Articles from the December 20, 2019 edition
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Enjoy free Christmas dinner in Cloquet
Christmas will be here before we know it, and Cloquet's Dave Johnson wants to make sure nobody is left out. Everyone is invited to the 26th annual Cloquet Area Community Christmas Day dinner at 2... Full story
Obituary: Miriam Colburn, age 106
Miriam Colburn passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 at Oak Hill Assisted Living in Grand Rapids. At age 106, she was an "old soul," but she was young at heart right up until the end. She renewed her drive... Full story
Obituary: Rickey Allen Grimm
Rickey Allen Grimm, 63, of Mahtowa, Minnesota, passed away Dec. 9, 2019 after a six-week battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Rick was born to Helen (Ostby) and Robert Grimm, the third of seven... Full story
Obituary: Philip Lippo
Philip Lippo Philip Lippo, 78, of Cromwell passed away in his home Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, with family at his side. Phil was born near Frederick, South Dakota, to Matt and Lola Lippo. He grew up and... Full story
Dear Santa...
Open this present from the Pine Knot News and you’ll find letters to Santa written by elementary students from the area along with photos from Santa’s visit to the newspaper office earlier this mon... Full story
Jumping right in
Ski jumpers and Nordic combined racers from Chicago, the Twin Cities, Coleraine and Ishpeming, Michigan made their way here Saturday to compete in the first Central Division competition of the season... Full story
City plans methodical arena fixes until money for major overhaul
One step at a time. That's the approach one consulting firm is recommending for repairs and renovations to the city's ice arenas, in particular The Barn. After spending close to $50,000 in October to...
This week in state history
Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Dec. 21 1998 Television’s original Betty Crocker, Adelaide Hawley Cumming, dies in Seattle. Cumming starred in the Betty Crocker Show beginning in 1949 and remained General Mills’ adv...
School boards set disparate levies
The Wrenshall school board certified its 2020 levy Monday night that shows a 43-percent increase in taxes for residents of the district. While that is a huge jump, it wasn’t unexpected as the board this fall approved a nonvoter-approved $9.3 million...
Pine Knot holiday hours in effect
The Pine Knot News will go to press early over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. That means deadlines will come early for the Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 issues. For the Dec. 27 issue, please email all letters to the editor, press releases and other e...
Christmas toy drive ongoing
Brighten faces of children in our area and recycle quality items at the same time. Bring new or gently used toys, movies, books and games for all ages to Common Ground Coffee Bar and Deli 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 19-20. Cash to buy... Full story
REACH is a winner
The REACH mentoring program, based in Cloquet, won the second Season of Giving award of $5,000 from Grand Casino in Hinckley after a Facebook competition on Tuesday. REACH had 421 votes to Stable Pathways’ 350, according to REACH executive d...
Christmas dinner is on at Zion Lutheran
Everyone is invited to the 26th annual Cloquet area community Christmas Day dinner at 2 p.m. Christmas Day at Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave. in Cloquet. No money? Don’t worry, it’s free. Need a ride? Someone will pick you up. Can’t leave...
A 1950s skate
Skaters enjoy a sunny winter day at Cloquet's Pinehurst Park skating pond circa 1950 in this photo from the Carlton County Historical Society. Today the city freezes a rink in the parking lot of the...
Winter bus route begins for walking students
In response to concerns from parents of students who would normally walk to school this year, the Cloquet School District is trying a “winter-only bus route” to pick up Washington Elementary, middle school and high school students who live too clo... Full story
MNsure enrollment closes Monday
MNsure open enrollment will end next week. Minnesotans have until 11:59 p.m. Monday to enroll in coverage through MNsure. After then, Minnesotans will be able to enroll in private health insurance coverage through MNsure only if they qualify for a sp...
Police will get new guns
In January of this year, the council tabled a request from the Cloquet police department to purchase 26 Heckler & Koch VP9 (9mm) handguns at a cost of $17,277 after requesting additional information....
Our View: The Bentleyville legacy lives on
It’s a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon: Bentleyville Tour of Lights was born in Carlton County in 2001 and is now a huge, nationally recognized Christmas season event in Duluth’s Bayfront Park. It’s a lovely setting for the amazing display of ligh...
Harry's Gang: Black and white issues are still not black and white
The Minnesota Board of Pardons is planning to issue its first ever posthumous pardon to a black man convicted of rape in Duluth. Many of you already know the story: In 1920, six black circus workers...
Facebook Feedback
Kevin Olesen of Wrenshall replied on the Pine Knot Facebook page to Dave Chmielewski’s Dec. 6 column advocating for people to support a two-site solution in the upcoming Carlton/Wrenshall survey: Nailed it. ... without a positive outcome on the s...
Death notices
Denise Locke Cassidy, 64, died from heart disease Nov. 25, 2019 in her Duluth home. She was born Dec. 27, 1955 in Cass Lake, Minnesota. Visitation: 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. Celebration of Life Saturday, Dec. 21 at Nelson Funeral Care, 1004 Cloquet...
Wrenshall News: Outdoors awaits during holidays
As I was mailing a package from the Duluth post office this week, the woman behind the counter noticed my address. "Wrenshall has the best burgers around, hands down!" she said. "I worked at that...
The Green Guy: Getting a green message to students
In offering workshops and programs at Cloquet Library, the Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District seeks to better connect with residents with the goal of building up an understanding of...
Wright/Cromwell News
This may be my last news column for a couple of weeks, as I had a total knee replacement scheduled for Dec. 16 at Cloquet Memorial Hospital. I do hope to be well enough to get back home to my...
Esko First quarter merit roll
Grade 7 Laila Adamu Jack Bergstedt Aviana Bergstrand Elijah Bolling Annarose Brantley Colton Dewey Rilee Durovec Anika Elsmore Tait Erickson Elijah Gonzalez Elizabeth Haapanen Jack Hakala Alec Halvorson Greta Harden Arabelle Hawkinson Lillian Hester...
