Articles from the February 18, 2022 edition
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Letters to the Editor: Newspapers shouldn't mandate
I have to write and say that the editorial, “Choices have consequences” in the Feb. 11 Pine Knot News was just that — your opinion. The word discrimination gets used a lot of ways just like, say, liberal and conservative. Making people get shots whic... Full story
Letters to the Editor: With freedom comes responsibility
I thought your editorial, “Choices have consequences” was spot on. I wonder in today’s divisive climate if we would have been able to overcome deadly diseases of the past, such as polio, malaria, or smallpox, or to improve public health with a smoki... Full story
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Hilltoppers cut down 'Jacks in semifinal
Duluth Marshall proved to be too much for the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey team Saturday as the Hilltoppers rolled to a 5-1 Section 7A semifinal victory to eliminate the Lumberjacks from the... Full story
The Ticker: A quick look at area teams in action
Thursday, Feb. 10 Girls Basketball Cromwell-Wright-78 Barnum-45 South Ridge-97 Wrenshall-26 Pequot Lakes-71 Esko-54 Northwoods-72 Fond du Lac-38 Cloquet-61 Hibbing-49 Boys Basketball Northwoods-82 Fond du Lac-40 Cloquet-84 (OT) Hibbing-78 Boys... Full story
Sports Schedule
Friday, Feb. 18 Boys basketball Esko at Cook County, 6:15 Cromwell-Wright at Carlton, 6:15 ML/WR at Barnum, 7:15 South Ridge vs. Two Harbors, 7:15 Wrenshall vs. Floodwood, 6:15 Girls basketball Esko at Cook County, 4:45 Saturday, Feb. 19 Girls... Full story
Wrens dance a jig with the jug
In the opening game of the boys basketball season, Carlton downed its next-door neighbors from Wrenshall. On Tuesday night, the teams met for a rematch in Carlton in the annual battle for the Brown... Full story
Perich leads Esko past Cloquet
Esko's Koi Perich poured in a school-record 50 points on Tuesday night to complete a season sweep of the Lumberjacks as the Eskomos finished with an impressive 93-68 home win. "Koi scored 45 in the... Full story
Alpine: Regas goes to state
Emily Regas competed at the Minnesota state high school Alpine ski meet Wednesday, as the sole Lumberjacks qualifier. Regas placed 29th out of 88 skiers at the state meet, with runs of 41.96 and... Full story
Korby's Connections: Lost in the Ditchbanks
Have you ever been lost? No, really lost. Lost where your heart and pulse start elevating, you’re perspiring, it’s getting dark, personal fear and anxiety are on the rise. You try to be calm. Mos... Full story
Cloquet High School Quarter 2 honor roll
Cloquet High School Quarter 2 honor roll A Honor Roll Grade 9 Rizal Agaton-Howes Gage Allen Diamond Allen-Lovejoy Owen Anderson Ahnna Bader William Bauer Johanna Bernu Sarah Blais Joshua Bleskacek Ellise Boyd-Affias Sofia Breuer Madison Correll... Full story
Cromwell-Wright High School First Semester honor roll
Cromwell -Wright High School First Semester honor roll A Honor Roll Grade 12 Ludovica Abbozzo Jacob Anderson Andres Angulo Rylie Dobosenski NataLee Hakamaki Anja Johnson Scarlett Korpela Alaina Lind Jay Olesiak Andrea Pocernich Augusta Poskus Zevvus... Full story
Education Notes
Graduated Cooper Ketola, of Cloquet, graduated from the University of Tampa on Friday, Dec. 17. Ketola graduated with a bachelor of arts in avertising and public relations. Esko’s Dawsen Cossalter graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau C...
On The Mark: Song and comedy brighten winter days in Cromwell
For two weeks in a row, classmates, parents, grandparents, siblings, and community members were treated to marvelous song — alone and with others — and a sparkling One Act Play at the Cro...
Wright/Cromwell news
There is a blood drive at the school in Cromwell today, Feb. 18. It runs from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call Trudy at 218-740-1542 to register, or the school nurse at 218-644-3716, ext. 4138. The Villa...
CSA Week connects farms with customers
Across Carlton County, northern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, farmers are firing up the heaters in their greenhouses, ordering seeds and preparing for another season of feeding families across the...
There's a carton problem at Wrenshall egg farm
Due to labor shortages and supply chain issues, Locally Laid Egg Company in Wrenshall has been unable to secure a steady stream of egg cartons. But it's not from a lack of trying. "I've been on the...
