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It’s that time of year again — with winter comes “winter parking” in Cloquet and Scanlon, which means no vehicles are allowed to be parked on the streets, alleys, boulevards, sidewalks or public grounds overnight from Nov. 1 through March 31. In Cloquet, that technically means parking is prohibited between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.; in Scanlon it means between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.

If you noticed any orange tickets tucked in car doors or windshield wipers this week, those were warnings issued by Cloquet police for vehicles in violation of the winter parking statute. The winter p...