Bun Carlson's seat sat conspicuously empty as the Cloquet City Council meeting convened Tuesday. Carlson, the Ward 1 councilor for the past six years, died Jan. 12, at age 68. Mayor Roger Maki opened ...

The Chippewa Steel swept the Minnesota Wilderness in a weekend series last week. Chippewa took a 6-3 victory Friday night in Chippewa Falls and followed with a 5-2 win Saturday in Cloquet. Those ...

With two-and-a-half years of his four-year term behind him, Robert Abramowski resigned from the position of secretary/treasurer of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa last week, effective ...

January is National Blood Donor Month. The Red Cross reports that someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion every two seconds. It is vital for cancer treatments, chronic illnesses and ...

The Cloquet Area Fire District board, with eyes on breaking ground on a new building this fall, unanimously declared its intent to bond for a Station 1 replacement at its 22nd Street property. A ...

The documentary PBS television show “Inside Senior Living,” featuring several Carlton County residents, is now being shown on stations across the country. Senior living consultant Melissa Fritz of ...

Strong and balanced scoring helped propel the Esko girls basketball team to an impressive 66-27 home win over the Barnum Bombers on Thursday night. "We were able to control the tempo," said Esko coach ...

The Wrenshall school district appears to have its superintendent for the 2025-26 school year, with Frank Schill accepting the job late Wednesday. Schill and the school board will need to finalize an ...

Carlton superintendent Donita Stepan informed the school board on Monday she will not seek renewal of her contract when it expires at the end of June 2026. "I understand the district may be exploring ...

Following a city water main break before Christmas, a Cloquet family finds itself in an insurance nightmare where no one will help them: neither the city nor their insurance agent. Residents Jamie and ...

The first half of last Friday's boys basketball matchup between Esko and Barnum was tight with Esko managing to stake themselves to a seven- point lead. Then Esko came out and got on an offensive roll ...

For the second year in a row, winter weather has been a challenge for the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton alpine ski teams, with Monday’s meet at Mont du Lac cancelled due to frigid temperatures. Head coach Ryan ...