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Court dispositions, Sixth District Court, Carlton County June 22 Carol Jean Gehrke, 73, Mahtowa, gross misdemeanor DUI, Fine $900. Mark Arthur Locken, 44, Hoyt Lakes, felony drugs, second degree - possess 25 grams or more cocaine or methamphetamine, MN Correctional Facility - (St. Cloud, 68 Mo, Stay For 5 Yr) Fine $50. Anthony Lee Gordon Barney, 31, Cloquet, felony fifth degree marijuana, statutory stay of adjudication, Supervised probation for three years. Alex Jon Buck Houle, 33, Cloquet, gross misdemeanor second degree DUI, refusal to...
Watch your bank account or your mailbox. A Minnesota tax rebate is on its way as the back-and-forth over the way it is structured and the amount still stirs in political circles. When the Legislature earmarked more than $1 billion for a tax rebate in May, DFL Gov. Tim Walz’s administration projected an early fall timeline for getting the money out the door. But internally, there was pressure from Walz himself to make the gears spin a bit faster. “Pretty ambitious, I said I’d like these to go out before school starts,” Walz said at a news co... 
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"Thunk," goes the arrow as it hits the target, nearly 55 yards away. It's almost impossible to see, but Kyle Olson can tell by sound how well he shot. "A soft thunk means it's in the middle, because that's been hit the most," he said. At the age of 65, Carlton archer Kyle Olson is taking aim at his biggest target yet: competing with the U.S. national team on the international stage as a barebow archer in the men's 50-plus category. To achieve that, he has to compete at a minimum of five USA...
The Wrenshall School Board is expected to seek a new round of consolidation talks with the Carlton School District following an affirmative vote on a proposal Wednesday. In a letter addressed to the Carlton School Board, the Wrenshall board proposes a joint meeting of both full boards. “During that meeting we hope to listen to the community on the topic of consolidation and discuss how potential consolidation negotiations might move forward,” says the letter presented at the Wrenshall com...
Cloquet will, once again, be the place to go to celebrate Labor Day. The parade will return, marching down Cloquet Avenue at 11 a.m., with food trucks setting up in the city parking lot at the corner of Cloquet Avenue and 11th Street until 4 p.m. The Northeastern Hotel, Saloon and Grille will host its annual Labor Day car show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Labor Day organizer Chad Tuura is hoping some community-minded folks will volunteer to help with the parade. Want to volunteer? Call Tuura at...
Kids can still get free school supplies and a new backpack through the Carlton County Back to School BBQ & Backpacks program. “We want to make sure every kid in Carlton County that needs a backpack gets one,” United Way director Sarah Buhs said. Buhs said they hit the Aug. 1 registration deadline and found they still have plenty of backpacks and donated school supplies, so they extended the deadline. Kids or parents are asked to sign up online at www.unitedwaycarltoncounty.org though Aug. 11. If they forget to register, that’s OK, said Buhs....
Enjoy a free family-friendly puppet showcase tour with artist Christopher Lutter-Gardella this month at the following locations: Carlton Area Public Library - 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 Moose Lake Public Library - 4 p.m Thursday, Aug. 17 COMPAS Teaching Artist Christopher Lutter-Gardella will set-up a traditional hand-puppet stage, provide puppet guidance, musical accompaniment and plain-ol’ puppet comradery (with a hand-puppet of his own) to facilitate a spontaneous, highly improvised showcase of the unique puppet creations of the p...
The free Wood City Music Festival returns to Cloquet’s Veterans Park from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12. The free Christian music festival features a wide range of musical styles, and musical acts include local and nationally known bands, including headliner We are Messengers. While music takes center stage, there will also be a children’s play area — think bubbles and bouncies — and a prayer tent, along with lots of tasty offerings from local food trucks. The festival is the brainch...
Cloquet’s popular Mexican restaurant, Pedro’s Grill and Cantina, announced on Facebook that owner Erika Aranda will open a second location in Superior at the former Epic Restaurant and Lounge, on Henry Cohen Drive, just off Tower Avenue. They plan to serve the same food and drinks as Cloquet and are currently remodeling the Superior building....
After a tough winter, deer hunters in northern Minnesota might see fewer deer, a Department of Natural Resources news release said this week. “The lower bag limits in northeast and north-central Minnesota aim to allow deer populations to recover after back-to-back severe winters,” said Barb Keller, big game program leader. “Deer are resilient and we are hopeful deer populations there will gradually recover along with lower harvests, especially if we get some mild winters.” Deer hunting licenses could be purchased starting Aug. 1. New this ye...
The Carlton School District needs to find a replacement for Tim Hagenah, who resigned in June, to serve until formal elections can be held in November. Anyone chosen would hold the seat until the winner of November’s special election takes over. State law requires that a successor to Hagenah be appointed until the next election. In an email to the Pine Knot News, board chairperson Julianne Emerson said she hoped there could be a choice ready for the board to select by this month’s regular board meeting on Aug. 21. “Due to the very short term...
A fire was reported Tuesday morning at 11 16th St. in Cloquet by neighbors who saw smoke coming from the home. They let the resident know, and he exited the home safely. There was significant smoke damage inside the residence and fire damage in the ceiling and attic space. The initial report from firefighters at around 11 a.m., according to the Cloquet Area Fire District, was that smoke was coming from the eaves with fire in the attic. A hole was made in the roof to access the fire and it was...
TJ's Country Corner is the hub of the Mahtowa community and a business that's hard to pigeonhole. Owners Renee and Glenn Gaffney love the support they receive from the community and they like to help out whenever and however they can. TJ's always offers delicious food, great conversation, and a rich history in Mahtowa. They have a little bit of everything. Their Facebook page lists them as a convenience store but they're much more than that. Known for their slogan - "Our Wurst is Best!" - TJ's...
Next weekend, Aug.11-13, Kettle River will mark the 36th celebration of Ma & Pa Kettle Days. Started in 1985, the theme of this year's gathering is "Our work is never Finn-ished," in a nod to the many Finnish descendants in the area. The grand marshal for this year is Sam Huhta of Automba, accompanied by his wife Linda. Also recognized for their commitment to community is the new Ma & Pa Kettle: Mark and Tina Tollgaard of the city of Kettle River. Huhta was raised in Rice River Township in...
Established in 1923, the Cloquet Country Club golf course is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this summer. Festivities last weekend included special food and drink, live music, a nine-hole tournament on the original layout, kids' games and activities, and even people sporting costumes from the dated era weekend. I delved into the history of the club for a special 20-page booklet, produced with the Pine Knot News and Northern Printery. It all started thanks to Illinois entrepreneur Rudolf...
Nevada Torrance of Cloquet graduated from Bismarck State College in North Dakota this past spring with an associate in applied science degree in power generation technology. • • Kaya Stark of Wrenshall was named to the dean’s list at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota for the spring semester. • • Minnesota State University, Mankato announced its honor lists for the spring semester. Students with 4.0 grade point averages received high honors. The list included: Parker Mackey of Barnum; Nicholas Baker, Hannah Lundborg (high honors) a...
It’s budgeting season for local municipalities, and one week after the Carlton County sheriff’s office requested five new staffing positions, the county board heard another staffing request, one that would increase the human resources office from two to three full-timers. After some consternation, the board unanimously advanced the proposal during its committee of the whole meeting Tuesday in Carlton. “I can’t figure out how we keep growing,” commissioner and board chair Dick Brenner said. “It bothers me a lot.” Carlton County HR oversees the...
There was a time when a person could hear a church service in Finnish in Cloquet, live in the "Finntown" neighborhood and join one of several cooperatives started here by Finnish immigrants. Many descendents of those immigrants still live here. Some are easily identified by their blue eyes and blond hair, or their names - Riihiluoma, Juntunen, Ikola and Soukkala, among others - while others may be identified by their speech patterns or habits, such as taking a sauna (pronounced SOW-na if you're...
Crossing the St. Louis River on Minnesota Highway 61 in Scanlon offers a glimpse of a construction crane and a handful of workers crawling over one of the neighborhood dams. Even in the rain, the marine contractors from J.F. Brennan can be seen wearing yellow slickers. They've been working on a $3 million Minnesota Power project since May. It's aimed at replacing seven of eight gates on what is the east channel dam, built 100 years ago. "Hydro dams are long-lasting, forever assets," said Nora...
Longtime Carlton resident Gordon "Gordy" Davis was unanimously selected to serve as the 2023 Grand Marshal of the Carlton Daze parade starting at 1 p.m. Sunday. Look for Davis in Sunday's parade down Chestnut Avenue, a huge part of the annual community celebration, which spans three days and offers a wide range of fun activities, starting today (Friday) with a 5K and kids' races, bingo, crafters and live music. Highlights Saturday are the car show 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Chestnut Avenue and...
A former Cloquet police officer was charged last week by the Minnesota Attorney General’s office with financially exploiting a vulnerable adult — an elderly woman she befriended after responding to a call — and attempting to swindle the woman’s estate and her estranged husband after she died. Laci Marie Silgjord worked as a police officer and later a K-9 partner for the city of Cloquet from 2015 to 2022. She met Joan Arney (now deceased) in May 2020 after the Cloquet resident called police about...
A former Carlton County resident is accused of murdering a man and breaking into a Minneapolis apartment 39 years ago. Matthew Russell Brown, 66, was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree burglary by electronically filed criminal complaint on May 26 in Fourth District Hennepin County Court. The complaint was sealed until the arrest warrant was served. According to the now public criminal complaint, police responded to an apartment building at 3209 Girard Ave. South in Minneapolis around 2:30 a.m. July 19, 1984. Two women rushed...
A man died after apparently hitting a tree on his ATV last week. A motorist came upon the crash and dialed 911 at 7:52 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, on the 3500 block of Pine Road in Barnum Township. Paul Douglas Nelson, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, the initial investigation revealed Nelson was driving an ATV northbound on Pine Road when it left the roadway and struck a tree. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. It is not clear what caused the ATV to leave the r...
The Moose Lake Community School got an unexpected gift recently: an extraordinary endowment donation of $1.75 million, gifted by the estate of Magdalyn Lund. According to a news release, the donation was made in memory of Magdalyn’s late husband, George E. Lund, a 1931 graduate of Moose Lake High School. Lund was a survivor of the catastrophic 1918 fire. After graduating from Moose Lake High School at the age of 16, he attended the University of Minnesota where he earned both his bachelor and master of science degrees in chemical e...
Sheriff Kelly Lake requested five additional staffers in 2024 during Monday's budget presentations to the Carlton County board. In outlining a nearly 10 percent staffing increase for the public safety department, Lake asked for three additional corrections officers to help staff the new jail that's part of the new $75 million justice center under construction in Carlton. On the sheriff's office side, Lake argued for another investigator and a civilian data analyst to help handle the influx of...
