Pine Knot News

1 week ago | pineknotnews.com | Brady Slater

Carlton County reported a data breach in its public health department, determining in an online report on April 25 that “there was unauthorized access and acquisition of personal information, including protected health information.” The investigative report concluded: “Carlton County has determined that the data contains the following types of information mostly related to individuals who received services from (Public Health and Human Services) and/or their household members: name, address,...

1 week ago | pineknotnews.com | Brady Slater

Gregory Opstad likes how one of his mentors, former Duluth poet laureate Sheila Packa, discusses "making a poem" as opposed to writing one. "Sometimes it feels that way," Opstad said, "like I'm building a cabinet."It's the precision of "finding exactly the right word" that drives him as a poet. He finds comfort in the craft. "It's like if you're a woodworker and run your hands across it and go, 'Oh, I've got to sand that and fix that,'" he said.

1 week ago | pineknotnews.com | Jana Peterson

Roughly 70 people and at least one dog gathered at the Pinehurst Park bandshell Wednesday evening to celebrate the official debut of Cloquet's newest public art, a mural called "The Good We Were Given."Artist Giizh (Sarah) Agaton Howes designed and painted - with help from family and community members - the mural over the past several months. She told the crowd it was an honor "to adorn this space" at Pinehurst. "If you grow up in this community, this is like a part of your childhood," she said.

1 week ago | pineknotnews.com | Brady Slater

A solution for the future of where to haul most of Carlton County’s municipal solid waste became clearer this week, following the announcement of a 10-year agreement between St. Louis County and the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in Duluth to dispose of the district waste at the county landfill in Virginia. The move will bring Carlton County into a similar agreement. St. Louis County approved a contract with WLSSD to begin in July 2026.

1 week ago | pineknotnews.com | Jana Peterson

Growing up, director Amanda Olsen was steeped in the story of Moses growing up in a pharoah's household, only to lead the Jews out of Egypt and slavery in dramatic fashion, as told in the Bible, Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" starring Charlton Heston, and Dreamworks' "The Prince of Egypt."So when she discovered the Dreamworks musical was finally available for local theater groups like New Wine in Cloquet, she thought she was hallucinating.