Articles from the June 14, 2019 edition
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Caution: Public building boom approaching
With the Great Recession firmly in the rearview mirror, local governmental bodies are eyeing and undertaking building projects that many say are long overdue. In most cases, they're correct. Still,...
Obituary: Linda Marie (Lindquist) Berthiaume
Linda M. Berthiaume, age 66 of Cloquet, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2019 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth with her loving husband, Mike and family by her side. She was born November 21, 1952 in... Full story
Farmers Market News: Mature kale likes a good massage
The Carlton County Farmers Market is open for the season, and we enjoyed beautiful weather for our first few Saturday morning markets in Cloquet at the Premiere Theatres parking lot. Our Tuesday...
Boys golf team takes third at state
With nine holes to play at the Minnesota State Class AA Boys Golf Tournament, the Cloquet-Esko Lumberjacks trailed Hill Murray by four strokes for third place Wednesday afternoon. Led by senior...
Sudden death of play director reels Cloquet theater community
A young man with an outsized personality and impact on the Cloquet theater world died Saturday, while gardening at his home in Cloquet. Landon Hall, 23, a 2014 Cloquet High School graduate and the... Full story
After 63 years, Marge Stillwell still loves to play the pipes
Seated at the console of the beloved pipe organ she has played for more than six decades, Marge Stillwell paused for a moment. Her mind rolled through the catalogues of favorite music and fondest memo...
Firefighter accused of assault resigns
Following the airing of a Fox 21 news story about a backlog of rape kit investigations in Duluth and the success of related prosecutions, an unnamed Cloquet Area Fire District firefighter is no longer on the job. The firefighter, age 29, was not...
Historical Society to feature fur trade
An artifact display, slideshow and lecture on "Artifacts of the Fur Trade along the St. Louis River and Carlton County" will be presented by David H. Peterson, lecturer for the Minnesota State Park...
Woman charged after meth found
An Aitkin woman was arrested June 3 after a police officer found methamphetamine in the car she was sitting in. Teresa Anne Wells, 36, was charged with felony first-degree drug possession in Carlton...
Power company gets $52 million
U.S. Congressman Pete Stauber announced that Lake Country Power will receive $52 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. This investment will be used to finance 1,400 new consumer connections, build and...
Franklin sells Moose Lake and other weekly papers
Tim Franklin sold his group of northern Minnesota weekly papers to Northstar Media, Cambridge. Included in the sale were the Moose Lake Star Gazette, the Hinckley News, the Pine County Courier in Sandstone, the Askov American, the Evergreen shopper...
The old brick plant
This photograph postcard from 1912 shows the Thomson Dam area between Carlton and Thomson. The bridge is the automobile and footbridge over the St. Louis River. The dam is in the background. The...
Our view: City council takes right election turn
Recently, newly elected Cloquet councilor Dakota Koski announced that he must resign his seat, as he is moving out of his ward and will no longer be eligible to serve. First, congratulations to Dakota, who is buying his first house. And cheers to him...
Harry's gang: When suicide takes center stage
“Dear Evan Hansen” is a popular Broadway musical that centers around young people and how they deal with a suicide among their peers. Sound like an odd theme for a musical? Well, in some ways, it is. The musical is funny, romantic, tragic and thought...
Guest view: Council decision shows little regard for residents
I was disheartened by the Cloquet City Council’s recent 5-1 vote to approve rezoning of the lot adjacent to Sammy’s Pizza from R-1 (single-family resident) to RC (highway commercial) in order for the owner to put a parking lot on a former res...
Notes from the Small Pond: Taking in a McCartney concert has its moments
This past Saturday night, my wife and I were lucky to have been invited to join some professional colleagues in the Green Bay Packers executive suite at Lambeau Field for the Paul McCartney concert. Several individuals told me they wouldn’t be c...
Learn how to stop elder abuse
Every year on June 15, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is commemorated in America and around the world to raise awareness of older adults who experience elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. Older Americans are vital, contributing members... Full story
Cromwell-Wright news
A trivia questionnaire was part of the Farmers Cooperative 100th anniversary event June 1. There was a tie for high score: Ervin Pettit and Bob Stewart had 21 points each. Bob declined any prize because he was a past manager. It was fun, a real good...
College Student Notebook
Carlton, Cloquet alums graduate from college Chelsie Tischer of Carlton graduated cum laude May 4 from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering. She is the daughter of Brenda and Mike Tischer....
Wrenshall News: In the case of this judge, retirement really is for the birds
"I remember clearly: I had been having a terrible week of hearing really hard cases and I got up early to go at it again. When I was driving out of the farm, the sun caught the angle on my split rail...
Lumberjacks return from state with hardware
When practice started in March in the Cloquet Middle School gymnasium, the Cloquet girls softball team had high hopes. Returning eight starters from last year's section runner-up team, the coaching...
Panthers play in first state softball tournament
The South Ridge Panthers were rolling on a hot streak when they entered the girls state softball tournament last week at Caswell Park in North Mankato, with Malania Madill throwing 33 scoreless inning...
Young Esko team falls at State
The Esko Eskomos made their fourth consecutive appearance at the Class AA girls state softball tournament last Thursday in North Mankato, but this one was somewhat different than the previous three...
Panthers baseball on the prowl to State
Don't look now, but South Ridge is fast becoming a top local school during the spring sports season. After the softball team made the state tournament for the first time in school history a week ago,...
Eskomos baseball team fall in section finals
Playing in their seventh section 7AA playoff game last Thursday in Proctor, the Esko Eskomos knew it was an uphill battle facing Duluth Marshall. They were right. The two-time defending section champi...
