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Carlton Public Schools superintendent resigns

3 days ago | pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso

CARLTON — Carlton Public Schools Superintendent Donita Stepan resigned during Monday’s school board meeting. The board voted to accept Stepan’s resignation following a board investigation into a complaint against Stepan. School Board Chair Laura Nilsen would not confirm to the Pine Journal whether Stepan’s resignation was related to the investigation. The nature of the complaint was not publicly disclosed.
Minnesota lawmakers observe Mary Murphy Day

3 days ago | pinejournal.com | Jay Gabler

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House of Representatives celebrated "Mary Murphy Day" on Monday, honoring the legacy of the late Hermantown DFL representative. In addition to sharing memories and encomiums, legislators renamed the state's library construction grant program in honor of Murphy, who died Dec. 25 at age 85.
CSA keeps Food Farm’s vegetables varied and organic

6 days ago | pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso

WRENSHALL — For Food Farm’s first 20 years growing produce, it struggled to turn a profit. Despite adopting several direct-to-consumer models, like selling at farmers' markets and offering pick-your-own, the farm struggled to break even.
Esko’s basketball program was Haugen’s ‘first love’

6 days ago | pinejournal.com | Reagan Hoverman

ESKO — More than a dozen years ago, a young Sam Haugen sat on the sideline watching his older brother, Cale, play basketball. It was just one Saturday morning, but with each passing week, Haugen found himself getting more interested in the sport. It didn’t take long for him to work his way into drills and begin competing against a group of older kids. “He usually sat on the side or would be in the drills, and soon he worked himself in the scrimmages,” Sam’s father, Ben Haugen, said.
Cloquet Police Department seeks K-9 unit

1 week ago | pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso

CLOQUET — After years without a K-9 unit, the Cloquet Police Department hopes to bring a dog back to the department. Cloquet Police Chief Derek Randall made his case before the Cloquet City Council on Tuesday, April 15, why his department needed a dog. The presentation was strictly informative, and the matter was not brought to a vote. “It increases our capabilities. It allows us to do essentially more with less,” Randall said. The department is understaffed, according to Randall.
Janet Anderson

1 week ago | pinejournal.com | Anna Paige |Tammy Swift

Janet H Triplett Anderson (Chillen) passed away surrounded by family at the age of 78 on April 11 after a brave and hard fought battle with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born July 18, 1946 to Henry and Bonnie (Stephenson) Chillen. Janet is preceded in death by her first husband David V Triplett with whom she shared many meaningful years and two children together; Andy and Sarah.
Churchill Elementary hires new principal

1 week ago | pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso

CLOQUET — After working as a principal in Minnesota’s eighth-largest school district, Jenny Holm wanted to work in a smaller and more community-focused district. As the new principal of Churchill Elementary School, she believes Cloquet will be just that. “I wanted to be in a smaller district, to be honest,” she said.
Cloquet to regulate where cannabis businesses can operate

1 week ago | pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso

CLOQUET — Business owners and advocates are pushing back on a proposed zoning ordinance limiting where cannabis dispensaries are allowed to operate. The Cloquet City Council reviewed a proposed ordinance Tuesday that would largely limit cannabis dispensaries to operating in downtown, the commercial district along state Highway 33 and the north side of town.
Cloquet School District plans more staffing cuts

1 week ago | pinejournal.com | Macklin Caruso

CLOQUET — Cloquet Public Schools is preparing for another “reduction” in staffing to help balance a budget shortfall, according to Superintendent Michael Cary. Cary did not provide any specifics at Monday's Cloquet School Board meeting, but said "jobs are being proposed for reduction." District employees will meet with staff affected by the proposed reductions next week, before the reductions are announced at a school board committee-of-the-whole meeting on Friday, April 25.
Anderson’s love for the game led Cromwell-Wright to new heights

1 week ago | pinejournal.com | Reagan Hoverman

CROMWELL — It took Dave Foster just a few seconds to know this time was going to be different. When Cromwell-Wright’s longtime assistant girls basketball coach walked into the locker room in Hibbing minutes before opening tip against Mountain Iron-Buhl in the Section 7A championship game, he sensed confidence. “I remember as soon as we walked in the locker room before the game, we could tell how calm they were,” Foster said. “They had the mentality, and they were so confident.