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    February 14, 2019
    $1.5 million in grants target opioids in rural northern Minnesota
    Two federal grants totaling more than $1.5 million are aimed at fighting the opioid crisis in rural northern Minnesota, including northern St....
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 14, 2019 - 5:02pm
    February 10, 2019
    U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
    LIVE AT 1:30 P.M.: Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar expected to announce 2020 plans
    U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota is expected to announce her plans for the 2020 presidential election live at 1:30 p.m. at Boom Island...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 10, 2019 - 1:15pm
    February 7, 2019
    Wade Lamirande
    Former Cloquet police chief files complaints against city officials
    Former Cloquet Police Chief Wade Lamirande has leveled accusations of harassment, intimidation and misconduct against a city councilor, the police...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 7, 2019 - 4:12am
    February 5, 2019
    Minnesota Senate candidate Jason Rarick (right) of Pine City smiles while talking to Minnesota State Representative Tim Miller during an election party at Banning Junction in Finlayson Tuesday evening. Rarick defeated Stu Lourey in the special election for state senate. --- Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.complay button
    Jason Rarick wins Minnesota Senate District 11 special election
    A special election is being held tonight to fill the open Minnesota Senate District 11 seat. DFL candidate Stu Lourey, Republican candidate Jason...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 5, 2019 - 11:00pm
    The Cloquet City employees work into the early evening Monday, Jan. 28, to repair a broken pipe. Much of Cloquet's infrastructure is old and breaks easier with the shifting of the ground in winter. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal
    Cloquet water program helps prevent frozen pipes
    The recent unusual polar vortex caused issues for some Cloquet residents, including loud shifting in older houses, but it didn't affect the city...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 5, 2019 - 6:45pm
    February 3, 2019
    Jason Rarick (left) and Stu Lourey
    Senate District 11 candidates call for action over mail-in ballots
    Even candidate Stu Lourey hadn't received his mail-in ballot at his residence in Kerrick, Minn. as of last Thursday. Lourey is one of 3,000-plus...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 3, 2019 - 7:00pm
    January 30, 2019
    These pups are just two of the hundreds of animals that came through Friends of Animals Humane Society in the last few years. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal
    Animal shelter talks yield many opinions, no consensus
    It has been almost six months since Friends of Animals (FOA) surprised residents and closed its doors.
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 30, 2019 - 8:51pm
    January 29, 2019
    Some Carlton County municipalities to conduct special elections via mail
    The following Carlton County townships and cities will conduct their Tuesday, Feb. 5, special general elections for Minnesota Senate District...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 29, 2019 - 10:53am
    January 28, 2019
    Michelle Lee watches election results with Brandon Shofner (left) and Benjamin Carollo during the Jan. 22 primary in Senate District 11 at the Third Base Bar in Carlton. Lee declined to comment on hundreds of uncounted mail-in ballots which arrived in the days after the closely fought election won by Stu Lourey. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
    Election officials: Hundreds of votes went uncounted in Senate District 11 primary
    More than 400 mail-in ballots went uncounted in the special election primary in Senate District 11 earlier this month. The ballots were returned...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 28, 2019 - 6:51pm
    January 22, 2019
    Stu Lourey points out early results to supporter Paul Christensen at Lourey’s primary election gathering at Doc’s Sports Bar & Grill in Sturgeon Lake shortly after polls closed Tuesday. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
    Stu Lourey wins Minnesota Senate District 11 DFL primary
    Stu Lourey edged out Michelle Lee in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary Tuesday for the Minnesota Senate District 11 seat.
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 22, 2019 - 11:12pm
    January 21, 2019
    Rep. Jason Rarick
    Republican candidate in SD11: 'We've got advantage'
    As the Senate District 11 special election process narrows the DFL side of things in Tuesday's primary, the Republican candidate in the Feb....
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 21, 2019 - 5:41pm
    January 19, 2019
    Senate District 11 DFL candidates Stu Lourey and Michelle Lee.
    Michelle Lee wins DFL endorsement in Senate District 11 race
    Michelle Lee won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party endorsement Saturday in the primary race for Senate District 11. The convention took place...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 19, 2019 - 1:17pm
    Cloquet prepares to take over ownership of ice arenas
    p>The city is preparing to take over ownership of the ice arenas in the next few weeks and needed to execute agreements with the Minnesota Wilderness junior hockey team, Cloquet Area Hockey Association and Cloquet School District for their use of the facility.
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 19, 2019 - 10:49am
    January 18, 2019
    Rural ballot controversy surfaces in special election
    Some mail-in ballots in the Senate District 11 special election process risk going uncounted, beginning with Tuesday's DFL primary, and affected...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 18, 2019 - 12:09pm
    Senate District 11 special primary election Jan. 22
    There will be a special primary election Tuesday, Jan. 22, for state Senate District 11. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Sen. Tony...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 18, 2019 - 4:04am
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