09/05/2008 12:00 AM Memorial Blood Centers will hold blood drives in the area during the month of September. Blood transfusion is the most frequently conducted hospital procedure so the need for blood is constant. The following blood drives will supply life-saving blood to community hospitals.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM Cloquet and Perch Lake Fire/EMS departments moved even closer to consolidation Tuesday when Cloquet City Council members unanimously approved a joint powers agreement between the city and township.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM Vandals caused significant destruction yet again over the holiday weekend at Old Calvary Cemetery near Pinehurst Park in Cloquet.
This time, 18 grave stones were knocked down and damaged, according to Cloquet Police Detective Darrin Berg.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM It’s out with the old in Carlton this month. Now that the bigger, brighter water tower is operational, it’s time for the 80-some-year-old, smaller one to come down, according to Chris Rousseau, city engineer.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM Three Duluth-area bicyclists were injured last Thursday after a woman driving a Ford Crown Victoria swerved off Highway 61 and accidentally hit them, according to Brian Belich, Carlton County Chief Deputy.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM Come join a glittering evening of entertainment at the 17th Annual Community Memorial Hospital Foundation Gala fund raiser, to be held at the Lost Isle on Highway 210 west of Carlton on Saturday, Sept. 20, beginning at 5 p.m.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM The first week of fall is upon us and other than the opening of school, that can only mean one thing – the Cromwell Harvest Festival.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM The Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) has received a federal grant to continue its work of attracting new business and creating jobs.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM The St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee is seeking volunteers to participate in a fall monitoring activity will involve collecting, preserving, and identifying small aquatic animals called “macroinvertebrates” from a number of Duluth streams.
09/02/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL – Republicans dealt with distractions as they began their national convention Monday, but said the event still will be a success.
A member of the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College softball team gives a stuffed animal to an unsuspecting parade-goer Monday morning at the 89th annual Cloquet Labor Day Parade. [Lisa Baumann/Pine Journal]
08/29/2008 12:00 AM Minnesota Democrats among the estimated 85,000 who filled a Denver stadium Thursday to hear Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential nomination acceptance speech said the historic event was inspiring and believed his message would appeal to others.
08/29/2008 12:00 AM The Carlton County Home Study/Extension Education Group is looking for artists to exhibit and demonstrate their craft on Nov. 17 at their annual Art Demonstration Day.
08/29/2008 12:00 AM The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) and Bernick’s Beverages and Vending Inc. announces plans to partner to award community grants through a newly created corporate fund.
08/29/2008 12:00 AM Thomas Miller, 16, son of Jerry and Nancy Graham of Cromwell, will receive his Eagle Scout Rank at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Cromwell Park Pavilion.
08/29/2008 12:00 AM CLOQUET, Minn. - Barbara Kennebeck relaxes in her yard in this northern Minnesota town at the end of another workday, plucking a few weeds from a small plot of daisies and tiger lilies that she has little time to tend.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM Twenty-nine property owners in Carlton County have been notified they have been awarded some $580,000 in Small Cities Development Grant funding, according to Pat Oman, Carlton County economic development director.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM Carlton County Attorney Thomas Pertler has been selected to lead a statewide task force assembled by the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives to conduct an in-depth examination of the state’s controlled substance laws.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM The speed of individual motorists traveling into the city of Carlton by way of Highway 45 will now be broadcast on the city’s new radar speed sign.
Yesterday’s Tractor Vanita Watry of Otsego, Minn., operates her family’s 1922 Titan tractor in the 47th Annual Lakehead Harvest Show parade in Esko Saturday. more...
08/28/2008 12:00 AM Two Esko labor activists promised to fire up the “big machine” when they return from this week’s Democratic National Convention.
Mikael Sundin and Larry Anderson said their top concerns are workers and jobs.
Finishing Touches Finishing touches are fit into place Tuesday on the Lester Jack Briggs Cultural Center at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 11 a.m. next Wednesday, Sept. 3, at the college in Cloquet.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM The Carlton County Central Labor Body will host its 89th Annual Cloquet Labor Day celebration which begins Sunday, Aug. 31, and continues on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM Applicants to the Bush Foundation’s 2009 Bush Artist Fellowships will be able to submit online applications for the first time, beginning Oct. 1.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM Rep. Bill Hilty, DFL-Finlayson, supported the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s position on 4 of 15 votes scored in the 2008 Legislature.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the entire state of Minnesota is meeting its new, health-based outdoor air-quality standard for fine particles (soot).
08/28/2008 12:00 AM The Carlton County Home Study/Extension Education Group will take a bus trip to the Lighthouse for the Blind and Whole Foods Co-op on Monday, Sept. 15.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM The Carlton Area Lions Club will host a free Senior Citizens Bingo Fun Night at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at Inter-Faith Care Center, Carlton, for all senior citizens in the Carlton County area.
08/28/2008 12:00 AM In this era of sleek, contemporary church buildings – where function often surpasses form and economy sometimes eclipses elegance – it’s increasingly rare to find classic stained glass windows with a history nearly as old as the church.
08/25/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL – Delegates descended upon Denver in the days leading up to the Democratic National Convention, and Minnesotans said they were eager for the political show to begin.
Kids at the County Fair Wyatt Zappa, 13 months, gets his mitts on some cotton candy at the Carlton County Fair in Barnum on Saturday. The Zappa family came to the event from Duluth because it’s their favorite fair and it’s a warm-up for their trip to the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul this weekend. Attendance was up at the Carlton County Fair this year. [Lisa Baumann/Pine Journal]
08/21/2008 12:00 AM Cloquet School Board members unanimously approved a motion Tuesday to issue bonds to help fund post-employment benefits. Cloquet residents will see tax increases as a result.
08/21/2008 12:00 AM Two more of the five people charged in an incident culminating with a March 29 shooting on the Fond du Lac Reservation were sentenced in recent weeks.
08/21/2008 12:00 AM Although Cloquet City Council members approved plunging ahead with phase two of the Pinehurst Pond restoration design at its last meeting, the matter came back for clarification on Tuesday.
08/21/2008 12:00 AM The community of Scanlon will show its true colors this weekend – red, white and blue.
A group of community members and volunteers, along with the help of the Scanlon Fire Department and the Carlton County/Pine County Military Support Group, is planning a three-day series of family activities for Friday through Sunday, Aug. 22-24.
08/21/2008 12:00 AM The number of Minnesota residents running out of gas on the highway skyrocketed 34.7 percent in the first five months of 2008 compared to the same time last year, according to the Allstate Motor Club. From January through May of 2008, Minnesota drivers called the motor club for fuel delivery 62 times.
08/21/2008 12:00 AM Have fun with your family, get healthy and raise money for a good cause all at the same time. The Inaugural Cloquet River Run/Walk can help you do all three. Race director Molly Stone said all ages and ability levels are welcome to participate.
08/21/2008 12:00 AM Want to meet new friends, eat free food and do good things?
Want to work on something real that will truly benefit Cloquet?
The “AGE to age” program – brining generations together – is coming to the Cloquet community.
08/20/2008 12:00 AM Seventy-two fatal work-injuries were recorded in Minnesota in 2007, a decrease of six cases from 2006 and 15 fewer cases than in 2005.
08/18/2008 12:00 AM ST. PAUL -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty debated the Russia-Georgia crisis on national television Sunday in an appearance that pitted him against another vice presidential hopeful.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Two individuals charged in Carlton County in June were indicted on federal charges this week involving the distribution of methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM At approximately 5 p.m. Sunday, a man fishing near the Nemadji River in Wrenshall Township found the body of an adult male, according to the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s officers, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers and the Carlton Ambulance responded to the site.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Mary Sue Northrup will be the new district representative for District 3-Brookston on the Fond du Lac Tribal Council. Northrup defeated opponent Anna Waite by a vote of 93 to 81 in a special election held on Tuesday. Total voter turnout for the election was 174.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM The St. Louis River Trail Project has received another big vote of confidence, as each of the stakeholders has agreed to contribute funds toward the local match.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Cloquet School Board members deferred a decision Tuesday about whether to take advantage of a new tool for school districts which would allow them to issue bonds, without an election, to help fund post-employment benefits.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM To recognize that the future home of the Golden Gophers is a statewide facility and to pay tribute to the support of all Minnesota citizens, the names of each of the state’s 87 counties will be cast in stone around the perimeter of TCF Bank Stadium’s first level.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Dr. Bertha K. Madras, Deputy Director for Demand Reduction in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), announces that 10 states have activated new substance abuse prevention and treatment health codes for screening and brief intervention (SBI) of Medicaid-eligible patients.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Senator Tony Lourey was honored by the “Friends of EMS” recognition program at Regions Hospital for his support, leadership and dedication to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) field.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Applications are being accepted for the title of Mrs. Carlton County 2009 – Mrs. Carlton County will have the honor of representing her county at the Mrs. Minnesota pageant, which will be held March 14-15, 2009, in the at Ritsche Auditorium in St. Cloud, Minn.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota announces it has awarded $130,000 in grants to 10 nonprofits through its girlsBEST (girls Building Economic Success Together) Fund.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Madeline Pertler, a junior at Cloquet High School, recently attended the Minnesota Music Educators Association All-State Choir Camp and participated in their summer performance on Aug. 9 at Concordia College in Moorhead.
She was selected for membership to the choir after an audition process in March.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM The AgStar Fund for Rural America, a corporate giving program of AgStar Financial Services, announces they are accepting applications for their Emergency Response Grant Program. The mission of this program is to support rural communities in AgStar’s service area, including Carlton County, by funding emergency response equipment for volunteer fire, rescue or ambulance departments.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM The University of Minnesota Extension is offering a course to help food service establishments meet the educational requirement for Certified Food Managers.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM A team of University of Minnesota transportation and public policy researchers has discovered that if the state of Minnesota is to reach its Next Generation Energy Act goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent in 2015 then action must start now.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Since the food bank moved into its 14,000-square-foot warehouse in Duluth in 1999, its rescue and distribution of nationally and regionally donated food has nearly tripled. Cloquet area non-profit agencies as well as residents in need now have access to over 2.6 million pounds of rescued food annually.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM Exchange students from around the world bring into our everyday lives a different perspective and outlook on life. Many of these students are from war-torn countries which are now experiencing the beginnings of democracy; others are from countries which give us a view of cultures that helped to shape our American history.
08/14/2008 12:00 AM America’s Genealogy Quilt is the theme for the 33rd Annual Family History Workshop to be held Saturday, Sept. 27, at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
08/11/2008 12:00 AM At approximately 5 p.m. Sunday, a man fishing near the Nemadji River in Wrenshall Township found the body of an adult male, according to the Carlton County Sheriff's Office. The man's identity is unknown at this time and there were no signs of foul play. The investigation is ongoing.
Carlton County Sheriff's Officers, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers and the Carlton Ambulance responded to the site.
08/11/2008 12:00 AM A section of U.S. Highway 53 was closed early this afternoon because of a tanker truck crash in Independence. The roads reopened around 2:30 p.m.
08/11/2008 12:00 AM Our Minnesota Capitol Bureau reporters will cover the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities and are looking for local angles.
If you are going to be a delegate, volunteer, protester or have any other connection to the Twin Cities' convention, please e-mail our reporters at mnbureau@forumcomm.com.
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