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Bethany Lutheran Church 5660 Hwy 210, Cromwell 218-644-3640 bethany55726@ yahoo.com www.bethanybethlehem.org Worship 9 a.m., with Sunday School Women’s Bible study 9:30 a.m. first Wed. Bethany Beacons women’s ministry 9 a.m. second Wed. Bethel Lutheran Church Pastor Rob Larson 1012 29th St., Scanlon 218-879-9723, 763-957-2990 bethellutheran.scanlon@gmail.com Facebook: @BethelLutheranChurchScanlon 9 a.m. service, followed by coffee and fellowship Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran Church Pastor Seth Wynands 204 Fifth St. North, Carlton 218...
Friday, Oct. 3 Baked pork chop, baked sweet potato, creamed spinach, brownie Sat.-Sun., Oct. 4-5 Frozen meals available Monday, Oct. 6 Crispy chicken sandwich, potato salad, chocolate chip cookie Tuesday, Oct. 7 Chicken and cheese enchilada, Mexicali corn, black beans, Mandarin oranges Wednesday, Oct. 8 Penne and meat sauce, Italian zucchini, pears, cherry gelatin Thursday, Oct. 9 Honey mustard chicken, herbed rice, Oregon bean medley, red grapes, chocolate pudding Friday, Oct. 10 Cook’s Choice Call the Senior Center, 218-879-5870, by 9:30 a...
SATURDAY, OCT. 4 Esko fire department pancake breakfast 7-11 a.m., Esko firehall, 13 Thomson Road. Dine in or curbside pickup. $10 per person or $35 per family. Moose Lake Community Education AGE to age apple press event 10 a.m. to noon at Moose Lake Community School, in the back, under the tent. Bring your apples and pears for pressing into cider, and your own containers if you wish. There will be apples and some containers onsite. Also storybook walk in the school forest, yard games, coffee and treats. Free family event. “New Land, New Life...
Thanks to the Baby Boomer generation, the United States will have more residents 65 and older than children up to age 18 by 2030, the U.S. Census Bureau tells us. That's a lot of seniors who may or may not be able to continue living in their own homes, on their own terms. If you are one of these seniors or the child of one, now is the time to start talking about long-term care options. Cloquet's Carol Risdon moved to an assisted living apartment at Evergreen Senior Living in 2022. She had...
The Carlton County Animal Rescue group has secured land in Cloquet on which it plans to build a shelter in the future. The group announced Aug. 15 that fundraising efforts allowed it to purchase a 7.35-acre parcel of land on the north end of Cloquet off Minnesota Highway 33, just south of the Cloquet Business Park. The group bought the land with cash and said it is ready to move into the next phase, giving special thanks to an anonymous donor who matched four months of donations specifically...
The story “Businessman sentenced for child sex abuse” about Bradley Owens, published in the April 18 issue of the Pine Knot, should have said Owens was a former owner of DADS Electronics in Duluth, rather than current owner. At the time of his sentencing on April 10, Royce Fontaine was the sole shareholder of DADS, having purchased Owens’ shares as of March 28, according to attorney Michael Orman. Clarifications A July 25 Pine Knot News story, “Carlton Coach Protests Non-Renewal,” detailed a hearing before the Carlton school board requested...
The Minnesota Historical Society announced this week a round of 49 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants of $10,000 and less, totaling $433,703 in 25 counties. The Carlton County Historical Society in Cloquet will use a $9,687 grant to hire a consultant to conduct a hazardous building materials assessment of its home in the historic Shaw Memorial Library. The small grants are awarded quarterly to help nonprofits, educational organizations, government units, and federally recognized Tribes to preserve and share Minnesota...
National Night Out is Tuesday, Aug. 5. Across the USA, neighborhoods and communities will host block parties, festivals, cookouts and various other free community events with an emphasis on getting to know neighbors and local law enforcement. In Carlton County, almost every community has its own way of celebrating, ranging from community-wide celebrations to more intimate neighborhood gatherings. Find a roundup of area National Night Out events below. All the events are open to the public, no ma...
It is the age of social media, so when even a tiny place like Willow River gets something wrong, there is no escaping scrutiny. And that scrutiny was well deserved last week as the city council passed along an ordinance that, as written right now, violates free speech rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Give credit to the council for meeting up again late last week to offer the public a chance to air their concerns with the proposed ordinance on publicly protesting in the city. But allow us to see a definite tree in the forest of social...
Thumbs Down to a proposal that would bring a $4 million solar energy generating field to the new Carlton County Justice Center along Highway 61 in Carlton. We’ve heard the pitch to county commissioners twice now from McKinstry, a Seattle-based contractor with a Twin Cities area office that has conducted other solar projects within Minnesota. Their officials have done commendable and even convincing work before the board, showing how $2 million now, in the form of a matching county investment, could yield a project that pays for itself in energy...
The Twin Ports Rampage 10U softball team, which includes some players and coaches from Carlton County, won the Open Class B Minnesota Softball Tournament July 12-13 in Chisago Lakes. The Rampage went undefeated, 5-0. Three of the five games were one-run games. The Rampage defeated Chaska, North Branch, St. Louis Park, and Randolph Orange twice for the title. The championship means the team will attend the Aug. 10 Minnesota Twins game in Minneapolis for its annual softball parade of...
It was hot, muggy and smokey at the start of the week, then our up-and-down weather continued with nearly a daylong rain Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday. Thin lines of storms raked the county, meaning some parts got only a trace of rain, while others, including Cloquet, received 2 to 4 inches. Then it cooled down, with a high Wednesday barely above 60 degrees and a forecast for 70s through the weekend. It's been a wet summer, but the surge of water wasn't widespread enough to swell rivers...
Members of the Fond du Lac and Mille Lacs Honor Guards lead the Grand Entry Saturday during last weekend's Fond du Lac 31st annual Veterans Powwow at the Mash Ka Wisen Powwow Grounds in Sawyer, Minnesota. Master of ceremonies (and photographer) Les Gibbs said the Veterans Powwow is the biggest in the area, and drew 26 drum groups and about 500 dancers from all over Minnesota, Wisconsin and Canada. "When we have these gatherings, everyone is invited," Gibbs said. "We've had people from all over...
It's the 56th annual Moose Lake Agate Days with the The Gem & Mineral Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20 at the First National Bank Arena, with a free kids' dig outside. The frenzied Clark-Olsen Agate Stampede down Elm Avenue comes early this year, starting at 1 p.m. There's also Art in the Park all day Saturday, plus a pancake feed 7:30-10 a.m., both in Moose Lake City Park. Enjoy a steak fry at Moose Lake Fire Hall starting at 4 p.m. Saturday...
Tiny Wright wakes up for this annual celebration, with sports tournaments all weekend, a car show, ognib (bingo spelled the wrong way), live music, a parade, fireworks and pie. On Friday, there's a steak fry and pie social with teen games and fireworks, all in the city park. On Saturday there are the softball and volleyball tournaments, a parade at 10:30, a car show at 11, more kids' games, music on the park stage, cribbage, a bean bag toss, and food and drink vendors. Sunday winds up with a...
Lyric Opera of the North’s Summer Sparkler concert at the Historical Scott House in rural Carlton is set for Aug. 5. The outdoor concert and fundraiser features an opera-cabaret, “The Birds, the Bees, and the Baldwin Sisters: An Operatic Tribute to our brothers’ copious ex-girlfriends.” Tickets are $22, $12 for students. Picnic boxes are also available. Purchase tickets at loonopera.org or call 218-464-0922....
A 25-year-old St. Paul man who drove to Cloquet to meet with a 13-year-old girl is facing first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct charges. Joshua Patrick Baxter was arrested Thursday, July 10 after Carlton County dispatch received a report of a runaway girl. According to the criminal complaint, friends told the girl’s mother that she had left Sather Park in Scanlon with someone named “Josh” to go to Minneapolis for the weekend. The teenager’s friends told police she left in a newer model black pickup truck. Fortunately for police,...
The search for two missing people from Cloquet has ended grimly, with the discovery of both their bodies over the past two weeks. The couple — considered vulnerable adults — had been missing since late May. Families had not heard from Daniel Joseph Latterell, 64, and Jane Irene Korpela, 62, since May 25. The pair were last seen at a gas station near McGregor on Memorial Day, May 26. A missing persons alert was issued by the Cloquet Police Department on May 28. More than a month later, on June 29, Latterell’s gray Ford Escape was located by th...
A 15-year-old girl is in custody after allegedly severely beating her mother — likely with an ax — late Saturday night in their home in Corona Township southwest of Cloquet. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office sent Monday morning, a 40-year-old woman called 911 at 12:11 a.m. Sunday, July 6, stating that she had been beaten by her daughter. The woman reported she did not know how she was assaulted and that she had been sleeping prior to the incident. Carlton County deputies and Minnesota State Patrol troop...
Cloquet Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Kwik Trip Store located at 900 Washington Ave in the City of Cloquet at 4:39 a.m. Saturday, July 12. According to a news alert, witnesses reported to 911 that two male suspects entered the business, brandished a firearm, and took an undisclosed amount of cash out of the register. The suspects then fled the store, heading North on foot. No one was injured during the incident. One suspect is described as a thin male, approximately six feet tall, wearing a dark colored hooded top, dark...
The Pine Knot News won two awards at last week’s Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists Page One Awards banquet. Competing in the “under 50,000 circulation” category — which includes most daily and weekly newspapers in the state — reporter Brady Slater received two third-place awards. One was for profile reporting for his story on Jack Carter, “At age 91, jockey still riding tall.” Slater’s other award was for local politics/government reporting for “End of a police force,” his coverage of the decision by the Moose Lake City Council t...
We were expecting a photo any day after hearing rumblings about emerging blooms of the showy lady's slipper at Jay Cooke State Park near Carlton. And Will Stenberg delivered, capturing this gem Monday morning. The showy lady's slipper is Minnesota's state flower. Since 1925, the state has regulated the collection and commercial sale of the species. It is one of 43 orchid species that grow in Minnesota. The lady's slipper flowers from early June to mid-July. According to the Minnesota Department...
Residents and businesses can double their donations to the Salvation Army in Carlton County this month, money that will support the food shelf and the fight against hunger and homelessness. The Summer Challenge initiative is intended to empower residents and businesses to help restock their local food shelves during a time when donations are traditionally slow, and when demand for food assistance is high when kids are out of school. According to a news release, the Salvation Army is seeing up to 30 percent more requests for assistance, due to...
Seventeen students graduated from the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Criminal Justice/Peace Officer Skills program last Friday, June 27. This is the 25th group of students to participate in the program at FDLTCC and the majority of this year's graduates are completing the program with conditional offers at agencies across the region. The Les Northrup Leadership Award, voted on by fellow students, recognizing a classmate who epitomizes leadership, wisdom, mentoring and being a role...
A Cloquet man found guilty of possessing more than 48 grams of fentanyl was sentenced last week to 115 months in prison, or just over nine-and-a-half years. Thomas Clifford Needham, 45, was found guilty of felony first-degree drug possession and obstructing the legal process, a misdemeanor. According to the criminal complaint, Needham was arrested in May 2024. He was a passenger in a pickup truck that passed by Cloquet police sergeant Zack Sandstrom, who recognized him (and his dog) from prior encounters. Needham had a warrant for his arrest...
