Articles from the June 14, 2019 edition
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Cloquet girls softball is an award winning team
Post-season accolades continue to roll in for the Cloquet High School softball team which wrapped up the season last Friday by taking the Class AAA third-place trophy at the Minnesota State High...
Funeral notices
James Howard Granholm, 87, of Cromwell, Minn. passed away Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Cardinal Courts with his children by his side. Services were held June 9 in Bethany Lutheran Church in Cromwell. Inurnment in Sawyer Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted... Full story
Esko approves comprehensive plan consultant
The Thomson Township board approved the hiring of a comprehensive plan consultant at its June 6 meeting. The current comprehensive plan is 20 years old and township officials are working on updating...
Tomhave faces stiff competition at State tennis
Despite a spring in which it appeared winter snows and early season rain would never let up, the Cloquet Lumberjack boys tennis team had a solid showing and one particular player, Peter Tomhave, had...
The dump run
The summer after my sophomore year of high school I packed up and headed north. I would spend my summer break along the south shore of Gunflint lake as a “dock boy” for the Kerfoot family at Gun... Full story
Cloquet duo raises big bucks for MN Adult & Teen Challenge
When you combine fishing, faith, and a passion to free those trapped in addictions, amazing things can happen. Leading up to this year’s Minnesota Fishing Challenge, anglers raised more than $... Full story
Carlton County kids hold their own at State track meets
Carlton County was well-represented at last week’s Minnesota State High School League Track & Field State Meet. As the largest school in the county, Cloquet was the only school to send athletes to t...
Cloquet makes big plans for the Fourth
While the Cloquet Fourth of July festivities will include all the crowd favorites — 5K race, parade, pie eating contest, music, wiffleball, bouncy castles, buried treasure, fireworks and more — som...
Parking lot wins, neighborhood loses
After sending rezoning and comprehensive plan change requests back to the Planning Commission and getting the same recommendation back — to deny the requests — the Cloquet City council voted 5-1 to...
Commissioners ponder how to pay for new Barnum shop
All options are on the table as Carlton County board commissioners try to figure out how to pay up to $10 million for a new or renovated shop building at the Carlton CountyTransportation Center in Barnum. During its Tuesday, June 11 regular session...
Barnum celebrates Spring Fever Days
The 37th annual Barnum Spring Fever Days was “a total hit,” according to Wayne Suronen, president of the Barnum Community Club. “The Miss Barnum pageant was beautiful and well-attended,” he said, n...
Obituary: Alice M. Woodworth
Alice M. “Sam” Woodworth, 86, of Cloquet, Minn., formerly of Angola, Ind. passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in Community Memorial Hospital. She was born April 13, 1933 in Val... Full story