Proctor

Friends and family will stage an Oct. 13 benefit on behalf of a Cloquet man who suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in June. Jared Nelson, a 2003 graduate of Proctor High School, suffered massive internal bleeding, spine fractures and a head injury in the accident...

Northland residents contributed almost 130,000 pounds of food during the 21st annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, the United Way of Greater Duluth tells us. The exact amount collected by area postal carriers and volunteers in Cloquet, Duluth, Hermantown, Proctor, Silver Bay, Superior...

All public, private, parochial and charter schools in Duluth and Superior will be closed Friday, April 19, because of heavy snow falling in the area. Proctor, Hermantown and Cloquet schools, among others, also announced that classes will be canceled. The University of Minnesota...

Proctor-Hermantown 3, Moose Lake Area 2 Sophie McGovern scored her second goal of the game with 1:23 remaining in overtime to give the Mirage (16-6-1) a victory in their regular-season finale Monday. Courtney Simmons stopped 25 shots in goal for the Mirage, while counterpart Kaitlyn...

ESKO 88, PROCTOR 23 Savanna Trapp had 21 points, nine rebounds and eight blocked shots to lead the Eskomos in Proctor on Monday. Eleven players scored for Esko (13-1), with Brooke Schramm adding 13 points and Trapp's younger sister, Molly, chipping in with 10. Brianna Westerdorf...

Duluth-area school leaders took varied approaches to dealing with Friday's school shooting in Connecticut. Some discussed the events with their students, while others avoided the topic to give parents the chance to break the horrifying news to their children.

Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 11, Proctor 0 Westin Michaud notched his second hat trick of the season and Karson Kuhlman had his first in Cloquet-Esko-Carlton's Lake Superior Conference road win Tuesday.

A new parent-support mentor has been hired by the Northern Lights Special Education Cooperative to serve rural families with children with disabilities in 12 area school districts. Priscilla Heimbruch will help connect parents to services and resources and understand the special...

Cloquet 3, Proctor 0 Kayla Baker scored twice and Emily Wangen had two assists as the host Lumberjacks remained alive for at least a share of the Lake Superior Conference title with the shutout win Tuesday. Goalkeeper Kenzie Rathe stopped all four shots for Cloquet (8-3-3, 4-0-2),...

Harry Hanson of Eveleth held on to win a caution-filled Late Model feature on Sunday night at Proctor Speedway. Other feature winners included Ryan Aho of Chisholm in Modifieds, Jeff Tardy of Hibbing in Super Stocks, Deven VanHouse of Silver Bay in Midwest Modifieds and Josh Loucks...

Under new student achievement ratings released by the Minnesota Department of Education today, four area schools received designations that will require them to make major changes. Laura MacArthur Elementary School in Duluth and Bay View Elementary School in Proctor are both listed...