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After recent successes achieved by the Cloquet's Police K9 unit, the department will add a second K9 and K9 handler to the team.

The Minnesota Cold Weather Rule will protect eligible customers from service disconnection during the winter as long as they take steps to ensure that protection.

The Carlton County Auditor’s Office in the courthouse is open to all Carlton County voters for absentee voting in the General Election on Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Nov. 5 until 5 p.m. This is in addition to regular office hours.

All human participants wear three flags, which the zombies try to snatch over the course of the race — think Capture the Flag meets flag football plus zombies.

The board also passed a request for a conditional-use permit to allow Jonathan Obrecht to build a four-season event center on his rural Carlton property on County Road 4. A few neighbors voiced concerns about noise, lights and traffic disrupting their peaceful neighborhood.

The application will require a description of the community service project, program or event and the positive impact it brought to the community.

Residents who live in those municipalities who are not registered to vote, plan to be absent during the mailing period, have not received a ballot or have a spoiled mail ballot should contact the Auditor’s Office between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The Carlton County Historical Society welcomes author Curt Brown, author of "Minnesota 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State,” for a program at its museum in Cloquet on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m. Brown, a reporter for more than 30 years for newspapers in Minneapolis, St....

Thanks to a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, the CCHS was able to publish a book of creative writings by 30 local authors as a centennial tribute to the people who experienced the 1918 fires.

Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa voters rejected Vanessa Northrup’s bid to return to her former role in tribal politics Oct. 2. Northrup finished tied for third in a 12-person special primary election to fill her old seat on the Reservation Business Committee, representing...