Articles from the February 22, 2019 edition
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Fancy a game of snoftball?
What do you get when you play softball in the snow? Snoftball! The first annual KBM Snoftball Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, starting at 9 a.m. at Cloquet’s Braun Park. Up to 20 teams can register for this unique softball e...
Man faces charges of criminal sexual conduct
A Wright man is facing charges of criminal sexual conduct with juveniles. Robert Laurence Besch, 48, was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in Carlton County District...
Kiwanis Ice fishing contest canceled
Due to the heavy snow load and impassable roads, the Cloquet Area Golden K Kiwanis Club has been forced to cancel this weekend’s Kiwanis Last Chance ice fishing contest Saturday, Feb. 23. “We’ll see you next year,” said Kiwanis member Mary Lukkari...
Three pipeline protestors arrested for felony damage to property
On Feb. 6, three individuals were arrested in Twin Lakes Township for extensive damage to various vehicles at a pipeline job site. Shawn Etsitty, Edgar Morelos Pelayo, and Harvey Goodsky were each...
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Raise your hand
Raise your hand if your mom’s dead. Raise your other if your dad is, too. Raise whatever other appendage you can if you’ve got dead parents with whom you wish you could have a few more words, a few...
Minnesota breeds good politicians
There’s a reason why Minnesota has advanced so many presidential candidates over the years. Some, like Eugene McCarthy and Harold Stassen, ran so often they lost credibility. Others, like Tim Pawlenty...
Without meaningful consolidation talks, Carlton will move ahead
It is very important that the Carlton school district community, parents, caregivers, staff and students know the facts about the most recent communications with the Wrenshall school board regarding the possibility of our school districts...
William James Singpiel
William James Singpiel, 57, of Cloquet, Minn. lost his battle with early onset frontotemporal dementia Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 in New Perspective Assisted Living with his loving family and friends by... Full story
Family medicine doctor joins hospital staff
Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Charles Kendall to its staff. Dr. Kendall is a family medicine physician and will divide his time between seeing...
E-cigarettes can turn kids into lifelong addicts quickly
We had been making steady progress on the battle with tobacco use. It has been a long fight with many victories over the years. Each victory brought our community closer to lowering the use of...
WRIGHT-CROMWELL news
I’m not really into NASCAR that much but I do follow Denny Hamlin in his FedEx race car, and this weekend he won the Daytona 500. I follow him because he drives the FedEx car and our family and f...
Snow sculptor and theater make cool art together
It's a good year to be a snow sculptor in Minnesota. Tim Young Sr. is proof of that, as the Cloquet resident has been busy making art out of massive piles of snow for a couple months now. His most...
