Essentia Clinic opening draws a crowd

Carlton County residents turned out in force Monday for the grand opening of the new Essentia Health-Cloquet Clinic at 1413 Highway 33 S across from Walmart. The two-hour event included a ribbon cutting (pictured below), comments by Essentia chief operating officer Brad Beard, an open house and free brats and hamburgers from local favorite B&B Market. Pictured above, B&B owner Jake Richardson was busy at the grill serving customers Monday, when the line for food stretched from the far side of the parking lot to the new clinic entrance. The new clinic has 12 exam rooms, one procedure room and one telehealth room, and offers family practice care with obstetrics, urgent care and additional specialty services, and laboratory and radiology services. Appointments can be made at EssentiaHealth.org, via MyChart or by calling 218-337-4000.