Broadband availability is a hot topic once again in Thomson township, with the Cloquet broadband committee seeking to include an underserved area of the township in their proposal to provide better broadband options to more households in Carlton County.

Township clerk Rhonda Peleski told the Thomson Township board of supervisors about the opportunity to join in on the project at their meeting Thursday, July 7.

According to Peleski, the city of Cloquet has partnered with telecommunications service provider CTC to prepare and find funding to provide more broadband opportunities. The partnersh...