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Carlton County is experiencing a steady flow of early voters and absentee ballots in advance of the Nov. 5 general election. “Since early voting started Sept. 20, we’ve been getting 50 to 100 voters each day,” said county auditor/treasurer Kevin DeVriendt. “The mail-in ballots are rolling in, too — 150 to 200 by mail every day.”.
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Jana Peterson | Oct 11, 2024. Cloquet's Pine Valley Park was crawling with mountain bikers last weekend, as nearly 1,000 student athletes competed in the sixth Minnesota Cycling Association race event of the season. Add in their parents, coaches and fans, and the woodland recreation area was in constant motion, with fans hiking into the woods ...
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Check your community Covid levels Sep 16, 2022. Minnesota students continue to see impacts to math and reading Elizabeth Shockman, MPR News | Sep 9, 2022. New state test data released Aug. 25 shows the majority of Minnesota students are below state proficiency standards in math, and just over half are proficient in reading — a sharp decline since …
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The Pine Knot News is a locally owned, independent, hyperlocal weekly newspaper covering northern Carlton County with an office in Cloquet, MN.. Company Overview. Independent locally owned and operated small town community newspaper. The Pine Knot News will strive to bring our member communities closer together by keeping them informed and engaged through coverage of local news, sports ...
Tree Knowledge - Pine Knot News
Oct 11, 2024 · Cloquet Middle School seventh graders got a hands-on lesson about trees last week, venturing into the school forest with Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District staff and science teacher Farrah Grimm. Students learned about different types of seed dispersal, tree roots, and forestry tools, going outside with the SWCD's Jenny Sherren, be...
Taxpayers could see big city tax increase - Pine Knot News
Sep 20, 2024 · Cloquet city councilors set the 2025 preliminary tax levy at just over $3.9 million Tuesday, an 11.23 percent increase over the 2024 levy. Once a preliminary levy is approved, the figure can go down before it gets final approval in December, but it cannot be increased. City administrator Tim Peterson said the reason behind the jump is easy to pinpo...
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Pine Knot News | Aug 20, 2021. To help ensure public safety and protect natural resources, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources expanded burning restrictions on Tuesday. Burning restrictions will now cover 34 counties where intensifying drought has elevated the potential for devastating wildfires, including Carlton County and 13 other ...
Chamber candidate forum goes virtual - Pine Knot News
Oct 11, 2024 · The interviews are being taped next week and Zink hopes they will be available online soon, maybe even by next weekend, when the Pine Knot News special 2024 local election guide will hit mailboxes across the county. The candidate forum organized by the Cloquet Area Chamber of Commerce got a makeover for 2024. Instead of candidates sitting side ...
Pine Knot reaps a pile of awards - Pine Knot News
Feb 9, 2024 · The Vance Trophy was awarded to the Brainerd Dispatch this year and the Mills Trophy to Worthington. In five years of competing, the Pine Knot News has been honored for journalism excellence 129 times, three times garnering enough points to claim the Mills Trophy as the best weekly. The Pine Knot had nine first-place awards this year.