Athletic complex vote coming Monday

The proposed artificial turf athletic complex at Cloquet High School is expected to cost $4.9 million, the school board learned Wednesday.

Meeting with contractor Kraus-Anderson during a committee of the whole gathering at Garfield School, the board seemed to have an appetite for the project and its costs.

Board members had been asking for financial and design specifics for weeks, during what has been an accelerated design and planning process.

What started as a community conversation last spring could see construction this summer and yield new amenities as soon as October — though administrat...