Articles from the March 26, 2021 edition
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Obituaries: Estelle "Jonni" Anderson
Estelle "Jonni" Anderson died peacefully on Sunday, March 21, 2021, with family by her side. She lived with dementia for many years and, after quite a fight, succumbed to the final stages. Jonni was... Full story
Obituaries: Scott Alan Meisner
Scott "MIZE" Meisner of Scanlon bought his last round on March 18, 2021. He was born April 27, 1960, in Duluth, the favorite son of Frank and Patricia (Polvi) Meisner. Scott graduated from Cloquet... Full story
Lumberjacks teams spark as seasons end
Both the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Moose Lake Area girls hockey teams bowed out of the Section 7A hockey tournament Thursday night. The Lumberjacks were chopp-ed down by the Hilltoppers and the Rebels... Full story
Boys fall to Rapids in section semifinal
After opening the Section 7AA hockey tournament with a 2-0 home win over Duluth Marshall, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys team was bounced from the tournament Saturday afternoon by a 4-0 score at the... Full story
Rebels reach section championship
The Moose Lake/Willow River boys basketball team was set to face Pequot Lakes in the Section 7AA boys basketball championship game Thursday night, after the issue of the Pine Knot News was printed.... Full story
Esko keeps rolling; Cromwell-Wright knocked out
In the Section 7AA girls basketball playoffs the No. 1 seeded Eskomos, not surprisingly, are still standing and were set to play No. 4 seed Crosby-Ironton Wednesday as this issue of the Pine Knot News... Full story
Cloquet beats Hermantown, loses to Hibbing
In an odd twist of fate, the Cloquet boys basketball team played Hermantown in their final regular season game on Wednesday and then had to turn around and face the Hawks again on Saturday in the... Full story
Bombers are marching through Section 5A
Barnum is the only local team in the Section 5A boys basketball playoffs still standing, after defeating McGregor and St. John’s Prep to get to the semifinal game against Upsala set for Wednesday n... Full story
Frozen Forester race brings in $2K for trails
This year's annual Frozen Forester races at Pine Valley raised more than $2,000 to help with trail expansion and maintenance costs for the new bike trails at Cloquet's popular woodland park. Held on... Full story
Killing time at the arena
Michael Olson, 10, (right) bounces a ball on his hockey stick while his Superior Blue teammates also burn off some energy between games during this weekend's squirt hockey playoffs at the Pine Valley... Full story
Aurora aura turns into art
To get photos of the northern lights, photographer Carla Goldschmidt first had to become a hunter. Not in the traditional sense, rather hunting with her camera and her wits for the elusive and...
Cloquet author wins Christian book award
"Arya The Protector," a children's picture book by Cloquet author Burton Laine, won a first-place children's book award in the 2020 Christian Author Awards. In the book, the sheep on a farm have no...
Wrenshall news: Spring hits its marks
At 4:37 a.m. on March 20, we officially passed into spring with the vernal equinox. We’ve tipped the scales and there is a little more light every day. Our family joined plenty of other folks a...
Wright/Cromwell news
I am still doing some subbing at Floodwood school and I want everyone to know how great the students are there. You can be very proud of your students, educators and the whole staff for doing a great...
Groups team up to save river bank
A hidden gem in Carlton County is getting some attention thanks to two vital grants. The Little Net River is a scenic trout stream near Holyoke. Starting in the Nemadji State Forest, the river flows north toward Lake Superior. The river cuts through... Full story
Master Gardener: Urge to get garden going strengthens
This past week, while browsing my wife’s hometown newspaper, The Northern Star in Clinton, Minnesota, I came across a column by Lois Torgerson. In it she had this paragraph, which was just too good not to share. “A fellow was asked how his gar... Full story
State set to douse Esko area
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and partner organizations are planning to tackle gypsy moth infestations this spring at 13 sites across the eastern part of the state, including a large area... Full story
