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Harvest Festival is this weekend, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 9-11. We have a full schedule of events happening all three days! Friday’s steak fry is 4-7 p.m.,with cash bingo at 7 p.m. with a quilt raffle. The hot air balloon show and rides are a...

Appointments are now available for Minnesotans to receive an updated bivalent booster at the state-run vaccination site at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. Appointments for the Pfizer bivalent booster are available as early as Sunday,... Full story

The Moose Lake Historical Society will hold a Living History Walk at Riverside Cemetery at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. Actors in period costume will share accounts of local history from prominent past citizens, including Automba’s Matt Reed, C...

Approximately 90,000 Minnesotans will continue to save money on MinnesotaCare premiums through the end of 2025, thanks to the federal Inflation Reduction Act signed last month by President Biden. As part of the landmark law, MinnesotaCare premiums...

Former Carlton County attorney Marvin Ketola is included in the most recent edition of Marquis Who’s Who. A 1961 Cloquet High School graduate, Ketola spent more than four decades defending and enforcing the law as an attorney. He began his legal c...

The Pine Knot Gallery offers “urbanscape” paintings and photos as its fall exhibit, with a public artist reception set for Sept. 16. Featured are unique perspectives from area artists, including everything from local townscapes to cityscapes in Min...