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Our View: A library that's for everyone helps all

We’re pleased to see the Cloquet library expansion moving forward, and have some suggestions.

First, we note that the library is a regional treasure: no one checks your ID when you come in and when you check out; your Arrowhead library card is all you need. Except for some support from the Arrowhead Library System, the library is run and financed by the taxpayers in Cloquet. The city has reached out to neighboring communities whose citizens frequent the library, to help financially, but most already contribute to the Arrowhead Library System and they feel that is enough. But it’s not.

So, we’d...