An accelerated timeline for consolidation meant another joint session of the Carlton and Wrenshall school boards on Thursday, Oct. 2. This one drew about a dozen members of the public. They heard ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources maintains hunter walking trails as easy ways to travel by foot through wildlife management areas, state and federal forests, and other public hunting ...

The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, now known as Resource Renew, has approved its 2026 budgets with the wastewater operating budget 4.69 percent higher than in 2025, primarily to address ...

Shirley Bernice Joki, 90, of Duluth, passed away on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. She was born in Menahga, Minnesota on April 13, 1935, to Walter Richard and Elma Mary (Kemp) Siironen. Shirley grew up in the ...

Jerry Allan Seppanen, 81, of Proctor passed away peacefully Sept. 26, 2025, at his home. Born to Harry and Elsie (Granroos) on Dec. 12, 1943, in Cloquet, Jerry was raised in Kettle River. At the age ...

A joint session of the Carlton and Wrenshall school boards yielded historic gains in Wrenshall on Monday, reaching consensus to schedule formal consolidation of the neighboring districts while ...

On October 1, 2025, the Carlton County Sheriff's Office received a report of a motor home and a four-wheeler on fire at a residence on the 2600 block of County Road 6 in Barnum Township. According to ...

Occasionally, local history shows that things haven’t changed. As the leaves turn color in the fall, I look forward to the display on the north side of the St. Louis River, visible to us at the ...

Carlton County sent seven 4-Hers to the Minnesota 4-H State Horse Show the first two weekends of September. Held Sept. 5-9 in Cannon Falls and Sept. 13-14 in Sauk Centre, this year's events included ...

It's homecoming week in Esko and Cloquet. On Tuesday, the Esko volleyball team celebrated downing Proctor, 3-1. There were sporting events, dress-up days and activities all week at both schools, ...

Things have changed a lot since Jeffrey Boucher took a job as an assistant Carlton County Attorney only 18 months out of law school. The biggest change? Boucher is the new Carlton County Attorney, ...