Cloquet school board members got a preliminary look Wednesday morning at $1.3 million in suggested cuts for the next school year. The budget issues have multiple causes: declining enrollment, losing ...

Carlton County is not immune to the expected tidal wave of data centers in the region, with land speculators searching ...

Cloquet Area Fire District officials are slowing their planned fee increase for high-level ambulance service. Fire board members voted unanimously on April 15 to increase the district’s fee for ...

Author Marcie Rendon isn't normally a big planner. She writes her books as they come to her, sometimes three at a time. But ...

Since artificial intelligence entered wide public consciousness in late 2022, the distribution and development of AI have rapidly become a major engine in the economy. This depends crucially on the ...

Sometimes, we need a moment to stop and recognize something that is going well. So, if you would, allow me to offer a word of affirmation, especially for the communities of Carlton and Wrenshall, as ...

I would like to congratulate the Thomson Township board on being consistent. Unfortunately they are consistently against small businesses. First the whole Tequila/Tequi Town restaurant fiasco and now ...

Barnum picked up its sixth win of the season at home Tuesday with a 10-0 victory over Moose Lake/Willow River. With the win, ...

Carlton Soil & Water Conservation District, in partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts is celebrating Stewardship Week April 26 to May 3 with the theme “Soil. Where it All ...

When five of us chipped in money to start the Pine Knot News in 2018, it was a somewhat questionable thing to do. After all, newspapers were closing, not opening. But we were convinced that Cloquet ...

The Esko school board has five candidates for superintendent to consider this week after applications closed on April 17. On Monday, the board went over a list of what it will look for in the ...