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Our current high school exchange student from Italy, Lisa, was selected to play flute in the 52nd annual High School Honor Band at the University of Minnesota Duluth last Friday and Saturday. Lisa... Full story

Folks are wearing their blaze orange again, and you know what that means. It’s time to eat (and shop) and hunt. The hunters supper sponsored by the Cromwell Area Community Club will be 4-7 p.m.... Full story

Last week was a tough one for many with the passing of Mike Olson, Clarence Smith Jr., Eugenia Lisson, Lee Lippo, June Kingsley and, most recently, Larry Hamren. Larry, 76, of Wright passed away... Full story

The Chilloween Halloween party is Friday, Oct. 25 inside the Cromwell Park Pavilion (no kids on the playground/outside). From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the party is geared toward kids in 6th grade and...

It’s that time of year again ... what time, you ask? Well, time for those wonderful church and community dinners. Here are some coming up soon in our area; if you know of others, please let me know... Full story

Thank you to all who helped out and participated in the Environmental Day and Pavilion Open House. It was a great day in the woods. Special thanks to the following for donating their time and...

The Cromwell-Wright school is now sponsoring a BackPack Program at the elementary school through the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank. Forms were sent home with students for parents to sign up...

Sympathy to the family of Faye A. Thomas, 92, of Cromwell, who passed away Sept. 17. Services were held Sept. 21 at Nelson Funeral Care. A special thank you to the staff at Villa Vista Care Center...

The 13th annual Karl Kalli Memorial Golf Tournament generated $9,122 for the Cromwell-Wright athletic department, which was evenly distributed to the eight athletic teams at school. The tournament tak...

The communities of Cromwell-Wright School are invited to visit our school forest and the newly built learning pavilion on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Visitors are welcome to tour the grounds 9 a.m. to 3 p.m....

As I sat down to type this week’s news I noticed that the date is a numerical palindrome, 9-1-19, meaning it can be read forward or backward and it’s the same number. There will be 10 more like...

The Little Red School House at the Carlton County Fairgrounds represents a typical one-room, multiple-grade school common in rural areas years ago. Many of your grandparents and great-grandparents...

With just days until school starts, the summer is almost over. But let’s hope there are many more great fall days to come before we have to deal with cold weather. I was able to attend the Aug. 21...

Oscar Eliason 2019 Male Carlton County Outstanding Senior Citizen Oscar Eliason has been involved in many volunteer activities in the Cromwell community since 1993 when he started his teaching career...

Not only did Wright native Jason Line earn the No. 1 spot at the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway’s qualifier, he came through and won the Pro Stock race, for his 49th...

Congratulations to Barb Dahl and Oscar Eliason who will be honored on Friday, Aug. 16 at 12 p.m. in the Log Pavilion at the Carlton County Fair, as they have been named the 2019 Female and Male...

The 13th annual Karl Kalli memorial golf tournament was held Aug. 2 at the Cloquet Country Club. Karl graduated from Cromwell High School in 1959 and his family has honored his memory by holding this...

The Wrong Days Raffle winners were: first place – Randy Sorensen, second place – Gwen Koecher (Barnum), third place – Bob Howard (Wright), and fourth place – Tom Hansen. The button drawing...

The 54th annual Wrong Days in Wright is now just a memory and, WOW, was it a success! I guess with all the activities to choose from, it will continue to grow. It was great to see so many folks come...

Well, it’s here. Wright will celebrate its 54th annual Wrong Days in Wright this weekend. For those of you who have come many times, you know the routine. For those of you who may be coming for the... Full story

Last week we spent a lot of time with our son, as he took a week off before starting a new job. On Monday we took a North Shore Scenic Railroad trip up the North Shore past Congdon Park and back. We...

It seems that summer is really flying by again this year. There are just so many activities to take part in and only so many weekends to get them in. But with this in mind I am asking, no, begging,...

Give a “welcome home” to fire chief Lucas Goodin, who is back after teaching the last two weeks in Iowa and Michigan. He says it’s an absolute privilege getting to speak all over the country,...

There is a new minister for the Bethlehem and Bethany Lutheran parish: Pastor Debra L. Hanson-Carlson will begin her ministry July 1, with her first worship service on July 7. She and her husband will... Full story

Well, school is out again for another year! It seems that the older we get the faster the years go by. We can be so proud of our area youth as they graduate from high school and go on to further educa...