes to $30,000 to $32,000 each year, minus...
Roughly six years after it overcame neighborhood protest to gain approval to shred old tires, a company operating on land north of Cloquet is under state investigation for its possible failure to meet permitted standards. Tire Aggregate, Inc., located along Minnesota Highway 33 just across the Carlton County line, was permitted by both St. Louis County and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in 2017 to shred used tires to make a construction product called tire-derived aggregate. New complaints...
Cloquet is still the place to celebrate Labor Day in Carlton County, but the longstanding celebration is on life support. In his third year of organizing the Carlton County Labor Day celebration, Chad Tuura said a dearth of volunteers and donations mean the parade is the sole event this year — there is no banquet on Sunday and nothing at Veterans Park. On the other hand, there are car shows. Tuura, who got involved as the IronWorkers Local 512 representative on the Cloquet Central Labor Body, s...
More than 100 visitors, staff, and university students gathered at the University of Minnesota's Cloquet Forestry Center during the CFC's annual Open House on Wednesday, Aug. 23. The highlight of the event were wagon tours through the forest roads, stopping at significant locations to explain research projects and history of the CFC's forests. The educational tours were led by Kyle Gill, seen in the middle of the photo at right, Cloquet Forestry Center forest manager and research coordinator,...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is waiving vehicle permit fees at all 75 state parks and recreation areas on Saturday, Sept. 9. With the support of the state legislature, the DNR offers Free Park Days to encourage Minnesotans to get outdoors and enjoy the health and wellness benefits of spending time in nature....
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office has taken numerous reports of scam calls in the area. The caller claims to be a member of law enforcement and says the person missed a court date and demands a monetary payment over the phone. These calls are not legitimate. The SLC Sheriff’s Office wants to advise the public that law enforcement does not call members of our community to ask for payment over the phone. Any questions regarding payment of fines should be directed to court administration. Call 911 if you want to make a police rep...
