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The Cloquet Public Library is a City of Cloquet department and is funded by the tax dollars of our community members. We currently have 13 library staff members running the library. We are also... Full story

Beginning Friday, Sept. 1, the Cloquet Public Library will implement “Free from Fines,” eliminating overdue fines. This move aligns with the library’s mission and strategic plan. One of our main...

The Cloquet Public Library has been partnering with CareerForce for its pilot program, called CareerForce Corner, since 2022. Many people looking for work come to the library, and our staff has been h...

The Cloquet Public Library has been hosting the Barks & Books program every second Thursday of the month, 4-5:10 p.m., since January. When our children's librarian, Morgan Reardon, started working at... Full story

Our Teen Services librarian, Justin Dinger, first hosted Space Camp in 2019. He saw a solicitation from NASA seeking sites to host summer classes for middle- and high school students. As a kid,...

A few months ago, one of our librarians noticed that some of our children's books were taken off a display and randomly placed in the different areas of the children's bookshelves. Sometimes they... Full story

The partnership between the Duluth Huskies and the Cloquet Public Library for our summer event “Knock Summer Reading Out of the Park!” began in 2017, and we are excited to resume it this summer aft... Full story

The 2023 summer reading program will begin on Thursday, June 1, and go through Friday, August 18, at the Cloquet Public Library. This year’s theme is “Find Your Voice!” Our voices have power. We us... Full story

I grew up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" series in Japan. For me, a young girl growing up in a small country surrounded by oceans, the series was a window into a pioneer... Full story