Articles from the March 8, 2019 edition
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Courts dismiss more cases involving former police officer
The Carlton County Attorney’s office recently dismissed seven more criminal cases involving former Cloquet police officer Scott Beckman. The court actions bring the total number of cases dismissed b...
Obituary: David P. Christen
David P. Christen, 65, of Virginia, MN died Thursday, March 7, 2019 at Essentia Health in Virginia. He was born March 12, 1953 in Duluth to John W. and Theresa (Lovich) Christen. David was preceded... Full story
Consolidation talks broke down before they even began
With the Carlton school district’s declining enrollments, falling test scores and budget deficit, the clock is winding down on the opportunity to save the Carlton schools. There is nothing like o...
Annual township meeting tradition continues Tuesday
One of the oldest traditions in the history of Minnesota carries on Tuesday in the annual township meetings. The township system of government was established as part of the Northwest Ordinance of...
Snoftball, anyone?
Six different teams from Carlton County and as far afield as Grand Rapids and Superior took to the softball diamond Saturday for a tournament in the snow. They call it "snoftball" and it was a ball,...
Frozen hydrants hamper firefighting efforts
Firefighters from the Cloquet Area Fire District responded to two house fires Monday and found a frozen hydrant at each location. That's a problem, said CAFD captain Chad Vermeersch. "We had two...
Political stop is homecoming for state officials
Monday's visit from Minnesota Department of Higher Education Commissioner Dennis Olson Jr. and lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan felt more like a reunion than a tour stop to promote proposals for...
City finds large water leak
The city of Cloquet has solved its mystery of the missing water. Public Works director Caleb Peterson said city officials suspected there was a big leak, as they were missing about 200,000 gallons of water a day based on historical data. But they...
MSOP client pleads guilty, will be sentenced Friday
A sex offender at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in Moose Lake pleaded guilty to felony premeditated first-degree attempted murder last week. George Mack Jr., 42, was charged with premeditated...
Cloquet school staff finish active shooter training
With training conducted Friday at Cloquet Middle School, staff at all of the Cloquet schools have now completed a new-to-them “active shooter” training, which focuses on giving staff and students tools to react to situations in which a person is sho...
Fond du Lac water exhibit opens Sunday in Duluth
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will host a “We Are Water MN” exhibit in partnership with the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, starting with a kickoff event 1-4 p.m. Sunday, which will include an opening ceremony, a puppet show and a p...
Sarma Sundays start at Eskomo Pizza Pies
Sarma, an ethnic cabbage roll typically served during holidays in Slavic households, will be available Sundays during Lent at Eskomo Pizza Pies in Esko. All of the proceeds (100 percent) will benefit Queen of Peace school in Cloquet. Starting March...
Robotics competition runs Friday, Saturday at the DECC
More than 100 FIRST robotics teams — including several from Carlton County schools — will descend upon the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Friday and Saturday to pit their robots, and their minds, against one another and the cha...
Move out of the way
There’s been a lot of snow this year. That’s not news. There sure has been a lot of bellyaching about all the snow. That’s not news, either. With all that work, it’s expected to hear complaints. We shovel the driveway; the snow plow fills it up agai...
Legal ethics is not an oxymoron
Legal ethics is not an oxymoron. Generally, I enjoy a good lawyer joke. Unfortunately, there are not very many good lawyer jokes. But there are a lot of good lawyers. Michael Cohen — President Trump’s...
Letters to the Editor
‘It’s over, Johnny. It’s over.’ To the editor: Carlton School District will not even discuss consolidating with Wrenshall under the recommended two-site option. It’s Carlton who killed consolidation. If there are residents of the Wrenshall School Di...
Central American refugees are fleeing terror, qualify for sanctuary
Claims that Central American refugees are coming northward seeking jobs, not sanctuary, are misleading. Those refugees face political, economic, religious, and criminal terror that drives them,...
'Pucker up,' said the principal to the pig
The Esko school cafetorium erupted with cheers and laughter Wednesday morning as Principal Brian Harker smooched a pig. It was the perfect ending to the "Pig Out On Books" challenge at Winterquist...
Find your stride at North Country Ride
They have fought in wars, plowed endless fields, delivered mail, and helped build civilizations for centuries. Their strength is still a measure of how powerful our machines are, and yet, their...
Plentiful winter weather depletes road salt supplies
This has been one of our old-style winters with lots of snow and at times high winds. Locals complain of the inconvenience of it all: slippery roads, poor snowplow service, and high heating bills from...
Carlton happenings
The Inter-Faith Care Center has been part of the City of Carlton for several decades, and recently received a two-year grant for $300,000 from the Minnesota Department of Health. The grant,...
The ripple effect of salt in our water
Last week, I touched on the growing problem of chloride (salt) pollution in our waterways, and steps that we can all take to help slow the increase of this substance. This time, we are going to dive...
Walter S. Trader
Walter S. Trader Walter S. Trader, 91, of Cloquet, Minn. passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 at New Perspective Senior Living. He was born Aug. 3, 1927 in Duluth to Peter and Katherine (Kujawa) Trader. Walter worked as a nursing assistant for Nopeming...
Fish house removal deadline looms
The deadline to remove fish house from inland lakes is inching closer. For structures on lakes in the northern third of the state, the deadline is the end of the day Monday, March 18. The deadline was March 4 for the southern two-thirds of the...
Wright-Cromwell news
Why is that we spend most of our lives wishing we could stay in bed longer during our working life, and now that we are retired and can sleep late, we can’t? I hear so many retired folks saying t...
