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Articles from the January 8, 2021 edition


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  • Think of new year as an opportunity for kindness

    Pastor John Napoli|Jan 8, 2021

    For 39 years my family and I have been engaged in this area. I am blessed to have had the good fortune to have wonderful opportunities to engage with thousands of area people over the years. My involvement included restaurants - Perkins and Black Woods - operating a small business, Northern Kawasaki, and pastoring a small church, River of Life. My appreciation for living in this area continues to grow with each passing year, and I look forward to the coming year, 2021. A community is known by ho...

  • Wright/Cromwell news

    Jennie K. Hanson|Jan 8, 2021

    Wasn't the frost on the trees beautiful on Saturday? I couldn't resist taking a few photos of the white evergreens and the brilliant blue sky. It surely was a winter wonderland. Congratulations to Charles Kabus, son of Liz and Tom, who was recently chosen as one of the Students of the Month at McGregor Elementary School. He was deemed a responsible fourth- grader who is hard working in everything he does and shows kindness to all. Doug Suhonen reports that the Suhonen family has had a tough...

  • Winter white delight

    Jana Peterson|Jan 8, 2021

    While there is a little rime ice versus hoar frost debate going on about the county's white winter coat last week, everyone could agree on one thing: it was spectacular. Cloquet photographer Amy Louhela marveled at the scenes as she and son Tristan drove around snapping photos of trees covered in a thin layer of frost Saturday, while plentiful sledders and parents focused more on fun at Cloquet's Pinehurst Park that afternoon....

  • Obituaries: Duane Putnam

    Jan 8, 2021

    Duane Putnam, 90, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at Water View Shores in Two Harbors, Miinnesota. He was born on August 23, 1930 to Aaron and Katherine (Nathan) Putnam in Linton, North Dakota. Duane enlisted in the US Army and was a Korean War Veteran. Following the war, he returned home and married Evelyn Shotley February 12, 1955 in Cloquet. He was employed for many years at the Wood Conversion Plant Con-Wed and then for Potlatch until his retirement. Duane was a member of Queen of Pea...