Hockey arenas get some summer love

The dehumidification system in the city’s Northwoods hockey arena — considered too small for the facility for years — is finally being replaced.

Cloquet city councilors unanimously approved a bid for $275,080 to replace the existing dehumidification system with an appropriately sized unit this summer, paid for with funds from the half-cent sales tax. The bid came in almost $75,000 below the engineer’s estimate.

The council did not approve a second bid to construct stairs and safety rails to access the new system, as it came in at more than double the engineer’s estimate. City staff plan to reb...