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1 week ago | 
pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso
CLOQUET — Another class of Lumberjacks is journeying out into the world. On Friday, May 23,188 Cloquet High School students received their diplomas at the commencement, which was held at the Cloquet Middle School Gymnasium. “There have been breathtaking highs and gut-wrenching lows. Throughout it all, there has always been the suspense of what is going to come next,” senior class president Johanna Bernu told the graduates.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Macklin Caruso
May 23—CARLTON COUNTY — As spongy moths, an invasive species that defoliates forests, continue their westward pursuit, Carlton County has become ground zero in Minnesota's effort to scale back the infestation. Having already infested Lake and Cook counties, the invasive moth, formerly known as gypsy moth, is now gaining a foothold in parts of St. Louis and Carlton counties.
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2 weeks ago | 
pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso
CARLTON COUNTY — As spongy moths, an invasive species that defoliates forests, continue their westward pursuit, Carlton County has become ground zero in Minnesota’s effort to scale back the infestation. Having already infested Lake and Cook counties, the invasive moth, formerly known as gypsy moth, is now gaining a foothold in parts of St. Louis and Carlton counties. To combat this, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture plans roughly half of this year’s spongy moth treatments in Carlton County.
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2 weeks ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Macklin Caruso
CLOQUET — Stakeholders at ANANG Native Cannabis Co. hope the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will be a guide for Minnesota’s burgeoning cannabis industry. The new dispensary in Cloquet derives its name from the Ojibwe word for star.
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2 weeks ago | 
pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso
CLOQUET — The city is closing a loophole that allowed people with suspended or revoked driver’s licenses to operate all-terrain vehicles and other off-road recreational vehicles on city streets. On Tuesday, May 20, at the request of Police Chief Derek Randall, the Cloquet City Council voted unanimously to amend an ordinance to forbid people with revoked driver’s licenses from operating off-road vehicles on city streets, sidewalks, designated ATV routes and other public property.
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2 weeks ago | 
pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso
CLOQUET — The Cloquet City Council was split Tuesday on where cannabis can be sold in the city, narrowly voting to allow cannabis dispensaries to operate only in the business district on Minnesota Highway 33. After failing to pass two resolutions that would have allowed cannabis to be sold in more areas of the city, the council voted 5-2 to confine the sale of cannabis to the regional commercial district along Highway 33; councilors Kerry Kolodge and Lyz Jaakola were opposed.
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2 weeks ago | 
twincities.com | Macklin Caruso
A former Cloquet, Minn., police officer has been found guilty of stealing from a 78-year-old woman suffering from dementia. Laci Silgjord was found guilty Monday of one count of felony attempted theft by swindle for over $35,000 over the estate of Joan Arney, a Cloquet woman suffering from dementia, whom then-police officer Silgjord was given temporary guardianship over shortly before Arney died in 2020.
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2 weeks ago | 
pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso
CARLTON — Former Cloquet police officer Laci Silgjord has been found guilty of financially exploiting a 78-year-old woman suffering from dementia. Silgjord was found guilty Monday of one count of felony attempted theft by swindle for over $35,000 over the estate of Joan Arney, a Cloquet woman suffering from dementia, whom then-police officer Silgjord was given temporary guardianship over shortly before Arney died in 2020.
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1 month ago | 
pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso
CARLTON — Following the sudden resignation of Carlton School District superintendent Donita Stepan, the Carlton School Board selected Jeff Pesta, the interim superintendent from Wrenshall, to serve as its interim superintendent. After a conversation with Pesta during a special meeting Tuesday, April 29, the board unanimously voted to contract with Pesta through June 30.
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1 month ago | 
pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso
WRENSHALL — Support and resources have been pouring in for Jennifer Barron and her family, who lost their home in a fire over the weekend. “We don't even know what we're trying to do with it, just give her some emergency funds,” said Andrea Elden, a friend and co-worker of Barron’s who organized a fundraiser for the family. As of Wednesday afternoon, Elden’s fundraiser on the website GoFundMe had raised $8,510 out of its $10,000 goal with 92 donations.
