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Faces of the Flood

    January 5, 2013
    Linda Johnson - who is afraid of heights - had to be airlifted from her home after the restraining wall of the Thomson Dam Reservoir broke and her home was flooded. Photo provided
    Faces of the Flood: After being airlifted from flood waters, Johnsons seek to reclaim their home
    It is hard to believe seven months ago, our area of Minnesota was hit by the most destructive flood of our time. After the flood waters had receded,...
    January 5, 2013 - 6:54am
    January 4, 2013
    Faces of the Flood: Quick action after flood saves Barnum home
    After spending the majority of the first night of the June flood awake and pumping out water from the basement of his mother's home, Jerry Shank...
    January 4, 2013 - 7:40am
    August 16, 2012
    Soccer team cleans up
    The Cloquet "Hot Shots" U-13 soccer team spent several hours on the day of their final team get-together hauling garbage, shoveling and raking...
    August 16, 2012 - 5:35pm
    August 4, 2012
    FACES OF THE FLOOD-Divide and conquer
    The definition of a friend is someone you can trust in a given moment, who will look out for you and help to follow your heart. Sue Jordan and her close friend, Lori Koski, followed their hearts to help their community in Barnum. "It was pretty devastating," Koski said. "Homes were...
    NewsAugust 4, 2012 - 11:27am
    August 2, 2012
    Pastor Mike Stevens saws through flood-damaged plywood in Laura Anderson's basement two weeks ago. When the plywood was pulled away, it revealed mold and mildew (next photo) growing inside the wall where the flood waters had climbed nearly a foot high.
    Putting faith into action
    As Mike Stevens cut through flood-damaged paneling in Laura Anderson's basement, he looked more like a construction worker than a pastor.
    our neighborsAugust 2, 2012 - 9:57am
    July 27, 2012
    Pastor Tom Schaer helps remove flood damaged trim and paneling from a local woman's basement after the flood. Jana Peterson/jpeterson@pinejournal.com
    A volunteer with a heart for the people
    George Bernard Shaw once said, "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to...
    LifeJuly 27, 2012 - 4:05pm
    July 20, 2012
    FACES OF THE FLOOD..Crestick on a mission to help others
    Cindy Crestick considers herself to be a "third culture kid" - a transplant to Cloquet from her home in Liberia, West Africa, where her parents served as missionaries. Since moving to Cloquet 26 years ago, she has taken care of foster kids for Carlton County and she and her husband...
    NewsJuly 20, 2012 - 5:56pm
    July 13, 2012
    Kenyon Goertzen (in the foreground) works with a group of other Mennonite men who traveled to Carlton County from Barron, Wis., to help with flood relief. Jana Peterson/jpeterson@pinejournal.com
    Mennonite men travel to help strangers in need of assistance
    After driving for two-and-a-half hours Saturday from Barron, Wis., to Cloquet with a group of 17 other men, Kenyon Goertzen, 21, and Darrel Friesen,...
    NewsJuly 13, 2012 - 4:02pm
    July 12, 2012
    The Clydes offer emotional, spiritual support
    Spending time with loved ones is important in any given relationship, plus doing activities together keeps the bonds strong. Volunteering as...
    July 12, 2012 - 3:48pm
    June 30, 2012
    An enormous hole opened up in the road near Corinne Stone's home. "I can't believe no one got hurt," she said. "People just fly down that road."
    Faces of the Flood: Corinne Stone
    Corinne Stone and her two daughters left their house on Ridge Road west of Cloquet around noon last Wednesday to make a run to Wal-Mart for toilet...
    June 30, 2012 - 11:24am
    June 29, 2012
    Faces of the Flood: Scott Bodin
    Carlton Fire Chief Scott Bodin got the call from Carlton County Emergency Management Director Brian Belich at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. The...
    June 29, 2012 - 10:53pm
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