Faces of the Flood

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, its destruction had left in its place sorrow and confusion. But kind hearts, helping hands and strength brought hope back to the victims...

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...

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...

As Mike Stevens cut through flood-damaged paneling in Laura Anderson's basement, he looked more like a construction worker than a pastor.

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 do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live." Pastor Tom Schaer from Sandy...

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,...

Spending time with loved ones is important in any given relationship, plus doing activities together keeps the bonds strong. Volunteering as chaplains in the Cloquet community was a decision Addie and Rex Clyde made together. Rex was called in by Volunteer Services to offer support...

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 paper.