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The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is awarding grants totaling $66.9 million to 30 projects in the eighth year of the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant program and pilot round of the Low-Density Broadband Grant Program. It includes improving connectivity in Carlton County, a news release said. A last-mile project serving 503 households and businesses in the townships of Barnum, Eagle Lake, Lakeview and Moose Lake will provide fiber-to-the-home. A grant of $1.27 million will be matched with local funds....
Jim and Colleen Myhre purchased what was then 29 Pines golf course just before Labor Day 2020, renamed it Rugged Spruce and - though Jim had just retired - life got very busy. The purchase wouldn't have happened without timing and a certain inspirational phrase, said Jim, who had just retired. The saying came from a story a friend told Jim about hiring someone to cut down a tree right next to his house. "The professional eyed up the tree and agreed that it was going to be a tricky fall," Myhre...
A state grant is bringing free movies in the park to the city of Cloquet, starting Friday, with "Inside Out," a Pixar film about Riley, a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl whose world is turned upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. It's the kind of movie lots of kids around here could probably relate to. "I think the messaging about expressing your feelings is really important, and something maybe we all need to do: learn to express ourselves," said Amy Louhe...
Esko High School Quarter 4 Honor Roll GPA between 3.650 and 4.0 Bella Abrahamson Will Abrahamson Emma Adkins Ashley Aker Parker Anderson Joshua Antonutti Lucye Backstrom Ellahna Barnes Ellynor Barta Joel Barta Lucy Barta Alena Beare Harper Benedix Aspen Berg Cadence Berger Cairin Berger Cuinn Berger Wyatt Bergstedt Genevieve Bohlman Leah Borden Ahna Brekke Addison Bucsko Priya Carey Jordyn Carpenter Samuel Cheslak Ayden Chopskie Jordan Chopskie Megan Chopskie Ty Christensen Stefan Ciuca Liberty Clifford Aoife Cook James Cornell Paul Cornell...
Six area students were each awarded $1,000 scholarships from Cloquet's Community Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for their pursuit of an education in healthcare. The awardees, in the back, from left, are Dana Jones, Bradley Untiedt, Spencer Strand, Jessica Pagelkopf, Andrew Kosloski and Erica Kosloski. In the front are scholarship committee members Rosemary Tobin, Phyllis Ducey and Barb DeLovely....
We’re lucky to have an abundance of clean fresh water to drink, bathe, cook and wash with here in Carlton County, but it’s not something to take for granted. While the majority of folks in the county get their water from municipal water sources, a large portion of the population gets the water they use every day from their own private wells. As long as the water doesn’t smell or taste funny, or isn’t an odd color, you might not think anything of it. It’s important that you have the resources to protect your drinking water from contamina...
A Wrenshall-area farm with roughly 50 horses and cows is under investigation again, following renewed reports of animals being underfed and lacking care. The spotlight on the farm returned Monday at the Carlton County board meeting in Cloquet, where concerned residents reported harrowing details, and both the county attorney's office and a statewide nonprofit humane society reported ongoing investigations into the farm. "I've been watching these horses and cows on this property since 2019 and...
We had to look twice at this 1898 ad from the old Pine Knot newspaper. Cream? Didn't they mean "scream"? We saw this phrase in several other newspapers from the era so we assume it was a thing back in the day, mostly regarding an upcoming patriotic event like Fourth of July. Is "cream" another term for the cry of an eagle? We couldn't find any modern day references to the term, thus the mystery. This was, indeed, a big Fourth of July for Cloquet and communities across the country as the...
Add "college classroom" to the list of activities at Cloquet's Pine Valley Recreation Area, known for its ski jumping, Nordic skiing, mountain biking, hiking, trail running, snowshoeing, hockey games, picnics and social gatherings. University of Minnesota students completing the Forest Ecosystem Management and Conservation track within the Forest and Natural Resource Management major are required to attend an advanced session held during the spring term at the university's Cloquet Forestry...
The former executive director of the Cloquet/Carlton Housing & Redevelopment Authority was fired on May 12 for a long list of reasons outlined in a letter its board gave her that day. In the letter, board members declared that the “serious nature” of its concerns left it “no recourse but to terminate” her employment after more than 16 years there. The Pine Knot News obtained the letter to Debra Shaff from an attorney representing the HRA after the newspaper made a request for information regarding her dismissal under the Minnesota’s data practi...
Cloquet police are cracking down on risky driving, with the goal of helping everyone on the road get home safely. That means stopping people who are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, along with those who are texting and driving, speeding or engaging in other poor driving behaviors. While the entire force makes traffic stops like these in addition to other duties and calls for service, there is one officer who focuses solely on impaired driving, thanks to a state grant that fully f...
The debate over making lacrosse a sanctioned high school sport advanced slightly at Monday’s meeting, as administration and the local Northern Siege Youth Lacrosse Association inch toward an acceptable agreement. But it won’t be an easy sell, at least not in its current form. Board member and former Cloquet superintendent Ken Scarbrough expressed strong concerns about the proposal to have Northern Siege fund all the costs for a high school lacrosse program for the next five years and how that will impact the district’s control over the poten...
A Carlton man charged with possessing and creating pornographic work of children is now facing federal charges which carry a much higher mandatory minimum sentence, according to Carlton County Attorney Lauri Ketola. Stephan Jeremiah Hansen, 29, made his initial appearance May 26 in U.S. District Court in Duluth on four charges of production and attempted production of child pornography. The indictment describes four images of naked minor girls. Key to the federal charges is the use of materials that had been “mailed, shipped and transported t...
Cloquet High School Second semester A Honor Roll Grade 9 Olivia Aldridge Ellis Allen Joseph Bender Ethan Berg Audrey Berube Alexandra Bouchie Isabella Bridge Nattie Butler Dru Danielson Callie Davis Alivia Fleck Ava Gist Bodyn Gunderson Allison Hammond Austin Hendrickson Adelin Horton Lauren Hughes Stefen Humphrey Mason Jensrud Kielly Johnson Carter Kalli Riley Kedrowski Josephyne Kraklau Brijette LaCore Madison Lamere Ethan Lavan Xander Lehto Makayla Linden Christian Linder Freyja Lopez Ava Luiten Abbigail Maki Matthew Mangan Brenda Melara...
Alexis Stich of Cloquet was named to the spring dean’s list at Riverland Community College in Austin, Minnesota. • • Josh Belden of Cloquet was named to the University of Wisconsin-Stout spring dean’s list. • • Chelsey Smith, a conservation biology major from Esko, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie in May....
Cromwell-Wright School Second semester Honor Roll Grade 12 Avery Aho Ellie Anderson Noah Foster Romain Jacques Isaac King Steven Ridlon Liam Schoenberg Grade 11 Elliott Anderson Avery Birman Tanner Collman Marissa Dahl Brandon Dickey Gracie Foley Aurora Gervais Wyatt Goranson Kyra Granholm Mya Gronner Andrew Kachinske Macie Lind Joshua Lindman Korpela Metzer Emaleigh Olesiak Josie Suhonen Grace Swenson Grade 10 Isabella Anderson Siiena Anderson Brady Dahl Bryanna Foster Jack Irving Tucker Korpi Emerson Lind Emily Lindman Nevaeh Manninen Dylan N...
In the weeks before midsummer, salad greens, rhubarb, radishes and spring turnips brighten farmers market stalls at the Carlton County Farmers Market. When the longest days of the year arrive, so does a delicious but underrecognized vegetable: kohlrabi. Of all the vegetables sold at the market (with the possible exception of horseradish), kohlrabi is the one that inspires the most questions. What is that? How do you cook it? Can I grow it in my garden? To answer these questions, the Cloquet...
For the second year in a row, the Carlton County Disabled American Veterans Chapter 18 is the grand marshal for the Cloquet Fourth of July parade. They got a do-over because last year's parade was canceled due to weather. "Here's hoping lightning doesn't strike twice, a year apart," said July Fourth co-coordinator Ivan Hohnstadt. "We'd really like to see the DAV get a moment in the spotlight, since they are so often the ones quietly making things happen." The more than 600 members of the DAV...
Families who desire their children graduate with a Catholic education now will have that option in Cloquet, following the arrival of a high school program beginning this fall. Mater Dei Apostolate is moving from Duluth into the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Cloquet at 102 Fourth St. "The idea that now in this area we can offer our people access to pre-K through 12th grade Catholic education is something I'm excited about," Father Nick Nelson said. "You want to be able to provide what you...
When Justin Harriman went to check on the hockey arena over Memorial Day weekend, he knew immediately something wasn't quite right. "I went in and checked on things and found an issue with the ice plant," said Harriman, the facilities manager and association director for the Cloquet Amateur Hockey Association, which operates both the Northwoods Credit Union Arena and the older Pine Valley Arena next door. He got on the phone to Jay Koenig from Gartner Refrigeration. "After they were able to get...
A dramatic emergency landing on Interstate 35 last week did no damage to the plane or the pilot, Daniel Blace of Saginaw. The emergency landing on the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Barnum and Mahtowa took place around 1 p.m. Friday, June 16. After landing successfully, Blace drove the plane off the interstate and into the ditch. The pilot, who was alone in the plane, told the Pine Knot News it was a forced landing. "The engine quit. You can't stay in the air when that happens," he...
It’s a dynamic time at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, where the church at 612 12th St. in Cloquet is undergoing a capital campaign and a search for a permanent pastor. The results of the capital campaign are already in bloom, as contractors work to replace the roof over the fellowship hall. “It’s more than 20 years old and we’ve had a couple of leaks,” Larson said. The roof is one of several roofs that make up the church located across from Washington Elementary School. The church is looking to raise $200,000 to cover the costs, said member Ja...
Emerging farmers looking to purchase their first farm will soon have another opportunity to apply for grant funding to support their efforts. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Rural Finance Authority has announced that a second round of funding for the Down Payment Assistance Grant Program will open for applications on July 1....
On Monday, June 12, the Esko school board heard a presentation from the Esko Hockey Association about hosting the Esko Fun Days street dance at the district’s sports complex next to the football field. The hockey group is looking to relocate the event, away from the parking lot at the firehall out of concern for the safety of those walking across the street in the dark, the blocking off of access to the hall, and noise issues. The board was hesitant to consider allowing an event with alcohol sales to be held on school property. “I’m a littl...
The elementary education program at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College will host its first Ed Fest on June 26. With a theme of “Bringing Indigenous Teachings into the Classroom,” the Ed Fest will include presentations and workshops for educators throughout the day and a free community feast in the evening. The keynote speaker, James Vukelich, will talk about the Seven Grandfather Teaching. Teacher of the Year Sarah Lancaster will also speak. For more information about Ed Fest 2023, visit https://link.fdltcc.edu/EdFest2023. Educators wil...
