The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls tennis program is thriving. Under second-year coach Emily Hallgren, the Lumberjacks have ...

College move-in and the start of classes quickly approach, signaling the start of a new era for me. As my time as an intern ...

Will Stenberg captured this coneflower at Jay Cooke State Park last week. Echinacea angustifoliais has found a home in the region, though it is most commonly found in western and southwest Minnesota.

The Carlton County Animal Rescue group has secured land in Cloquet on which it plans to build a shelter in the future. The group announced Aug. 15 that fundraising efforts allowed it to purchase a ...

Just over two years ago, a lightning strike started a fire at Bobbie and Nate Stansfield's home off Crosby Road, a few miles north of Cloquet. Last week, another fire destroyed their home and a camper ...

Have you ever had a moment of realization that someone wasn’t quite what you thought they were? I remember one basketball season, way back when I was in seventh grade. We were a pretty average team, ...

If the Esko High School baseball team is going to continue its recent string of success, they will have to do it with a new head coach. Last week longtime coach Ben Haugen submitted his resignation to ...

It was a wild and wooly Carlton County Fair last Thursday through Friday. There was weather, rainy, hot and cold, and plenty of action for the thousands who came. There were plenty of cool rides to be ...

Cloquet city councilors helped pave the way for the new fire station and a new business in the city’s West End, and considered a more palatable tax levy increase for 2026 this week. The news about ...

When Jenna Leger moved to Cloquet four-and-a-half years ago, she was not only the new USG plant manager, she was also mother to Bobbie, who was not yet 2 years old. Child care was not easy to find, ...

Constitution 101 The Judicial Branch The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and ...

Despite federal results that show roughly 3,500 individuals affected, Carlton County officials say a data breach earlier this year resulted in only a “small number” of people who sought complimentary ...