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'Beer for Breakfast' offers lots of belly laughs, insight
Get ready to laugh at the County Seat Theater Company's fall season opener, the comedy "Beer for Breakfast," which begins its run at the Encore Performing Arts Center starting tonight, Friday, Sept.... Full story
Cloquet's homecoming court
There has been plenty of activity at Cloquet High School this week with homecoming events. Today, the homecoming court took part in fun and games as part of a pep fest before the football game. A... Full story
Details of interstate project coming
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is hosting a virtual public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 to discuss work along northbound Interstate 35 at Barnum in 2022. The project may include a detour due to closure of the northbound exit ramp into... Full story
Death investigated at veterans home
The Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments are investigating what they term a "suspicious death" earlier this week. Meanwhile, a 58-year-old man was arrested Tuesday and in custody in Carlton...
Wrenshall petition is filed
A petition to rescind a school board appointment in Wrenshall has been turned in to the school district office. Superintendent Kim Belcastro reported at the regular school board meeting Monday night that the petition had 200 signatures on it. If all... Full story
Prisoner flees; found next day
A Cloquet man escaped from the Northeast Regional Corrections Center in Saginaw Friday evening, Sept. 10, and was missing for more than 11 hours before being located the next morning by St. Louis County deputies. Branden Russell King had been...
Passing on wild rice techniques
Students from Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and others got an in-depth look at wild rice and how to harvest it Saturday at the annual Manoomin demonstration camp at Leeman Lake. The...
Trial delayed in rape, kidnapping case
The trial for a Scanlon man accused of criminal sexual conduct “with heinous elements” and a kidnapping was canceled for this week and reset for January. Dennis Michael St. John Jr., 54, was arrested in July 2020, after being accused of holding a wom...
Covid relief grants available
The Northland Foundation and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is helping northeast Minnesota businesses learn about and apply for Main Street Covid Relief grants. The DEED portal to apply will open Sept. 20... Full story
Wildfire burning restrictions lifted
Continued favorable weather has lessened wildfire risk for much of northern Minnesota. In response, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is removing fire restrictions in 14 counties. Only Cook and Lake counties are still under Class III...
Rescue plan money reaches county level
Just under $7 million is available from the federal American Rescue Plan Act for coping with the effects of the pandemic for Carlton County residents and entities. Economic development director Mary Finnegan, addressing the Carlton County board on...
College to host scientist, author
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College will debut the Ruth A. Myers Lecture Series in the Sciences and Humanities with a free virtual presentation by Robin Wall Kimmerer at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22. During the event, Robin Wall Kimmerer will...
Reserve your 'Screenagers' seat
“Screenagers, Next Chapter,” a movie about teenagers, anxiety, depression and screen time, will air for free in person and online for up to 300 local residents in October, courtesy of the Carlton County Collaborative, Cloquet School District, Clo...
Neglected West End getting some love
It's not unusual to see visitors to Cloquet snapping photos of the world's only working Frank Lloyd Wright-designed gas station and its cantilevered roof at the corner of Minnesota Highway 33 and... Full story
Tribal farm grows souls as well
Things are growing at Fond du Lac's farm Gitigaaning, or place of the gardens, and it's not just vegetables. Health. Knowledge. Buildings. Resources. Confidence. Food security. Friendships....
Man faces manslaughter charges in Cloquet
A Cloquet man faces manslaughter charges following a fight in his apartment. Joel Ammesmaki, 58, was charged with first-degree manslaughter Thursday in Sixth District Carlton County Court, “causing t... Full story
Board discord gets an airing
The strangest rain cloud scuttled from the northwest to southeast across northern Carlton County Wednesday night. A narrow squall poured rain, cuffed by ragged and then bloomy cloud formations. Then, on both sides, clear sky. Arching through all of... Full story
Residents frosted by snowmobile trail vote
The Thomson Township board of supervisors has approved a snowmobile trail alongside township roads, to be run by the Wood City Riders Snowmobile Club. Wood City Riders, located in Cloquet, helps maintain wooded trails throughout northern Carlton... Full story
Cloquet sets drought rules
With 78 percent of the state experiencing severe drought and some experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is requiring water suppliers to implement water-use restrictions as that state enters the...
One dead, one injured in crash
One man is dead and another critically injured after a crash last week. According to a Carlton County Sheriff’s Office press release, deputies and first responders from Carlton Fire and Ambulance Department responded to a report of a truck leaving t...
Busy council talks budget, park and PLA
Cloquet city councilors approved a master plan for Pine Valley Park Tuesday and continued their ongoing debate over the current Cloquet Project Labor Agreement. Additionally, councilors got a quick...
Defense wants admission struck in murder case
A former Fond du Lac police patrol officer took to the witness stand during the Carlton County Sixth District Court hearing held Sept. 1 for Sheldon Thompson, a Cloquet man accused of murdering his...
Library sets open house, new hours
The Cloquet Public Library will host an open house to celebrate the completion of the new addition 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. A number of community organizations will also be part of the festivities. As of Tuesday, the library resumed normal...
Cloquet attorney Tom Skare dies
Thomas M. Skare, a longtime attorney in Cloquet, died Saturday, Sept. 4. He was 69. Skare started practicing law in Cloquet and eventually became a partner at Newby, Lindgren & Skare before starting his own law firm in 2004. He retired from... Full story
College offers housing series
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College will offer courses that lay the groundwork for building green. The courses connect with Green New Deal Housing’s mission to develop equitable zero- energy housing and a green collar workforce in the region. T...
