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Long, strange trip: Legislature passes new budget
Minnesota has a new $52 billion, two-year state budget, but it didn’t come easy. The Legislature needed almost all the time between the end of the regular session on May 17 and the end of the fiscal year at midnight Wednesday to finish the budget. T... 
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Suspect in shooting caught
A Cloquet man who was suspected of shooting a man in the leg was arrested last week. Nicholas Joseph Ammesmaki, 26, was taken into custody July 1 on an unrelated charge and is being held at the Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston,...
Law enforcement students graduate despite obstacles
Despite Covid-19, despite protests that called for defunding the police, last week Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College graduated every single student who enrolled in the law enforcement training...
Solar co-op launches for northern residents to go solar
The nonprofit group Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is partnering with the Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability to launch the second Iron Range solar co-op. The group will help homeowners, farmers, and small businesses on the Range go solar.... Full story
State budget bill a boon for Carlton County
Although it squeaked through at the very last minute, Carlton County had a lot to celebrate in the final budget bill passed by state legislators and the governor last week. The agreement (see Page 1)...
Special MNsure enrollment period ends July 16
Health insurance helps individuals and families prepare for life’s unexpected challenges. To enable more Minnesotans to gain the security of health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic, MNsure has offered a five-month special enrollment period (SEP... Full story
Residents flower in program
In the waning shadow of the pandemic, something special is happening at Evergreen Senior Living in Cloquet: residents of the two memory care wings are "waking up." No one died from Covid-19 at... Full story
Offices, services close Monday
Because July Fourth falls on a Sunday this year, the official federal holiday will be celebrated Monday, July 5. Look for most public offices, courts, banks and the post office to be closed Monday.... Full story
Truck and train collide; no injuries
There were no injuries from a crash between a passenger truck and a train in Twin Lakes Township Friday afternoon. According to a press release from the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and officers from the Fond du Lac Police Department r... Full story
School district will offer treatment
Northern Lights Academy will offer day treatment to students in the ninth and 10th grades at Carlton High School, a local option to help older students who struggle with mental or emotional issues that don’t require 24-hour care. NLA is a special e...
Airport expansion project moves forward
The Carlton County Board of Commissioners took the next step toward the construction of a new hangar and relocated fuel system at the Cloquet Airport this week, but the price tag was higher than origi...
Boo, Hiss ... Shhhh
Villains Logan Carlson and Juniper Jablonski tie damsel in distress Ella Anderson to the tracks as town folk cry out for a hero. The County Seat children's theater summer program is highlighting silen...
Vehicle charging stations installed
The Fond du Lac Band is leveraging funding from the Volkswagen emissions settlement to build electric vehicle charging stations and replace diesel vehicles with cleaner technologies. A $2.8 billion...
Free lunch program is on
Kids up to age 18 can pick up free summer lunches again at Cloquet High School, Door 23, or Washington Elementary School, Door 3, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. July 12 through Aug. 20. The program is closed July 5-9. No registration is required and there...
Courts drop masks rules
The Minnesota Judicial Branch announced that face coverings will no longer be required in court facilities effective July 6, 2021. “As the pandemic’s impact on Minnesota continues to recede, so too will some of the health and safety protocols tha...
Water patrols will ramp up
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, State Patrol, county sheriff’s offices, and other public safety agencies will increase patrols for intoxicated boaters through the holiday weekend as part of Operation Dry Water, a national campaign a...
Post-pandemic construction heats up
Several building projects around Cloquet are being noticed after the ebbing Covid-19 pandemic shut many projects down due to a shortage of materials in the past year. The Pine Knot News talked to a...
Park stage to get facelift
The Northridge Park stage needs to be updated, according to the Thomson Township board of supervisors and a local resident. The stage is experiencing structural problems with the footholds, and the stairs on the side of the stage are also in need of...
Cloquet's Wright house featured
The Frank Lloyd Wright house known as Mäntylä, Finnish for “under the pines,” that formerly made its home in Cloquet, was featured on the CBS “Sunday Morning” program June 27. Mäntylä was commissione...
Honor Rolls: Wrenshall High School
Wrenshall High School Fourth Quarter B Honor Roll Bruddy Axtell Bryce Barczak Eli Beetcer Gavin Beetcher Joseph Bergman Hennessey Bilges Ethan Blanchard Othin Carter Pidge Eckdahl Easton Everett Briar Fernquist Brennen Fisher-Merritt Elizabeth... Full story
Honor Rolls: Carlton Schools A Honor Roll
Carlton Schools Fourth Quarter A Honor Roll Grade 12 Colin Emerson Elizabeth Hey Jayna LeBrasseur Trevor Ojibway Daniel Sandoval Grade 11 Olivia Anderson Kash Gibson Morgan Laveau Grade 10 Korah Crane Eliza DeCaigny McKenzie Midge Emma Peterson... Full story
Honor Rolls: Carlton Schools B Honor Roll
Carlton Schools Fourth Quarter B Honor Roll Grade 12 Adam Anderson Daniel Eggert Annika Johnson Samantha Matarelli Ella Rose Palmer Kyle Siiter Emma Simmer Jairid Ward Grade 11 Haley Ableiter Kenneth Alberti Nicholas DeVriendt-LeDoux Aaron... Full story
Teen writing workshop offered July 26
The Arrowhead Library System is offering teens an online writing workshop with award-winning Minnesota Author Mary Casanova July 26-30. A small group of teen writers will create new work, share with others and discuss the writer’s craft and j...
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Happy Independence Day. I hope folks will celebrate safely with family and friends now that most of the pandemic restrictions have been lifted. About three weeks ago, I had the opportunity to have a...
Octogenarian looking to reunite
Graduates from the Cloquet High School classes of 1953, 1954 and 1955 will gather at The River Inn later this month. In addition to Facebook and other means, 1954 CHS grad Wendell "Windy" Falstrom pla...
