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Jan 27, 2025 · We'll start a brief stretch of milder temperatures but will have the chance to add a bit to snow totals around the region. Monday morning may bring a few flurries here or there, but most will get winds picking up to 15-25 mph out of the west, with highs just above freezing.

3 days ago · CARLTON — Fearing for her job security if Carlton and Wrenshall Public Schools consolidate or that possible budget cuts could lead to a part-time position, Carlton Superintendent Donita Stepan signaled she might step down after her contract expires in 2026. The Carlton School Board has not yet ...

Dec 26, 2024 · Arlene Ione Lee, née Anderson, born August 30th, 1940, and baptized January 14th, 1941, at Oak Ridge ULC, Thief Rivers Falls, Minnesota, grew up on a rustic farmstead in northwest rural Minnesota, where her father, Theodore “Teddy” George Anderson, would chop wood to fill the wood box and her mother, Inga Bergliot Anderson, née Olson, would pull from to feed the cooking stove.

Dec 31, 2024 · Carol was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed away peacefully on November 12th, 2024, after a 2 year battle with cancer. She was born to Bert and Dorothy Munter on June 11th, 1950 in Cloquet, MN.

Jan 15, 2025 · “She is just perfect and healthy and everything wonderful that anybody could ask for,” Childers said. Childers and Fogt, who are engaged to be married, decided on the name Eloise years ago when having a child was still hypothetical.

Jan 9, 2025 · CLOQUET — The city will receive a $1.38 million grant to reconstruct nearly 1 mile of Armory Road from Highway 33 to White Pine Trail. The Cloquet City Council unanimously voted Tuesday, Jan. 7, to accept a Local Road Improvement Program grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation, which will cover most of the $1.73 million project.

Jan 17, 2025 · The need for a new superintendent comes as the future of Wrenshall Public Schools remains uncertain as the district looks to consolidate with the neighboring Carlton Public Schools. To ensure there are as few obstacles to consolidation as possible, the board will hire the new superintendent on a one-year contract, according to school board Chair Mary Carlson.

Nov 26, 2024 · A violation of the ordinance is a petty misdemeanor with a fine of up to $300 — the same penalty that applies to a tobacco violation. Auditor/Treasurer Kevin DeVriendt said the proposed new ordinance is limited in scope to requiring county registration for retailers of marijuana and other THC products that receive state licenses and event organizers that plan to sell the product.