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Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week. Feb. 21 2005 Three Minnesota National Guardsmen—David Day of St. Louis Park, Jesse Lhotka of Appleton, and Jason Timmerman of Tracy—are killed in Iraq, marking the deadliest day for...

The Cloquet Rotary Club is organizing its Rotary March for Veterans Celebration to show appreciation for military veterans starting at 5:30 p.m. March 7 at the AAD Shriners Building in Hermantown. This event is open to the public and festivities...

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 615 12th St., Cloquet 218-879-1535 [email protected] oursaviorscloquet.org Sunday traditional service 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday contemporary service 10:45 a.m. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran... Full story

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition menu: Friday, Feb. 21 Ham, egg and spinach bake, cinnamon roll Monday, Feb. 24 Meatloaf dinner, fresh fruit Tuesday, Feb. 25 Special of the Day Wednesday, Feb. 26 Mild Buffalo or BBQ chicken sandwich or BBQ alternate,... Full story

Friday, Feb. 21 Retired men’s dart baseball 9 a.m. Fridays, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. 879-7274 AARP tax preparation 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through April 11, Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave. in Cloquet. For tax questions, call 218-348-8753.... Full story

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week. Feb. 7 1851 The Minnesota territorial legislature votes to make St. Paul the capital and to put the prison in Stillwater. 1867 Laura Ingalls (Wilder) is born near Pepin, Wisconsin. Her family...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Jan. 26 1949 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company announces the invention of a machine that can make mass recordings on magnetic audio tape. Jan. 27 1871 Kentucky Congressman James...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Jan. 3 1905 The Minnesota legislature meets for the first time in the state capitol building designed by Cass Gilbert. 1916 Maxene Andrews is born in Minneapolis. With her sisters...

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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...

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...

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Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Dec. 6 1815 Abolitionist, feminist, and newspaper publisher Jane Grey Swisshelm is born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She would move to Minnesota in 1857 and establish the St. Cloud...

Boys basketball • Carlton at Wrenshall at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 • Cloquet vs Esko at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 • Cromwell-Wright at McGregor at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 • Esko at St. Paul Johnson at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 • Cloquet...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Nov. 29 2000 Pioneering journalist Marvel Jackson Cooke dies in New York. Born in Mankato in 1903, Cooke moved to Harlem in 1926 and worked for the NAACP’s Crisis magazine, the...

The annual Holiday Celebration event for area children and families will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 6 in the student commons area and amphitheater at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. Plenty of food and beverages, games, and a visit from Santa...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Nov. 22 1995 A merger of giant railroad companies creates the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The Burlington Northern had long been a major railroad in Minnesota, itself the result...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Nov. 1 1849 The legislature establishes funding for the territory’s public schools. By decree of the Northwest Ordinance, one section in each township had been set aside to support a... Full story

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Oct. 25 1987 In the seventh game of the World Series, the Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals with a score of 4-2, winning the series 4-3. 2002 While running for a third term in office, Un...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week. Oct. 12 1892 The first car of iron ore travels from Mountain Iron to Duluth and assays at 65 percent iron. Minnesota would lead the country in iron ore production for many years, and...

The annual Cloquet River Run is Saturday, Sept. 28, and it’s not too late to sign up. Runners and walkers can choose between a 1-mile race at 9 a.m. and a 5K race, down to and along the beautiful St. Louis River, at 9:30 a.m. Both races start and... Full story

The Fall Chicken Swap will be held 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 in the parking lot of the Four Seasons Sports Complex in Carlton. Not allowed to have chickens? You’re also likely to find puppies, bunnies, goats, pigs, ducks, homegrown...