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Partnership fuels driving program
Senior Isaac Hill sat in the auto shop building at Cloquet High School Friday morning, parking an 18-wheeler over and over again, a different scenario popping up on the video screen in front of him... Full story
Obituary: Betty Lou Milberger
Betty Lou Milberger, the daughter of Tina Wilhelimina (Salo) and Emil Joseph Plante was born on Oct. 20, 1930, in Cloquet. After high school, she worked at Diamond Match until she married Robert D.... Full story
Obituary: Roger Vincent Abramowski
Roger Vincent Abramowski of Brookston passed away March 11, 2024, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Roger was born Nov. 11, 1949, in Cloquet. He was 74 years and 4 months old to the day when he journeyed on... Full story
Fond du Lac Band searches for missing man
A search was underway Wednesday morning on the Fond du Lac Reservation for a 31-year-old Native American man last seen and heard from on Friday. Peter Michael Martin is considered a missing person,... Full story
Obituary: Stanley Walter "Stan" McKibbon
Stanley Walter "Stan" McKibbon passed away Monday, March 11, 2024. Stan was born in Cloquet on July 27, 1951, to Walter and Margaret McKibbon. He graduated from Carlton High School in 1969. He served... Full story
Attorney confirms shooting arrests
Two adults have been charged and two juveniles have been petitioned after the Feb. 24 shooting into a home in Cloquet. Carlton County Attorney Laura Ketola made the announcement after last week’s issue of the Pine Knot went to press. Arrested were...
Cloquet council meeting canceled
The regular Cloquet City Council meeting scheduled for March 19 has been canceled, due to a lack of agenda items, said city administrator Tim Peterson. The next regularly scheduled council meeting is set for April 2 at 6 p.m....
Make-A-Wish volleyball fundraiser
The Cloquet High School and Cloquet Middle School student council students are putting on a CHS staff vs. CMS staff volleyball game at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 in the middle school gym. Ticket cost is $5 at the door and concessions will be...
Board united on effort to delist wolves
After flirting for weeks with a resolution that calls for wolf management in the state, the Carlton County board voted unanimously Tuesday to appeal to federal and state legislators to delist gray...
Obituary: Ardis Joan (Eide) Jons
Ardis Joan "Bestemor" (Eide) Jons, born on June 9, 1933, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died on Dec. 18, 2023, in Tucson, Arizona. The younger daughter of John and Aagot Eide, she grew up on the... Full story
Obituary: Mary Jo (Erickson) Farleigh
Mary Jo (Erickson) Farleigh, 75, was surrounded with love and carried to her heavenly home on the wings of the Holy Spirit on Monday, March 11, 2024. She was a treasured wife, mother, daughter,... Full story
Council approves road reconstruction
It’s been nearly nine years, but two more blocks of Eighth Street — from Prospect to Sahlman Avenue — are getting a much-needed overhaul this summer. Cloquet city councilors unanimously approved the reconstruction of the pothole-ridden street,...
Obituary: Jeffrey Melvin "Opie" Aho
Jeffrey Melvin "Opie" Aho passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. He was born in Minneapolis on July 3, 1967. He graduated from Barnum High... Full story
Obituary: Renee Allison Abramowski
Renee Allison Abramowski, 67, of Cloquet passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024, at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. Renee was born Feb, 11, 1957, to Russell Cash and Phyllis Hall in Guam. She was raised... Full story
Fire destroys cloquet home
Responding to a call about a shed on fire around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, firefighters with the Cloquet Area Fire District arrived at the 1500 block of Miskomin Street in Cloquet to find a house...
Moth spray will impact county
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and partner organizations are proposing to treat spongy moth infestations this summer in seven counties across eastern Minnesota. Of the 42 sites, nearly half are in Carlton County. Residents are invited to...
Slapstick comedy will provide plenty of laughs
County Seat Theater Company opens this weekend with "Black Comedy," billed as a hilarious, crowd-pleasing slapstick comedy. The show features several colorful, duplicitous characters stumbling around...
Letters to the editor: At DVS, cuts do make sense
What Sen. Jason Rarick failed to mention in his article last week is that the testing locations that the Driver and Vehicle Services department is proposing closing are open only one day a week, at most, for limited or inconsistent hours, and run by... Full story
Business SPOTLIGHT: CARLTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
"History is who we are and why we are the way we are," said David McCullough, the American historian who received two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.... Full story
Lumberjacks bounced in first round
It took a nearly flawless game for the North Branch Vikings to beat the Cloquet in the Section 7AAA boys basketball tournament last week. The game was even at 41-41 at halftime on March 6, but the... Full story
The Ticker: A quick look at area teams in action
Wednesday, March 6 boys basketball Section 7AAA quarterfinal North Branch 95 Cloquet 85 girls basketball Section 7A semifinal Cromwell-Wright 57 Ely 51 Thursday, March 7 Boys Basketball Section 7A second round Carlton/Wrenshall 85 South Ridge 55...
Carlton happenings
Happy St. Urho’s Day, March 16, to everyone of Finnish heritage. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, to everyone of Irish heritage. As the days get warmer and daylight lasts a little longer every...
Cardinals hit MIB wall in section final
The Cardinals had a chance when they faced Mountain Iron-Buhl in the Section 7A championship game, but the Cromwell-Wright girls basketball team would have had to play a near perfect game to beat the... Full story
'Jacks can't get over Rock Ridge in final
Hopes for a Cloquet girls basketball trip to state were dashed March 7, when No. 2 seed Cloquet fell to the No. 1 seed Rock Ridge, 58-41, in the Section 7AAA final. It was the second time this season... Full story
Cloquet grad is No. 1
Cloquet's Aidan Ripp is a 2024 national champion four times over, winning every Nordic ski race he competed in last week during the U.S. Collegiate Skiing Nationals championships. Held March 5-9 at... Full story