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Walls of wood irk neighbor

The woodpiles weren't a problem until they moved behind her house last fall, said Deb Kamunen.

The Cloquet resident has lived next to the former Diamond match mill for 37 years. When the mill was still operating at 1800 Cloquet Avenue - under various owners - the lot behind her home was used for parking.

Now it's a woodyard, piled high with logs stored there for the Potlatch mill in Brainerd. That is an allowed use, according to Cloquet city code.

Woodyard manager Jesse Fitzsimmons leases several sites from LT Diamonds Inc., the local company which bought the large industrial property in 2017....