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In a way, Katharine Johnson's writing career was sparked by a dislike of washing dishes. The Cloquet author recounts how she was always trying to figure out ways to not do the dishes when she was a little girl. "So when it was my turn one time, I just scooted upstairs and hid from my mother," she said. "I don't know what possessed me, but I said: 'I can't, I'm writing a book.' And lo and behold, she did the dishes for me." She started, but never finished, that particular mystery novel, and...
It's that time of year again, and those volunteers that make Carlton County a safer place to live by providing emergency medical services throughout the year were recognized at the Carlton County board meeting on March 14. Moose Lake Fire District chief Steve Trenhaile presented the awards to each of the recipients. Trenhaile has spearheaded the EMS and fire department training in Moose Lake. Erik Bergstedt was honored as "Person of the Year" for EMS. Bergstedt is an emergency department nurse...
After 38 years, Beth Ninneman worked her last shift at the Cloquet Pizza Hut on Monday. As usual, she was doing a little bit of everything: waiting on customers, taking orders, cleaning, hiring, cooking, doing dishes, joking with staff and generally making sure all was well at the 46-year-old restaurant. "The customers and my crew kept me here this long," said Ninneman, a Yooper (from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan) who moved to Cloquet to manage the Pizza Hut here. "There are people here I've...
I got on the phone to find out more about Cloquet High School senior Ellie Evenson, who was involved in the first year of girls wrestling at Cloquet. Evenson broke barriers and brought confidence to herself and teammates as they'd never imagined. In a November Pine Knot story, Kerry Rodd introduced readers to Evenson and the new sport at CHS. I wanted to find out more about her drive, purpose and motivation. It didn't take me long upon meeting her to recognize what a great (and busy) kid Ellie...
Cloquet's Roger Maki received the Realtor Emeritus award, which recognizes 40 or more years of membership in the National Association of Realtors along with valuable and lasting contributions to the real estate profession and the community. Maki has been in the real estate business for more than 53 years and is currently working for Adolphson Real Estate's Cloquet office. The National Association of Realtors is the largest trade organization in the United states, with more than 1.5 million...
Cameron Nelson has joined TrueJourney, an investment planning and management group in the Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network. With over two decades of experience in the financial services industry, Nelson said he brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his role. He is based out of the company's Cloquet office located at 1403 Ave. C., Suite 4. Contact him at 218-879-0918. "In my new role at TrueJourney, it is my continued goal to go above and beyond in building meaningful relationships...
When Tom and Nancy Getchell started an automotive repair business, T&N Auto Repair, in a two-stall garage on Avenue B, they did so with an understanding: they'd offer fair prices and honesty for all customers. "And that's the way it's worked for 25 years," Nancy said this week, just days after the shop closed for good on March 10. The reason for the end is tragic: Tom, 57, has terminal late-stage brain cancer in the form of two tumors. Thirty-one days of radiation earlier this winter was aimed...
Steve Kneeland provided this photo, taken by his mother, Jean Kneeland, from the scene on March 24, 1963, at the Cloquet Co-op Shopping Center parking lot on 14th Street (where City Hall is now located). The Cloquet High School boys basketball team lost to Marshall by one point in the championship game of the state tournament the night before, in what remains one of the best championship games in tournament history. The welcome home celebration for the team was attended by a reported 2,500...
Carlton resident and consulting forester Jan Bernu was recognized as the Tree Farm Inspector of the Year by the American Tree Farm System in January. The award is presented annually to one among thousands of foresters who help nearly a half-million landowners across the country take care of woods in accordance with Tree Farm's standards of sustainability. Bernu was selected for the national award from four regional (Northeast, Midwest, Southern, Western) finalists; the honor was announced...
Cloquet Middle School principal Tom Brenner said it's his job to improve the quality of education in his building by working with the teachers in the classroom. It's a numbers game that inspires the former math teacher. "If you think about it hard, if we can improve instructional practices and what our teachers are doing, that affects the 125 kids they teach every day. Then if we get them a little better every year, the number of kids that [improvement] reaches and touches is enormous," he said....
Dave Perry, a teacher at the Cloquet Area Alternative Education program, is one of 131 nominees statewide for the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Education Minnesota announced in January. Perry is the only Carlton County teacher to be nominated. Perry, who teaches social studies and special education and helps coordinate the restorative practices program at the school, said helping students find their paths is a quality he has aspired to as an educator. Perry was one of four teachers statewide to receive the Educator of Excellence Award...
When I seek feedback on Minnesota Twins or Vikings news and transactions, I turn to two reliable sources in Cloquet. The first is smiling Dave Haapanen, usually found stocking shelves in the cereal or salad dressing aisles at Super One. The second is Justin Dinger, who works with kids in the teen section of the Cloquet Public Library. This is Justin's story. Justin grew up in the Twin Cities - Brooklyn Center, to be exact - with his mom and dad, and two younger brothers, and attended Park...
Levi Hoover and Sascha Korpela were crowned homecoming king and queen after the Cromwell-Wright basketball game on Friday, Jan. 27. Members of the homecoming court included, back row from left, Rowdy Egger, Liam Schoenberg, Noah Foster, Romain Jacques, Avery Koivisto, Payton Rosbacka, Taylah Pfisthner and Ellie Anderson. In the front row, from left, are Noah Burr, King Levi Hoover, Kayzie Korpela, Queen Sascha Korpela and Jorja Zimmer. Photo by Watrin 6 Photography...
Dwight Cadwell first realized something wasn't right during the annual Safe and Sober program at WKLK radio 11 years ago. The longtime sports broadcaster and other guests had been imbibing various alcoholic beverages for over an hour and being breathalyzed by local law enforcement to demonstrate how their blood alcohol content, and therefore their ability to drive, was being affected. Except for Cadwell, it wasn't happening. "By the end of the show, my blood alcohol content had never risen beyon...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is looking for members from diverse and underrepresented communities across the state to serve in the agency’s environmental justice advisory group. Applications are open through Feb. 13; application information is available at https://www.pca.state.mn.us/about-mpca/environmental-justice-advisory-group. There is an information session at 5 p.m. Jan. 25 at the MPCA Duluth office at 525 Lake Ave. S. in Canal Park with online sessions Jan. 17 and Jan. 23. The MPCA environmental justice advisory group a...
Last week's item, asking for information about the group of cheerleaders at right, yielded results. Bruce Jutila let us know that the cheerleader at far right was Darlene Rosbacka, who married Bob McDonald, the basketball coaching legend at Chisholm High School. She died in 1997. Gary Bodie noted Darlene as well; she was his first cousin. He added that the toddler cheerleader, Mary "Buff" Benson, was a classmate who graduated with him in 1966. "I've seen her at class reunions, and her married...
A fire in rural Cloquet has left North State Services garbage haulers - often referred to as "the one with the pink bins" - scrambling, but determined. "We take it day by day," said Lynnette Hansen, who owns the company alongside her husband, Gerald. "We're trying to do the best we can. We're trying to service our customers. We're not concentrating on anything else but our customers right now." The fire to the company's shop and garage at 7018 Maple Grove Road started at 10 p.m. Dec. 21, and...
Laura Mills Anderson was ordained Dec. 17, surrounded by friends, family and an extended church community who came together at Cloquet's Zion Lutheran Church to celebrate with joyful ceremony the next step in her journey. Zion was the church home to her and her parents Mike and Kathy Mills, and siblings Rachel and Dayle, while she was growing up, and later when she was the youth director there for several years before going to seminary. Asked when she knew she wanted to be something in the...
Although time did not roll back to the 1980s when shoppers could get everything from hats and dresses to men's suits at multiple department stores on Cloquet Avenue, there were definitely pockets of local activity on Small Business Saturday. Numerous shops and restaurants ran specials on a day which highlights the locally owned and operated side of commerce each year. Mainstream Boutique, on Cloquet Avenue, saw a steady stream of customers. As they entered, each shopper was invited to choose a...
Members of the Cloquet American Legion Post 262 and Auxiliary recently met with three of the four juniors selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Girls State and American Legion Boys State. The Girls and Boys State program is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for U.S. high school students. The program focuses on exploring the mechanics of American government and politics. This year the American Legion Post 262 selected Leo Thill and...
It's the end of daylight saving time. For former Cloquet High athletic standout Mike Forrest, "turn back the clock" came a week early. Forrest was inducted into the Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame Oct. 29 with a ceremony and dinner at Grand Casino in Hinckley. Forrest, 77, was a three-sport athlete at Cloquet High School and a household name in coffee shops in Carlton County in the early 1960s. Along with his all-state teammates Dave "Mouse" Meisner and Denny Breitbarth, Forrest will be forever...
World War II veteran Dale Crocker has lived by the motto emblazoned on his Navy Seabees cap: "Can Do." The 97-year-old Cloquet man served his country during World War II and worked at the Johnson Company for 40 years before retiring and embarking on a second career as a bus driver for the next 32 years. He built the Kelly Avenue house he and his wife, Arlene, still live in, some 75 years ago, "pounding every nail in," he said. Crocker sat at his kitchen table Nov. 5 and recalled his World War...
All three sons of Albert Beseman served during World War II in the early 1940s, said their nephew Clarence Badger, sharing photos of the three Wright-area men after the war. The photo of Leo, Jasper and John Beseman was taken in 1946, shortly after the war ended. Leo was on destroyers from 1941 to 1945. Two of those destroyers were torpedoed and he was lucky to be rescued both times. He ended his service in the Pacific Theater on another destroyer, the USS Elliot. Eldest brother John joined the...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College lost one of its strongest supporters Monday, when FDLTCC president Stephanie Hammitt died of cancer. Hammitt, age 60, spent much of her career at the Cloquet college before officially becoming the first female president in January 2020. At that time, more than one person - including Minnesota Commissioner of Higher Education Dennis Olson and former FDLTCC president Larry Anderson - declared Hammitt the "perfect" person to lead the nation's only combined...
Skutevik's Floral owners Matt and Nicole (Skutevik) Wheale are settled into their new building at 1429 Cloquet Ave. The longtime local business moved from its most recent location on Broadway Avenue over Labor Day weekend into the standalone building that was formerly home to Skare Law Office. Nicole said they are enjoying the additional space to work in the new building, and additional parking out front....
