Put up or shut up. According to Merriam-Webster, that phrase is used to "tell someone in a somewhat rude way to start doing something or to stop talking about it." For residents happy or unhappy with the current state of politics in Cloquet, ther...
Thumbs up to the students and staff at the Cloquet Area Alternative Education Program and their partners in Restorative Practices. They really are changing the world with their circles: teaching kids how to own their mistakes and move on, how to ...
Thumbs up to the 65 percent of registered voters in the Carlton School District who turned out to vote Tuesday (or voted absentee in advance) on the referendum for a combined preK-12 school facility. Yes, the referendum failed by a significant ma...
OUR VIEW *** In recent months the Pine Journal opinion page has been overflowing with so many letters to the editor and guest columns that there simply isn't space for us to opine. And that's just fine. That's what the opinion page of the local n...
Electronically delivered replica newspapers are all the rage these days. From major-metro dailies to small-town weeklies, publishers everywhere are finding audiences enthused by this modern method of traditional newspaper delivery. Starting today...
OUR VIEW *** Undoubtedly, things are not good in the Cloquet Police Department. For a majority of police rank-and-file union members to take a vote of no confidence in their chief, well, that says something. But whether you think that says "the c...
Congratulations on graduating from high school. It is an accomplishment. You should be very proud of yourselves, and please know that your community and loved ones are proud of you too.
Today marks seven weeks since Cloquet Mayor Dave Hallback called an emergency meeting of the Cloquet City Council that ultimately ended with a vote to place Cloquet Police Chief Steve Stracek on paid administrative leave and the appointment of Sg...
Thumbs up to engaged citizens. Public officials may not be comfortable when citizens get off their couches and come to meetings, but it's been wonderful to see all the people at Cloquet City Council meetings and all the letters to the editor rega...
Thumbs down to people who drive too fast for winter conditions. We've all done it, and we've all been victims of those who do it. You're running late and drive too close to the car in front of you, or approach that four-way stop and slide right i...
Friday morning, Jan. 27, nearly three dozen volunteers will fan out across Carlton County and attempt to count the number of homeless people here. It will be a challenging task.
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark," William Shakespeare famously wrote in "Hamlet." There will likely be a stink in Cloquet, too, at least near the city's soccer complex at Hilltop Park, should the City Council vote Tuesday to allow SK...
I blame the internet. While I love being able to look up the capital of Kurdistan (Erbil) in a heartbeat, figure out where Uganda lies in Africa or find the Rachael Ray recipe for spaghetti and meatballs that was so tasty last time, I am very dis...
