Articles from the April 15, 2022 edition
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DAV rummage sale is all set
The nonprofit Disabled American Veterans rummage sale runs from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 15-16, at the Cloquet Armory. Proceeds benefit Carlton County veterans. There will be coffee and donuts available and a lunch wagon on... Full story
Top two advance in FDL primary
Two challengers will face off for the Reservation Business Council District II (Sawyer) seat in the Fond du Lac Reservation general election in June. Brad (Raff) Blacketter, with 52 votes, and Naomi Northrup, with 49, were the top two vote getters... Full story
Hospital seeks Covid-19 study volunteers
St. Luke’s hospital in Duluth is welcoming new participants to a study with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and five other research sites across the country to study how Covid-19 moves through populations of people. Healthcare w... Full story
Esko schools: School forest idea grows
The beginning of spring has left Esko students itching to get outside. With the approval to create a school forest by the Esko school board and a solar panel project continuing to be developed, the district is excited to give students more...
Wrenshall: Board, teachers close to deal
Contract negotiations between the Wrenshall school district and its teachers went to the rare step of mediation last month in order to resolve sticking points. The Wrenshall school board on Monday agreed to table approval of the eventual agreement...
There's just the weekend left to file 2021 taxes
More than 1.9 million Minnesotans have filed their income tax returns this tax season with more than 1.1 million already having received their refunds. With the April 18 deadline for filing 2021 income tax returns quickly approaching, the Minnesota... Full story
Shooting leads to arrest
A man found Sunday afternoon walking along a highway with gunshot wounds to his legs near Midway Road and Interstate 35 led to a three-day investigation and an arrest on Tuesday. According to a St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies w...
Wilderness down to the wire for playoff berth
The Minnesota Wilderness won't know their postseason fate until the last game of the season after falling to the Chippewa Steel 7-2 Friday night in Wisconsin. It’s the second loss in as many tries for the Wilderness (34-23-2) when they have been in p... Full story
Our View: Move over, slow down
Last Friday, a local firefighter could have been hit by a passing driver. Fortunately, he had retrieved the equipment he was taking from the rescue truck before the driver demolished the traffic cone... Full story
Letter: Trip was pure education
While all the attention in the Pine Knot News about being stranded in Miami was fun for our young travelers, I just want to clarify that the trip to Costa Rica was part of a class for educational credit. The itinerary of the trip is very robust and e... Full story
Knot Pining: Discourse as discord rises
Sometimes I feel like I’m 12 years old. Other times I feel all of the many decades of my nose to the journalism grindstone. It’s a constant battle of finding the youthful energy to be indignant versus what the spent energy will yield in the end for o... Full story