No more rooms at the inn

The Golden Gate motel in Scanlon was demolished last week. The property was purchased by Kwik Trip this past summer so it can make room at the neighboring convenience store for expanded parking, a car wash and new liquor store. The Kwik Spirits store, formeraly Gramma Polo's, will also be torn down. A car wash will take its place. The purchase of the motel property also allows Kwik Trip better access to Carlton County Highway 61. The Golden Gate Inn closed in May under a cloud of complaints about illegal activity at what had become a place for extended stays. Its doors and windows were boarded up for most of the summer. The motel opened in 1976. Jana Peterson / Pine Knot News