Voyageurs National Park Association donates travel grants for environmental education programs

Voyageurs National Park Association (VNPA), a park partner, has donated $1,000 for environmental education travel grants in 2010.

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FDL Head Start book gives a kids-eye view of powwow tradition

When Fond du Lac Head Start needed a name for the program’s latest cultural book on powwows, the choice was obvious. “‘Niimiwin’ – the Ojibwe word for ‘everyone dance’ – was perfect for it,” said author and Head Start teacher Leah Savage.

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WLSSD to host collection event for unwanted medication

The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) will host a free collection event for unwanted or expired medications at its regional Household Hazardous Waste Facility on Friday, March 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Carlton-Wrenshall pairing and sharing at stalemate once again

A proposal to resume pairing and sharing between the Carlton and Wrenshall school districts was brought back to the table recently, only to fail at the last minute.

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Sentence to Serve program faces possible extinction

Sentence to Serve (STS), a program that saves Carlton County and the rest of the state of Minnesota literally millions of dollars annually, may soon be on the chopping block.

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Cloquet mayor delivers city sales tax resolution to legislators

Last Wednesday Cloquet Mayor Bruce Ahlgren hand-delivered a resolution to state legislators in St. Paul seeking permission to put a city sales tax to a vote this fall during the General Election.

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Lutheran pastor killed in Haiti

An Esko church group’s efforts to help the people of Haiti have been hit with another blow. In January, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed a new orphanage they had just helped build. On Friday night, the Haitian church leader who oversaw the work through the Lutheran Haiti Mission was slain in his home, the Rev. Tom Brinkley of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Esko confirmed on Saturday.

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New medical procedure at CMH will dramatically change the life of Cloquet woman

Cloquet resident Donna Tanner can’t wait for April 12. That’s the day she’s going in for surgery. “It can’t come quick enough,” the 53-year-old said this week. For Tanner, it’s a surgery that will most likely dramatically change her life.

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Carlton County represented at ‘Voices for Children Advocacy Day’ at state capitol

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Court question: Who decides budget?

ST. PAUL -- In the simplest terms, Minnesota's seven Supreme Court justices are deciding if the Legislature has full control of state spending, or if the governor has a role once a budget is approved.

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148th Fighter Wing ready to fight flooding

The Duluth–based 148th Fighter Wing has six communications experts and its Joint Communications Platform trailer ready to help fight flooding in the Red River Valley.

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Alaska jogger confirmed killed by wolves

An Alaska Fish and Game spokeswoman says state officials have located and killed two of the wolves believed responsible for the death of a teacher who was killed while jogging alone along a rural village road last week.

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St. Patrick's Day biggest holiday for DWI arrests and percentage of alcohol-related deaths

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South Terrace elementary school celebrates I Love to Read month

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