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Police received multiple reports of "a threat of violence" on social media Monday evening. According to a press release issued at 10:38 a.m. Tuesday, officers immediately began an investigation and search for the suspect. Early Tuesday morning, officers from the Fond du Lac and Cloquet...

Locally, DNR Cloquet area wildlife staff will hold an open house about the deer plan from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the Carlton County Transportation Building, 1630 County Road 61, Carlton.

The Cloquet School District robocalled parents Tuesday morning to inform them that doors at all schools would be locked and students kept inside because of a “general threat.”

Both the Cloquet and Carlton Public Schools will be delayed 2 hours Monday, April 16, because of the ongoing winter weather. Bulldog Kids Care will open at its normal time, and there will be no morning preschool. The latest National Weather Service winter weather warning (2:51 p.m....

The Cloquet Housing & Redevelopment Authority (CHRA) welcomes experts to provide updates on affordable housing projects in Cloquet and speak on topics of interest to renters and the community.

>Queen of Peace Elementary, Washington Elementary and Cloquet Middle School are doing their part to help lessen waste going to the landfill by collecting organics. If the other two schools in Cloquet participated in collecting organics and food waste, that would add up to 20 tons...

Learn how to sing like a toad and where the frogs went for the winter. Take home a special frog craft you make yourself. Register beforehand so we have enough craft materials. Speak with the staff or call 218-673-7005.

Applications for Minnesota bear hunting licenses are being accepted through May 4. A total of 3,350 licenses — the same as 2017 — are available in 13 permit areas. Licenses cost $44 for residents and $230 for nonresidents; a $5 application fee is added. The season is open...

According to Spirit Mountain officials, Harms was apparently snowboarding with a group of friends who noticed he had not finished a run with them. When they went back to check they found him unresponsive.

John Skalko of Skalko's Bee Farm in Esko was recently awarded a $7,500 grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) for the project, "Skalko Bee Farm." "This project test whether we can convert a shipping container to use for...

Gypsy moths are ranked among America's most destructive tree pests. The insect has caused millions of dollars in damage to forests as it has spread from New England to Wisconsin in recent decades. Gypsy moth caterpillars can defoliate large sections of forest.