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Boosters aim to regain nonprofit status

A nonprofit organization tasked with supporting the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton varsity boys hockey program is hitting reset after falling out of compliance with its federal and state government filings.

Calling it “pure oversight,” the Lumberjack Blue Line Club reported its revoked nonprofit status on Facebook earlier this week.

“We are in the process of submitting the required forms and past information for our organization to be reinstated,” the social media post said.

The Lumberjack Blue Line Club is among many volunteer- run, nonprofit organizations that fell out of compliance during the Covid-1...