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Most events throughout the Pine Knot News coverage area have been canceled as the state is under a “stay at home” order. If you have made plans to attend an event, you should call ahead to check on its status. Unfortunately, the assumption has... Full story

Churches in the area have had to scramble under pandemic measures that don’t allow public gatherings. Most are trying mightily to post services and other offerings online. Videos are posted directly on sites or linked to Facebook or YouTube... Full story

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition curbside service menu (879-5870): Friday, May 29 Fish taco, fresh fruit Monday, June 1 Cheesy cauliflower soup and ham & cheese sandwich or alternative entrée, fresh fruit Tuesday, June 2 Chicken pasta salad, strawberry... Full story

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week....

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week....

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week....

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week. March 27 1905 The Aerial Bridge, spanning the Duluth shipping canal, carries its first passengers across the harbor inside a carriage suspended from the bridge framework. The system would be...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this week. March 14 1919 Humorist Max Shulman is born in St. Paul. An author and Hollywood screenwriter, he is best remembered for creating the character Dobie Gillis. Shulman died in 1988. March 15 1927...

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...

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...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week....

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...

Historic Minnesota events with anniversaries this coming week....