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Arrowhead Senior Nutrition menu for Aug. 30-Sept. 6: Friday, Aug. 30: Lasagna, fruit Monday, Sept. 2: Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 3: Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, fresh fruit Wednesday, Sept. 4: Roast pork loin, mashed potatoes... Full story

The Moose Lake Area Historical Society will hold a Living History Walk at Riverside Cemetery 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. The cost is $10. Chat with actors portraying real people from the area’s past, including Nora Nilsen, superintendent of C... Full story

CARLTON EVENTS Carlton Schools -Back to School open house, 12-6 p.m. Aug. 29 at South Terrace and High School. -Student photos will be taken 12-6 p.m. at each school. -Sixth-grade orientation at 5 p.m. in MS/HS library. -For more information, go to...

The Carlton County Historical Society needs volunteers to help at the county fair in Barnum through Aug. 19. Sign up at https://signup.com/go/bCBAjtb or call 218-590-6965 for help getting scheduled. Back-to-school can be a tough time for many...

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition menu for Aug. 16-23: Friday, Aug. 16: Meatballs and gravy, mashed potatoes, fruit Monday, Aug. 19: Special of the Day, vegetables or fruit, dessert Tuesday, Aug. 20: Roast turkey dinner, strawberry shortcake Wednesday,... Full story

Historic Minnesota events that took place Aug. 9-15. August 9 1842 The Webster–Ashburton Treaty, which set the boundary between Canada and the United States, is signed by the United States and Great Britain. The boundary had been in dispute since t...

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition menu for Aug. 9-16: Friday, Aug. 9: Roast beef dinner, cake Monday, Aug. 12: Penne with Italian sausage, fresh fruit Tuesday, Aug. 13: Chicken strip dinner, fresh fruit Wednesday, Aug. 14: Ham dinner or alternative... Full story

The Carlton County Historical Society needs volunteers to help greet visitors, sell items and talk about Carlton County history at its machinery building and log cabin at the county fair in Barnum, Aug. 14-19. Volunteers demonstrating...

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition Menu for August 2-9: Friday, July Aug. 2: Special of the day, vegetables or fruit, dessert Monday, Aug. 5: Cheesy cauliflower soup & ham and cheese sandwich or alternative*, fresh fruit Tuesday, Aug. 6: Chicken pasta... Full story

The Audubon Center of the North Woods visits the Cloquet library 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2. Come explore what makes falcons, owls, hawks and eagles unique, through games and by meeting three live raptors! For all ages. The 13th annual Karl Kalli... Full story

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 615 12th St., Cloquet 218-879-1535 [email protected] oursaviorscloquet.org Sunday service 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study 10-11 a.m. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 1705 Wilson Ave., Cloquet 218... Full story

Historic Minnesota events that took place July 26-Aug. 1. July 27 1972 Kidnappers abduct Virginia Piper, wife of investment banker Harry C. Piper, Jr., from her home. The Minneapolis woman is released near Duluth after a ransom of one million...

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition Menu for July 26-Aug. 2: Friday, July 26: Baked fish, cake Monday, July 29: Bacon cheeseburger pasta hotdish, fresh fruit Tuesday, July 30: Ham dinner or alternative, rhubarb streusel pie Wednesday, July 31:... Full story

Skaters and neighbors are invited to celebrate the new Cloquet skatepark on 14th Street on Friday, July 26. Featuring 3rd Lair skatepark and skateshop. Free demo at 12 p.m., clinic for new riders at 12:30 and contests and games 1:30-2 p.m. Volunteers... Full story

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition menu for July 19-26: Friday, July 19: Stuffed peppers, banana cake Monday, July 22: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, fresh fruit Tuesday, July 23: Special of the Day, vegetables, fruit, dessert Wednesday, July 24:... Full story

Carlton County Historical Society fundraiser 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 19 and 20. The society’s first annual flea market-vintage-rummage sidewalk sale will be held outside the Historic NorthEastern Hotel on Dunlap Island. A Nesting Place meets 10-11 a.m. e... Full story

Historic Minnesota events that took place July 12-18. July 12 1829 Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Taylor ends his command at Fort Snelling, which had begun May 24, 1828. He would later lead the U.S. Army in the war against Mexico, and “Old Rough and Read...

The Carlton County Master Gardeners is offering a self-guided tour of gardens in the Barnum and Mahtowa area 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16. Highlights of the tour will be yards with perennials, vegetables and a pumpkin patch, a lake home with a woodland...

Coffee Chat with Mayor Maki at the Cloquet library 1 p.m. Friday, July 12. Hear Mayor Maki’s plans for our city. Mayor Maki recently attended the annual conference of the League of MN Cities with the governor and nearly 600 city officials from a... Full story

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 615 12th St., Cloquet 218-879-1535 [email protected] oursaviorscloquet.org Sunday service 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study 10-11 a.m. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 1705 Wilson Ave., Cloquet 218...

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition menu for July 5-12: Friday, July 5: Baked apple pancake, juice, fruit Monday, July 8: Chicken strip dinner, fresh fruit Tuesday, July 9: Pork loin dinner, mashed potatoes, cooked fruit sauce Wednesday, July 10: Meatballs &... Full story

A Nesting Place meets every other Saturday 10-11 a.m. at Community Memorial Hospital, Pine Room. Next meeting: July 6. For those in the third semester of pregnancy, and mothers and their infants up to one year, no matter where they live or delivered...

Arrowhead Senior Nutrition menu for June 28-July 5: Friday, June 28: Lasagna, fresh fruit Monday, July 1: Special of the Day, vegetables, fruit, dessert Tuesday, July 2: Campfire Dinner Party with S’more bar Wednesday, July 3: Chicken pasta salad, f... Full story

Steak fry 4-6:45 p.m. Friday, June 28 at Cromwell Park Pavilion. (Hamburger plate also available.) There is also a silent auction 4-6:45 p.m., followed by the variety show 7-9 p.m. Sponsored by the Cromwell Area Community Club CHS Class of 1989 30th...