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Recently, newly elected Cloquet councilor Dakota Koski announced that he must resign his seat, as he is moving out of his ward and will no longer be eligible to serve.

First, congratulations to Dakota, who is buying his first house. And cheers to him as well, for stepping up to run for council in the first place. We applaud his civic commitment and hope he stays involved as he has so far.

But more cheers go to the Cloquet City Council for agreeing to hold an election for Koski’s replacement in Ward 3. In the 2018 election, three candidates filed for the seat, and the results were pretty close....