Articles from the May 8, 2020 edition
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Mobile testing comes to Cloquet
Mobile testing for COVID-19 has arrived in Cloquet in true Northland style: a fish house. "Technically it's a fish house with no holes," said phlebotomist Alicia Rock with a chuckle Tuesday morning. A... Full story
As theater goes dark, popcorn still pops
The first famous movie quote, "There's no place like home," went up on the Premiere Theatres sign after Gov. Tim Walz issued his stay-at-home order and shut down movie theaters, restaurants and other...
This week in state history
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week. May 8 1910 Governor Adolf O. Eberhart declares Minnesota's first Mother's Day holiday. 1924 Ships idled in ice in Duluth's harbor begin to...
Cloquet grads opt for a drive-in ceremony
It will be a Cloquet High School graduation unlike any that have come before, that's for certain. Restricted by orders prohibiting large gatherings and aiming to promote social distancing during the C... Full story
COVID case numbers still climbing
Increrased testing across the state is sending the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases higher while it gives health officials a better idea of where the spread is occuring. On Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported that the total... Full story
USG shuts down with more cases
After reporting that the Cloquet USG plant had one person test positive for COVID-19 on April 24, the company announced Wednesday that it had two additional confirmed cases of the disease. The company found out this week and suspended operations at... Full story
Two injured in two-car accident
Two people were taken to the Cloquet hospital Saturday after a teenage driver ran a stop sign on County Road 4 in Silver Brook Township. According to the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, a 43-year-old male driver and his 42-year-old passenger in a...
Highway 23 bridge projects begun
Two bridge projects on Highway 23 in Carlton County south of Wrenshall began this week and are expected to run until October. The road will not be closed, but single-lane bypasses will be used. The bridge over Deer Creek, south of Pleasant Valley,...
Social distancing disregard closes basketball court ... again
Cloquet city councilors tried to find a balance between keeping people safe on the one hand, and allowing them to have fun outside at city parks on the other during Tuesday’s online council... Full story
Boards fine-tune school site plans
A joint committee made up of school board members from Carlton and Wrenshall districts is chipping away at site plans for a consolidated district. The boards have to submit a plan to the Minnesota Department of Education next week on what it will be...
County board member will run to keep seat
Two-term Carlton County board commissioner Gary Peterson announced this week that he will seek re-election this fall. He made the announcement at the board’s committee of the whole meeting on Monday. Filing opens on May 19 with the Carlton County...
Story train chugs along
Cloquet librarian Keiko Satomi said she was reading about the food train at B&B Market in Cloquet, along with stories about community members reading to kids online, when it occurred to her: Why not...
Praise high on the roof
They were singing and preaching from the rooftop Sunday at Journey Christian Church in Cloquet. It was the second drive-in church service where associate Pastor Fred Goldschmidt preached and the...
On Faith: Promise can hold us together
The Danish physicist Nils Bohr famously observed that “it is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” Never has that statement been truer than today. The COVID-19 pandemic has created deep uncertainties and anxieties, not... Full story
Our View: Election season coming right at us
We’re expecting a different campaign season this year, with social distancing both a barrier to traditional campaigning and an issue in itself: How much social distancing and other restrictions does the government have over its citizens? So we were...
Harry's Gang: I prefer a warm, dry camp
Now we can't camp overnight in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. I say it's no big deal, for now. It's a ban lasting only until May 18. But who camps in early May except the diehards? It's...
Letters to the editor: Support Enbridge line; support our economy
As a longtime taxpayer and consumer of energy products, I am writing to express my support of Enbridge’s Line 3 project and the economic benefits it would bring to our community and the state of Minnesota, particularly on the heels of the COVID-19...
On The Mark: Food shelf volunteers fill new gaps
As increasing numbers of our neighbors are laid off or staying home with children, they find it harder to make ends meet. Nonprofits such as the Tri-Community Food Shelf are helping mightily to...
Take advantage of many local farm food options
Our new normal during the coronavirus pandemic has made many appreciate the ease of access to basic needs here in our local communities. All of the local grocery stores have been relatively...
The Green Guy: I'm leaving, but SWCD works goes on
Goodbye. Maybe it’s just me, but “goodbye” seems reserved for formal occasions with suits and ties or when the end just can’t come soon enough. I much prefer the intentionally vague “until...
Rickety Desk: Shows must go on
When I was kid, one of the fun things that might happen when the family was stuck in the house on a snowy day was a "theatrical production." These were usually a one-act play dreamed up by the kids...
With pandemic, what's old is new again ... sort of
Saturday night sauna visits with Great-Uncle Krigsholm and the Reed and Koivisto grandparents included tales of past epidemics that killed family members or neighbors. Average life expectancy in 1918 wasn’t much past age 50. People who died in...
Boy Scouts stay busy virtually
The Scouts from Cloquet’s Troop 171 have been busy with distant learning activities during the ongoing health emergency. Scoutmaster Kevin McGrath says they have been holding weekly virtual troop meetings on Friday nights, which have kept Scouts...
Obituaries: Barbara Little
Barbara Ann Cloud Little was born in Washington, D.C. in 1934, the second of four children born to Etienne L. and Dorothy Ball Cloud. She entered into the next realm on May 4, 2020, after living with... Full story
Obituaries: Lauretta "Lori" Lee McCollum
Lauretta "Lori" Lee McCollum, 67, of Esko passed away April 30, 2020, at home. She was born Aug. 25, 1952, in Minneapolis to Lyle and Jenny Mae Putnam. Lori worked as a cook at the Black Bear Casino... Full story
