Articles from the March 1, 2019 edition
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Board expresses concern over share of hockey arena costs
Cloquet school board members got good news about the district budget Monday, when district finance director Candace Nelis announced that a possible $400,000 deficit for fiscal year 2019 (July 2018-Jun...
DNR certifies huge lake sturgeon as new catch-and-release state record
Minnesota has a new state record lake sturgeon so large that anglers had to drill five holes to fit the 6 1/2 foot long fish through the St. Croix River ice. The Minnesota Department of Natural...
Cool earns AIF designation
Mark Cool of Split Rock Private Trading, a locally owned investment firm, has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies. The AIF...
RE/MAX honors local agents
Dianne Siltanen of RE/MAX Cloquet received the RE/MAX 100 percent award. This honors highly successful real estate agents nationwide within the RE/MAX network. A small number of agents receive the...
SWCD introduces new faces and new initiatives
Wise woman, cultural anthropologist and author Margaret Mead once said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world." This describes what the Carlton County... Full story
Mother Earth needs a low-salt diet, too
Low-salt diets are a common recommendation for many adults these days. Doctors have individuals adjust the consumption of foods and seasonings to limit their intake of sodium and in turn have...
Commissioners travel to Cloquet to talk health care
Tony Lourey hasn't forgotten the rural areas he served as state senator. On one of his first road trips as Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner, Lourey - along with agricultural...
Why I think this area is a great place to live!
There is so much negative communication out there today that I just want to share a positive one regarding this area of Minnesota. I have lived in northern Minnesota all my life, and this area of...
Lumberjacks advance to Section 7AAA semifinals
Top seeds prevailed Tuesday in Section 7AAA girls basketball games. Cloquet, the No. 4 seed, knocked off Chisago Lakes, and No. 2 Hibbing downed North Branch and the No. 3 Princeton bounced Hermantown...
Harms-Synkiew advances to state
Cloquet junior Tyler Harms-Synkiew advanced to the state wrestling tournament last weekend with a second-place finish in the Section 7AA wrestling tournament in Hibbing. Harms-Synkiew lost in the...
Eskomos enter playoffs on a winning streak
Esko, Moose Lake-Willow River and Barnum were set to play in the Section 7AA girls basketball tournament Thursday to secure a quarterfinal round game at UMD's Romano Gym on Saturday. Section 7AA...
Cardinals bounce into playoffs on top of their game
The Section 7A girls basketball tournament kicked off with three play-in games Monday. Seven quarterfinal games were scheduled for Wednesday, including No. 1-seeded Cromwell-Wright. Play-in game...
In like a lion
The regulations, they are a-changin' .... Starting March 1, on the Rainy River and Fourmile Bay of Lake of the Woods, a catch-and-release season will be in effect until April 14. This will discourage...
Snowmobile riders: Enjoy great conditions, leave booze at home
Conditions for snowmobile riding in many parts of the state are as good as they’ve been in a long time, prompting what Department of Natural Resources conservation officers call the biggest number of riders in years to hit the state’s 22,000 mil...
Lumberjacks knocked out of playoffs
The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team came out buzzing against Duluth East in the first period Saturday afternoon in the Section 7AA boys hockey semifinal game at Amsoil Arena in Duluth....
The cold will continue in March
The wind chill factor was developed by a fellow named Paul Siple in the late 1930s while he was on a research assignment in Antarctica for the U.S government. We knew we’d be getting into World War I...
Couple find adventure, kindness in snowstorm
Couple find adventure, kindness in snowstormWhat do you call a white-out snowstorm with the sun shining? My wife and I found out last weekend when a "ground blizzard" in the I-90 corridor east of...
Sports Schedules
BOYS BASKETBALL Carlton Bulldogs Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Isle March 5-15 Section 7A Tournament Cloquet Lumberjacks Friday, March 1 7:15 pm at Proctor March 5-14 Section 7AAA Finals Cromwell-Wright Cardinals Friday, March 1 7:15 pm vs....
