Articles from the March 15, 2019 edition
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The case for restoring polling places for Carlton County voters
Early this year, we had problematic elections in State Senate District 11. In Carlton County alone, 400 voters’ ballots mailed to the courthouse were not received by the primary election deadline. A...
Let's move on, Cloquet
The Teapot Dome scandal, Watergate, The Iran Contra affair and Monica Lewinsky are just a few (and I truly mean a few) stains that haunt the history and legacy of this great country and its leaders....
LETTERS to the editor
Utility bills misleading Cloquet’s water and sewer rates increased this past month. The city included an explanation for the rate increase, and I think they are misleading us. The note said: “Prior to 2018, the City had not increased water rates sinc...
Be prepared this Spring with Flood Insurance
This winter has been one for the record books in Minnesota, and as the temperature begins to warm up the melting snowpack will increase the chance of major spring flooding for homes and businesses. To prepare for the possibility, Senator David Tomass...
Jenny M. Benkoski
Jenny M. Benkoski, 96, of Moose Lake and formerly of Saginaw, died peacefully Monday, March 4, 2019, in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center in Moose Lake. Jenny was born Aug. 1, 1922, in Duluth and...
David P. Christen
David P. Christen, 65, of Virginia, Minn., 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...
Wright-Cromwell news
Congratulations to our boys and girls basketball teams on great seasons. Leo Dahlberg celebrated his 85th birthday at the Villa Vista March 10 with family and friends. He thanks everyone for the...
Esko shines at robotics regional
Among the din of the pits in Pioneer Hall in Duluth, adjacent to the DECC Arena where robots were going head to head before a raucous crowd, the SubZero robotics team from Esko was quietly and systema...
And the Science Fair winners are ...
Cloquet students won the following corporate and special awards during the Northeast Minnesota Regional & American Indian Science Fair at the University of Minnesota Duluth Feb. 9. First place Categor...
Pine Ridge Homes donates vans to DAV
Ross Milberger (from left), director of Pine Ridge Homes, and Ray Saeland, Pine Ridge board chair, hand over the keys to the two vans to Gary Dahl, DAV senior vice commander and a Pine Ridge board...
