Groundbreaking scheduled for new Esko sports facilities

June 20 will be a day of celebration as the community of Esko gathers at 6 p.m. Thusday for a ceremonial groundbreaking for new sports facilities.

Power outage planned for areas of Carlton, St. Louis counties

Lake Country Power members in Saginaw and surrounding areas will be without power starting 9 a.m., Wednesday, June 26.

Esko woman in custody following hit-and-run bike crash

Learning everything Ojibwe

This weekend’s FREE Nagaajiwanaang language camp in Sawyer promises more than Ojibwe vocabulary words and spelling lessons. The four-day camp itself will be a lesson in all things Ojibwe, from attitude to native crafts to tanning hides, plus canoe races and other contests that teach skills valued by the traditional Ojibwe culture.

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Cloquet School Board: District ratifies teacher contract, plans future spending

The Cloquet School Board ratified a two-year contract agreement with Education Minnesota Cloquet at its Monday night meeting, capping a very smooth period of negotiations.

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A scientific approach to further education

Recent Cloquet High School graduate Kendra Pallin is just one of a highly talented group of CHS seniors who are about to make their mark in the world of higher academia, in large part thanks to their involvement in Science Fair.

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County to hold flood anniversary commemoration

Next week’s anniversary of the flood of 2012 will not slip by unnoticed.

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Our View...What a difference a year makes

During the overnight hours leading into June 20, an unprecedented downpour of torrential rain resulted in what was to become a 500-year flood in Carlton County and surrounding areas.

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Music, arts festival in Carlton Saturday

In addition to a number of talented musicians and visual artists, this Saturday’s music festival at Carlton’s Oldenburg House will feature a mermaid.

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Thomson, Carlton participate in joint visioning session

Late last winter, however, members of the Thomson Town Board decided to put out a few feelers to find out if the city of Carlton was still interested in discussing a merger and if so, what it might involve.

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Nifty 50 Cruisers call it quits after 15 years

The Nifty 50 Cruisers Car Club is no more. According to long-time president Mike Tillman — who married his wife, Shirley, during a classic car show at Gordy’s Hi-Hat in 2000 — the club has decided to disband.

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Hospital access available throughout road construction

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Esko woman charged with criminal vehicular homicide

A rural Esko woman was charged Wednesday in Carlton County Court with one count of criminal vehicular homicide and one count of criminal vehicular operation.

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Scout Troop 171 to celebrate 75 years

This Saturday, June 8, the current members of Troop 171 will hold a three-day campout on the east end of Dunlap Island in Cloquet, highlighted by a 75-year anniversary celebration beginning at 10 a.m. The public is invited to stop by anytime during the day and join in a host of scouting activities.

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Cloquet City Council: Veterans shoot down memorial park idea

If anyone thought they were going to change minds at Tuesday’s City Council work session, they were wrong.

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Local Salvation Army to undergo change of leadership, focus

The local office of the Salvation Army will soon transition into new leadership and a new approach.

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The Beach is open for business

The Beach is open for business Saturday -- weather permitting. Brace yourselves for an invigorating swim experience to start the season.

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Carlton students risk it all behind the wheel

Carlton High School students took their texting while driving skills behind the wheel last Tuesday – but this time it was for all the marbles.

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Cloquet City Council finds middle ground on tax abatement request

In the end, the city compromised. Rather than agreeing to a request by the new-to-Cloquet SpecSys Inc. for a return of all property taxes on its building at 1111 Cloquet Ave., the Royal Building, for a period of 15 years, the city found a win-win solution.

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Community Calendar Notice of Policy Change

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Man pleads guilty to murder of Floodwood woman

Michael William Siewert, of Duluth pleaded guilty in Carlton County Court to intentional second-degree murder in the slaying of Cristyna Leah Watson, 25, in September. He also pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree assault in an unrelated case.

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Cloquet gets its ‘Wish’ with new arson detection dog

There’s a new dog in town, and she’s ready to nose out arson.

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State picks up Carlton County’s Txt4Life initiative

The TXT4Life program is about to go viral. Carlton County Health and Human Services Director Dave Lee informed members of the Carlton County Board Tuesday that the Minnesota State Legislature successfully passed a bill that will provide $2.5 million over the next two bienniums to expand the region’s successful teen suicide prevention and intervention program to a statewide initiative.

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Camp Noah to bring new hope to children affected by flood

When last June’s flood devastated much of Carlton County, in its wake were water-filled basements, ruined belongings, displaced residents and a mountain of debt. In the hustle and bustle of trying to mop up, it would have been easy to overlook the smallest of casualties — the children whose lives were disrupted in a very real and significant way.

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Found and lost again

A Cloquet man who was reported missing by his family in January and who is wanted for questioning by law enforcement was apparently living in a state park in California until recently.

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