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Like for plenty of other folks around the country, our Thanksgiving looked quite a bit different this year, but we still celebrated our immense blessings around a dinner of poultry and savory spices. This year I felt especially thankful for the health and safety of my family. My husband, Janaki, contracted Covid-19 sometime in early November and has since recovered, but the repercussions from even one mild case are a good reminder of the precautions we all should continue to take to keep each...
MPR News With Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations at or near record highs, roughly 60 percent of Minnesota K-12 students are currently in distance learning - more than double the rate from early October. Many schools pivoted to remote instruction just before Thanksgiving break and plan to stay that way for at least a couple of months. St. Paul Public Schools, for example, which began the year with distance learning, won't resume any in-person instruction until at least Jan. 19, or two...
The Nordic Spirit Youth Ski League offers cross-country ski lessons at Spirit Mountain Nordic Center to kids ages 5-14 at an affordable price, with great volunteer teachers. The weekly lessons begin Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021 and run for six weeks. The last lesson, on Feb. 14, will be a picnic. The cost is $20 for the first child, $15 for the second (maximum $45 per family), and includes a ski pass and use of ski equipment for the season. Due to the coronavirus, the equipment can be taken for the season with a $50 deposit per family. The league...
With many ACT testing dates canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Alworth Foundation board of directors has determined that eligibility for scholarships will be based solely on a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher this year. “In previous years we’ve required both a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and an ACT test score of 25 or higher for students to be considered for an Alworth scholarship, but it would be unfair to require a test score when many students have no opportunity to take the test,” said Patty Salo Downs, Alworth Found...
Esko High School Quarter 1 Honor roll Will Abrahamson Emma Adkins Kaitlyn Adkins Alexandra Aker Ashley Aker Jason Amireault Claire Anderson Karin Anderson Siri Anderson Santiago Anich Joseph Antonutti Rachel Antonutti Ellahna Barnes Ellynor Barta Joel Barta Nathan Barta Alena Beare Mollie Belich Aspen Berg Cuinn Berger Tia Bertogliat Carli Bloom Sierra Boitz Alexander Bourgeault Cadence Brissett Owen Campanario Samuel Cheslak Ayden Chopskie Jordan Chopskie Megan Chopskie Brynn Christensen Ty Christensen Liberty Clifford Isabelle Cloose Avah Clo...
Like everything else in 2020, Thanksgiving looked a little different this year, especially for large community meals like the one organized by the Disabled American Vets in Cloquet. Instead of a sit down meal at a local church, this year all the meals were packaged individually for delivery or pickup. There were no guests to greet, and each volunteer had to sign in at the door, in case someone tested positive for Covid later and they needed to contact everyone. The food was the same: turkey,...
Neil W. Rule, age 83, of Cloquet, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. He was born July 31, 1937 in Bear River, MN, the son of Charles and Thelma (Hagsten) Rule. Neil went to High School at Cherry High School where he met his wife of 60 years, Carol Lahti Rule. He was a member of the Army National Guard. An apprenticeship led to a 40-year career as a proud meat cutter- “not a butcher” as he would say. Throughout his life he enjoyed hunting, camping, snowm...
Arthur Allen Johnson, 92, died peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020 at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton, Minnesota. He was born on June 11, 1928 in Minneapolis to Arthur Rudolph Johnson and Florence Reed. Art was a two-time U.S. Army veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. Following the war, he married Charlotte Ann Johnson on June 16, 1956, and they started a family. He was employed as the printer at the Conwed wood conversion plant for many years. Art had a passion for the Minnesota...
