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The Carlton County Democratic- Farmer-Labor Party will be hosting a retirement dinner in honor of former U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan Saturday, May 4 at the Four Seasons Sports Complex and Event Center in Carlton. Social hour starts at 4:30 p.m., and dinner will start at 5:30 p.m. with a program at 7 p.m. Dinner will include stuffed pork chops, wild rice and vegetables. Bid on a dessert auction with proceeds going to A Breath of Hope, a nonprofit that provides assistance for experimental lung cancer treatments like the one Nolan’s daughter, K...
Barrrett Ray Payne, 1/18/19 to Clarissa and Lucas Payne in Mercy Hospital, Moose Lake. Harper Grace Frank, 1/10/19 to Alexis and Thomas Frank in Community Memorial Hospital, Cloquet. Kat Beretta Lindberg, 1/1/19 to Jackie and Matthew Lindberg in Community Memorial Hospital, Cloquet. Lincoln James Welk, 1/14/19 to Amanda Welk in Community Memorial Hospital, Cloquet. Haylee Jeanmarie Bodin, 1/16/19 to Brittany and Tyler Bodin in Community Memorial Hospital, Cloquet. Hannah Marie Lerol, 1/19/19 to Clarissa and Dustin Lerol in Community Memorial...
Alissa Chalberg from Mahtowa, Minn. earned President’s List honors from Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minn., at the conclusion of the Fall 2018 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, BSU students must be enrolled for at least 12 credits and earn a perfect 4.0 GPA during the semester. A total of 362 students earned Spring 2018 President’s List honors from the university, and an additional 797 students earned Dean’s List honors for earning GPAs between 3.50 and 3.99....
Cloquet High School students in science teacher Debra Mikkola's home room show off the coveted "purple pig," which they earned the right to display for the next year for winning the recent Change War fundraiser for the second year in a row. CHS students raised a total of $3,600 for charity. They will donate $2,000 to the Carlton County United Way, $700 to Animal Allies and $900 to Cloquet High School projects. Contributed Photo...
A Honor Roll Grade 12 Jordan Hyry, Scott Rousseau, Alena Wallin. Grade 11 Kaden Crane, Madelyn DeCaigny, Ryan Gray, Spencer Hoeffling, Kaitlyn Kinnunen, Abigail Mickle, Brynne Mickle, Taylor Nelson, Austin Parker, Matthew Santkuyl, Benjamin Soderstrom, Jessica Sutter, Justin Swanson, Benjamin Talarico. Grade 10 Haley Adkins, Shea Campbell, Saydee Clemens, Colin Emerson, Arianna Griak, Kristian Herman, Elizabeth Hey, Annabeth Johnson, Annika Johnson, Samantha Matarelli, Seth Mlodozyniec, Trevor Ojibway, Johnette Ostlund, Ella Rose Palmer,...
A HONOR ROLL GRADE 9 Amelia Allen, Mason Anderson, Samuel Bailey, Donte Bell, Winnie Benjamin Hall, Ilei Benson, Abigail Brown, Thorin Brown, Jonah Bryant-Nikko, Samuel Buytaert, Kate Conway, Sophia Diver, Marina Dostal, McKenah Downing, Carson Essler, Eve Eugenis, Hannah Fink, Connor Hecht, Laura Hecht, Olivia Jameson, Dana Jones, Caley Kruse, Carter Kubis, Jack Liang, Addison Loeb, Olivia Macaulay, Brynn Martin, Carlee Maslowski, Jillian McCullough, Jacob Mertz, Cale Prosen, Bailey Reynolds, Bella Richardson, Sarah Ringat, Emerson Rock,...
Jasmin Budreau, a student at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, was awarded the 2019 Spirit of Sovereignty Scholarship, which is given to well-qualified students attending tribal colleges across the country. Scholarship recipients are selected by their college. Funds can be used for any education-related expense, including but not limited to tuition, books, housing, travel and childcare. Budreau is a 2017 graduate of Cloquet Senior High School and will graduate in May 2019 from FDLTCC...
Catherine French is in the 4th-grade St. Michael Class. Cate is a responsible, motivated, and hard-working student who always finishes her assignments in a timely manner and puts forth her best effort. In class, she is helpful, curious, enthusiastic, and eager to participate in activities and discussions. Altar serving, singing, and reading at Mass are some of the things she enjoys the most at Queen of Peace. Cate is a dedicated and energetic participant in the Student Council as its secretary,...
The snow is melting fast, which can mean only one thing in Carlton County. (Hint: it’s not flooding. Although maybe flooding is part of the picture … literally.) It’s time to “document spring,” through photographs and an app, using our powers of observation and cell phones, to track and record the progression of the season of rebirth in the Northland. To find out more about this venture — a project of the Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community (OACC) — we sat down with Document Spring projec...
Laurie Carlson was at loose ends after she finished renovating her cabin a couple of years ago. But then she met someone who told her about freeze drying foods, and she found her new passion. "It was a lady that I had met through my cousin that told me about freeze drying foods," the Holyoke resident said in an interview earlier this year. "I have always been preserving foods by canning, dehydrating and drying." Carlson ordered her first freeze dryer in the spring of 2017, and now she has two....
When Amy (Robnik) Joob was 15 and an Esko High School sophomore, a vocational inventory stated she was best suited to be a hotel manager, police officer or firefighter. She also considered being a cosmetologist and, in college, an FBI agent. But modeling wasn't really part of the 1990 Esko grad's long-term plan. Neither was writing a book, but now Joob has combined both with her new book, "Model Behavior: Make Your Career Path your Calling." While Joob describes it as a memoir of her modeling ca...
Cloquet students won the following corporate and special awards during the Northeast Minnesota Regional & American Indian Science Fair at the University of Minnesota Duluth Feb. 9. First place Category Awards Winners advance to the Minnesota Academy of Science State Science Fair Middle School Behavioral Science: Rowan Rock Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical: Miles Fischer Medicine and Health: Grace Lavan Microbiology: Aili Buytaert High School Animal Science: Jerome Henagin Behavioral Scienc...
Congratulations to Yukiko Koto of Japan! Koto is pursuing her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minn., and was awarded an International Peace Scholarship (I.P.S.) by the philanthropic educational organization, P.E.O. International. P.E.O. International is a nonprofit organization that has helped over 100,000 women pursue their educational goals by providing millions in educational assistance, through six philanthropies and a foundation. Koto w...
Mark Cool of Split Rock Private Trading, a locally owned investment firm, has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies. The AIF designation signifies specialized knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and the ability to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care. The designation is the culmination of a rigorous training program, which includes a comprehensive final examination, and agreement to abide by...
Dianne Siltanen of RE/MAX Cloquet received the RE/MAX 100 percent award. This honors highly successful real estate agents nationwide within the RE/MAX network. A small number of agents receive the 100 percent award each year. "As a real estate agent with RE/MAX, I'm fully committed to helping my clients buying or selling to find the home that is right for them," Siltanen said. Siltanen has been serving her community as a local real estate agent for RE/MAX Cloquet for more than 20 years and has...
Samuel Gaffney is Student of the Month in the first-grade St. Anthony Class at Queen of Peace Catholic School. Samuel comes into class every morning with a smile on his face, ready to work. He follows the classroom rules and works hard to accomplish his tasks. Samuel has made amazing progress this year and is very adaptable to varying situations. He makes friends wherever he goes and is always ready to lend a helping hand. Samuel is a student who never gives up. He always works hard to do his...
When Cloquet alumnus Alex Goebel heard that the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis was looking to hire its first-ever outstate "teaching artist," he jumped at the opportunity. First of all, the director and actor would be working with the Guthrie, the top-tier theater in the state, with all its resources and talent. He would be one of 10 teaching artists around the state in this unique program that encourages students to "think like an artist" and use creativity to tackle challenges or enhance...
It's a good year to be a snow sculptor in Minnesota. Tim Young Sr. is proof of that, as the Cloquet resident has been busy making art out of massive piles of snow for a couple months now. His most recent project was basically a 3D snow billboard, advertising the County Seat Theater's opening show, "The Great Nursing Home Escape." Every single character is represented on the sculpture, which is block-shaped with painted cartoonish figures emerging in relief from the front and sides. Young said...
Local school board members oversee one of society's most important endeavors: the education of our youth The Minnesota School Boards Association has set Feb. 18-22 as School Board Recognition Week in Minnesota as a time to build awareness and understanding of the vital function an elected board of education plays in our society. Cloquet Public Schools is joining all public school districts across the state to celebrate School Board Recognition Week to honor local board members for their commitme...
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College announced that 206 students attending the college during Fall Semester 2018 earned academic honors and have been placed on the Dean’s List for the semester grading period. Requirements for earning Dean’s List honors at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College include maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher while completing 12 or more course credits during the semester. Students may take daytime classes, evening classes, weekend classes, online classes, or a combination of the above classes. A total of 1,9...
Andrea Nicole Keuhn was named to the Fall 2018 dean’s list at the College of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Keuhn is a junior majoring in Health Care Management. She is the daughter of Michael Keuhn and Marcy Bubb, and is a 2015 Esko High School graduate. A student must have achieved a minimum semester GPA of 3.6 and earned 12 credit hours or more to be named to the dean’s list....
The fourth annual Groundhog Day Medallion Hunt in Cloquet has ended. Make Abell of Cloquet found the medallion hidden near City Hall on the morning of Feb. 12. Mike won $510 in gift cards and certificates for Cloquet businesses. The Medallion Hunt kicked off on Groundhog Day after the 6-inch circular resin medallion bearing the likeness of a groundhog and containing a penny was hidden in its top-secret location. Cloquet Community Ed & Rec coordinates the hunt. WKLK Radio partners to read the...
The Pine Knot News sent a number of questions to the three candidates in the special election for Minnesota Senate District 11, which includes all of Carlton and Pine Counties, along with several precincts in both St. Louis and Kanabec Counties. Please take a moment to learn more about each candidate, and don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Republican Jason Rarick I am a lifelong resident of the Pine City area, residing on the farmstead settled by my great-grandfather. I graduated from Pine City High School in 1988, and Dunwoody I...
A HONOR ROLL GRADE 9 Amelia Allen, Mason Anderson, Samuel Bailey, Donte Bell, Winnie Benjamin Hall, Ilei Benson, Amaya Bridge, Abigail Brown, Jonah Bryant-Nikko, Samuel Buytaert, Kate Conway, Sophia Diver, McKenah Downing, Eve Eugenis, Hannah Fink, Laura Hecht, Olivia Jameson, Caley Kruse, Carter Kubis, Jack Liang, Addison Loeb, Olivia Macaulay, Brynn Martin, Carlee Maslowski, Jillian McCullough, Jacob Mertz, Alijah Petite, Cale Prosen, Bella Richardson, Emerson Rock, Darren Roe, Ashtyn Schneberger, Sadie Senich, Allison Sickmann, Mathew...
Shawn Cordell made a habit of telling the several dogs he and his wife, Terri, have adopted over the years to look after Terri. "I always told them, the first thing you need to do is protect her," he said. "And Scooby did that." If not for Scooby and his faithful companion, Banjo, Terri said, she wouldn't have lived through the house fire that raged through their Cloquet kitchen Dec. 19, filling the house with smoke and turning the kitchen and surroundings into a an unrecognizable charred and...
