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Garage Sale With No Price Tags–For a Good Cause
Who doesn’t like a garage sale? Especially if it’s for a good cause– and there are no price tags!. That’s the deal in Carlton at the Four Seasons Sports Complex. Tables are filled with toys, kitchen items, books– you name it. It’s put on and...
Fairchild Equipment celebrates grand opening in Cloquet with tours and lunch
Fairchild Equipment is excited to be in their new space in Cloquet. Thursday they hosted a grand opening with the chamber that included tours and lunch. The company is a materials handling distributor, and can help with parts and service as well as warehouse layout and design. Dan Clarkson, president...
Minnesota's Wildcat Sanctuary breaks ground on $1.2 million expansion project
SANDSTONE, Minn. — For the last quarter century, the Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone has rescued dozens of exotic cats. Now, it is breaking ground on a project to help expand its outreach.The new $1.2 million space dubbed "Catio Town" will include 10 indoor suites with their own unique theme and 10 spacious outdoor "catios," a central playroom and year-round space featuring skywalks, water features and grass beds. The area will be able to accommodate 50 small cats."Catio Town will provide a forever home to current and future small and hybrid cats who can't otherwise be rehomed due to legalities and unwanted behaviors," said Founder and Executive Director Tammy Thies.Earlier this year, the sanctuary rescued 24 Asian leopard cats found living in "deplorable conditions" in Texas.The Wildcat Sanctuary rescues most of its animals from private owners, roadside attractions and police seizures, according to Thies. The sanctuary is currently home to more than 50 hybrid cats and more than 30 small wild cats.The Wildcat Sanctuary says it still needs to raise $240,000 by June 30 to be able to complete the project. Every donation will be matched up to $100,00. Donations can be made online.
School Board denies Tribal Drum group commencement participation
Graduation ceremonies are meant to be inspiring, happy events to congratulate and encourage graduates. But one Northland commencement is mired in controversy. Students and supporters have been protesting a new graduation rule put in effect at Hinckley-Finlayson high school. They are upset over a school board decision earlier this week that prevents the Native American Student Association and it’s Drum Group from drumming and singing the Ojibwe Traveling Song at next week’s graduation.
Celebrating graduates from Lake Superior College at spring commencement
Over 750 students graduated from Lake Superior College on Monday during a ceremony at the DECC. Graduates hail from places as far away as Vietnam and Kenya, and range in ages from 16 to 65. They received certificates, diplomas, or associate degree from among almost 70 program areas. Two sisters...
Up North: Horses learn to become desensitized before hitting local trails
At Serenity Farms in Cloquet, horse riders gathered to get their horses ready for the trails that the Northland has to offer. However, there’s a certain aspect that many people may not realize while out riding; horses may come across things they’ve never seen, smelled, or felt before, and that’s where Anne Gullion comes into play.
Softball Game Preview: Cloquet Plays at Home
The Cloquet Lumberjacks will be playing at home against the North Branch Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Cloquet will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive. On Tuesday, Cloquet didn't have quite enough to beat Proctor and fell 2-1. Meanwhile, North Branch had just enough and...
Cromwell-Wright breaks ground on new gymnasium
A special ceremony on Monday to mark the beginning of work on the expansion of the Cromwell-Wright school gymnasium. Students of the district graciously helped break ground. Preliminary work is already underway. It comes as voters passed a $6.45 million referendum in February in support of the project. Adolfson &...
Brandon Weatherz: Showers today, warm tomorrow
A low pressure system crossing the region today is responsible for rain and an eventual wind shift. Our Thursday starts with widespread showers in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, and we’ll gradually dry out from the west and southwest through the morning and afternoon. Areas of fog have set up this morning with locally dense for high terrain areas of the Head of Lake Superior. A Dense Fog Advisory has been issued for Carlton County and South St. Louis County until noon. Skies clear this evening, then cloud cover remains rather minimal tonight with patchy fog developing.
Cloquet softball fires on all cylinders against Esko
The Cloquet softball team handled Esko on Monday, winning 9-1 on their home field. A game that started slowly and in a pitchers duel slowly turned in Cloquet’s favor, as they put up the majority of their runs in the bottom of the third inning. The win marks Cloquet’s...
Proctor softball comes from behind to best Cloquet, earn 16th win
On Tuesday, the Proctor softball team came from behind to beat Cloquet 2-1 at Egerdahl Field. Carly Johnson drove in Morgan Olesiak for the Lumberjacks’ sole run in the top of the first. Proctor would score their two runs in the bottom of the third. The Rails earned their...
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