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Albert "Pete" W. White, 84, of Carlton, Minn. passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Inter-Faith Care Center. He was born Aug. 10, 1934 in Cloquet, Minn. to Alfred and Edna (Larson) White and... Full story

There is exciting news in both the fine and industrial arts this past week. Wrenshall High School senior Jared Kelley was awarded the opportunity to sign on with the Carpenter’s Training Institute i...

Summer must be on its way! How do I know? Well, the first Wrong Days in Wright meeting was held at Kalli’s in Wright on Monday, April 22. The planning committee is comprised of chairperson Linda K...

Today there is a resurgence of interest in making useful, handmade items from scraps. We call it “repurposing.” In Sweden, it is called “luffarslöjd.” Artist and maker Faith Clover will be visiting...

And then there were six. Over the course of a nearly three-hour working session Monday, Carlton School Board members narrowed down a list of possible long-term options for the school district from 10...

You can fake a lot of things in life, but you can't fake showing up - for yourself or for others. "Showing up" is not a matter of being, it is a matter of doing. Volunteer Rick Ramey knows what it...

Early in April it looked like Mother Nature was going to provide the kind of spring we have not seen for a while, where Northland sports teams could play a full and normal schedule. As we all know,...

The Cloquet boys golf team finally got to play in its first meet of the season last weekend and played very well - with a top-three individual finisher and a fourth-place team finish - despite a lack...

At six wins and zero losses, the Carlton softball team is steaming through the season, at least as often as the weather allows. The Bulldogs beat Cromwell-Wright 16-1 Tuesday, a game that ended in...

September through April, a group of regional male retirees get together at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Cloquet on Friday mornings to try their hand at dartball. Players ranging in age from their l...

The feedback I receive on my angling articles covers the spectrum. Most people appreciate my stories along with the technical information I share. Others enjoy my articles, but the minutiae of...

It’s been a feast-or-famine type of week for the Lumberjacks softball team. Averaging more than 10 runs per game, the team faced a scoring famine when beaten by Hermantown 6-0 last Friday, then f...

Wow, what an April, lots of snow and a ton of maple sap. Just as Twins fans remember 1991, ricers remember that great crop with no rice worms, and skiers remember the year of perfect snow, I will reme...

"April is the cruelest month," T. S. Elliot penned in his masterpiece, "Four Quartets." When I moved back to Minnesota in 1999, my brother warned me that November, March and April were the worst for...

More than 300 dads and daughters put on their finest dancing duds and headed to the 12th annual REACH father-daughter ball Saturday, April 27. There was plenty of glitter at the "Diamonds and...