A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
Sorted by date Results 26 - 43 of 43
Well, it’s been a little over a year since my walking articles hit this column. Little did I know that the back-to-back columns would be a foreshadowing of a health problem a couple of weeks later. Last Friday was the 1-year anniversary of my quadruple bypass surgery, and things have changed. Following surgery, I started following a stricter diet and managed to shed 55 pounds. I also focused on eliminating stress and accomplishing things that had eluded me in my previous 63 years of life. No. 1...
Cloquet's Kim Meisner hit a hole-in-one at the Rugged Spruce golf course in Mahtowa on June 9. Meisner used a six-iron on the 134-yard No. 6. "I called it," Meisner said, adding that it's something he says. "Here comes my first hole-in-one" is what he shouts when feeling optimistic on a par 3, and he did it on that hole. "It's been 50 years in the making," Meisner said. His dad and two of his brothers already have hole-in-one boasting rights. Meisner's accomplishment was witnessed by Holly...
After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, Grandma’s Marathon and the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon returned to Canal Park in Duluth on June 19. While many things changed, some things remained the same. Cloquet and Carlton County had a number of runners who were impressive in both races. The top performance of the day belonged to 1974 Cloquet graduate Brent Smith. Smith ran the marathon in 3:02:11, setting a new record for the 65-to-69-year-old age group. Smith not only set the record in the age group, but was so dominant that his next nea...
The second Pinehurst Park 3 on 3 basketball tournament starts at noon July Fourth and is free to all participants. There’s no charge to play in the double-elimination tournament, and spectators are welcome. Bring your own chairs. There will be tournament prizes too: a trophy for the winner, plus awards for most valuable player and “the most drip.” To register, email [email protected] or find Cameron on Instagram @pinehurstcourts. Same-day registrations may be accepted, depending on nu...
Start your July Fourth on the right foot, by running in the 10th annual Sawdust 5K: Kill the Hills race at Pinehurst Park in Cloquet. The race begins at 8 a.m. on July 4, winding its way through the hills of central Cloquet before returning to the park. Registration for the Sawdust is $25 at tempotickets.com/sawdust2021 before July 2 and $30 on race day. Too long or too early? The LaVonna Provost 1-mile run down Cloquet Avenue starts at 10:45 a.m., before the 11 a.m. parade. Line up at Avenue B...
Three area soccer players are part of a Duluth premier-level soccer team that made it all the way to the Midwest Presidents Cup in Ohio last month. From left, Carson Essler, Ryan Tomsche and Spencer Teitelbaum play for the Gitchi Gummi U17 premier team, which won the Minnesota Presidents Cup tournament in May to advance to the regionals in June. They won three games there, beating Illinois, Missouri and Ohio before falling to Kansas 2-1 in the semifinals. Tomsche had an assist during the...
Wrenshall High School Fourth Quarter B Honor Roll Bruddy Axtell Bryce Barczak Eli Beetcer Gavin Beetcher Joseph Bergman Hennessey Bilges Ethan Blanchard Othin Carter Pidge Eckdahl Easton Everett Briar Fernquist Brennen Fisher-Merritt Elizabeth Johnson Jenna Johnson Mark Johnson Natalya Kacer Nathaniel Kopponen Joel Lembke Melany Lonetto Eden Loucks Anne Mattson Ryker Miller Paige Olson Austin Skagerberg Magdalene Sowada Willow Sowada Kaya Stark Wesley Ward...
Carlton Schools Fourth Quarter A Honor Roll Grade 12 Colin Emerson Elizabeth Hey Jayna LeBrasseur Trevor Ojibway Daniel Sandoval Grade 11 Olivia Anderson Kash Gibson Morgan Laveau Grade 10 Korah Crane Eliza DeCaigny McKenzie Midge Emma Peterson Dylan Schwartz Michaela Sundeen Grade 9 Michael Cadott Brayden Drake Luukas Korpela Gavin LeBrasseur Megan Matarelli Sam Ojibway Grade 8 Gavin Gibson Lauryn Hilton Jackson Korpela Amber Lawry Ayden Ojibway Julia Peterson Kayla Radtke Aryanna Rodeghiero Amy Schwoch Grade 7 Alex Gillette Riley Kedrowski...
Carlton Schools Fourth Quarter B Honor Roll Grade 12 Adam Anderson Daniel Eggert Annika Johnson Samantha Matarelli Ella Rose Palmer Kyle Siiter Emma Simmer Jairid Ward Grade 11 Haley Ableiter Kenneth Alberti Nicholas DeVriendt-LeDoux Aaron Ermatinger Holly Grondahl Dakota Hegg Erik McPhail Noah Olsen Thomas Orlowski Carly Parker Joseph Solomon Cole Thompson Grade 10 Rochelle DeLovely Gunner Fadum Mason Hyry Bryant Magnuson Sebastian Mickle Grace Rathe Steven Saari Grade 9 Sofie Herman Elijah Kot Donnamae Martinez Adaline Midge Gibson Reed...
The Arrowhead Library System is offering teens an online writing workshop with award-winning Minnesota Author Mary Casanova July 26-30. A small group of teen writers will create new work, share with others and discuss the writer’s craft and journey. The free, week-long workshop is for teens ages 13-17 who will meet online each day from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Workshop size is limited.Registration is required. Visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021alswriting workshop or call 218-741-3840. Casanova is the author of 39 books, ranging from picture books t...
Local Wrenshall farmer Jason Amundson describes the taste of the honeyberry as what would happen if a blueberry fell in love with a pack of SweeTARTS: some are sweet, some are sour, some are tart, and they are all ripening faster than they ever have before. "In 2019 we knew reliably that we could count on the berries to be ripe on the Fourth of July," he said. "Last year we opened for picking on June 30. This year it was June 25. It's terrifying." I spoke to Jason and his wife and farming...
The Rev. DeeDee Haines was guest pastor at Bethlehem and Bethany June 27. She is the daughter of Marvin and Pat Kempi. Marvin and his brother Danny used to own the bakery in Cromwell and made the famous Cromwell Cinnamon Toast, which was invented and distributed by Einar Letty for years. DeeDee was back in the area attending the Kempi family reunion. Wrong Days is scheduled for July 16, 17 and 18 at the Wright park in Wright. Vendors and more volunteers are welcome, just call Linda at...
Happy Independence Day. I hope folks will celebrate safely with family and friends now that most of the pandemic restrictions have been lifted. About three weeks ago, I had the opportunity to have a get-together with family and friends to celebrate my 75th birthday and even enjoy a visit from my son and daughter-in-law from California. We ate a lot of food, took family pictures and played some lawn games, including molkky — a gift from the Lance Seboe family. Molkky, aka finska, is a popular F...
Graduates from the Cloquet High School classes of 1953, 1954 and 1955 will gather at The River Inn later this month. In addition to Facebook and other means, 1954 CHS grad Wendell "Windy" Falstrom placed a small ad in the Pine Knot News to let people know about the event. I connected with Fahlstrom at his home in Napa, California. These graduates are in their 80s and it's just a thrill for Windy to come back to Cloquet and rejoin his former classmates. "Once a person moves away and then reflects...
The CAT-7 cable access channel airs the following church services every week. The local channel is accessible to Mediacom subscribers at Channel 7. Monday 5 p.m. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Wednesday 2 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 3:30 p.m. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 5 p.m. Cloquet Presbyterian Church 6 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church 7 p.m. Queen of Peace Catholic Church Sunday 11 a.m. Queen of Peace Catholic Church 2 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 3:30 p.m. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 5 p.m. Cloquet Presbyterian Church 6 p.m. Zion Luth...
The Polar League All Star softball players faced off in Esko June 21. Team Dark Blue and Team Light Blue played to a 4-4 tie. Players named to the teams included Eliza DeCaigny, Elizabeth Hey and Abby Mitchell of Carlton; Kaitlyn Adkins and Lily Hanson of Esko; and Lacie O'Leary, Mendota Castonguay and Katelyn Buell of Barnum. Other players included Darby Autio of Floodwood and Silver Bay's Katie Carpenter, Hannah Thums, Hope Ernest and Danika Thompson. Jana Peterson / Pine Knot...
The Polar League All Star baseball players faced off in Esko June 21. Team Weber took down Team Wallin 9-2. Players named to the teams included Noah Furcht, Tyler Koskela and Cale Haugen of Esko; Caleb Hautajarvi, Barnum; Dan Eggert, Kristian Herman, Kyle Siiter and Henry Ribich of Carlton; Wrenshall, Zeke Rousseau-Sheff, Wrenshall; and Jaxson Bennett, Connor Bushbaum, Jackson O'Bey, Wyatt Olson and Aaron Bennett of South Ridge. Other players included Lucas Stadler, Ryder McMillan, Ero Wallin...
The unanimous selection for this year’s grand marshals of the July Fourth parade is a group of people who worked hard and risked much over the past 18 months: health care workers. “All health care workers, from those in nursing homes and school settings to clinics and hospitals, public health nurses and more, deserve our thanks for taking care of us during the pandemic,” committee members said in a joint statement. “We hope everyone who is watching the parade Sunday will make them feel special — and reach out to thank the many who can’t be ther...
