Constitution 101 The First Amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; ...

Cloquet Area Fire District officials finalized a budget and property tax levy for 2026 that are 17 percent and 27 percent higher, respectively. Fire board members voted unanimously Dec. 17 to approve ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced this week that it reached an agreement with Enbridge to address an aquifer breach related to the construction of the Line 3 Replacement Project ...

To allow staff to celebrate the holiday season and spend time with family, the Pine Knot News office will be closed from Christmas through Jan. 4. The newspaper will not be published the week of Jan.

After an excruciating loss on Dec. 19, the Minnesota Wilderness bounced back Saturday to gain its first victory of the season over the Wisconsin Windigo. In the Friday game, Wisconsin (17-12-1) was ...

An explosive second period helped propel the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton boys hockey team to its fifth win of the season on Friday ...

Cloquet. In a period of just a few hours on Oct. 12, 1918, wildfires destroyed thousands of homes, barns and businesses in Carlton County. Moose Lake, Kettle River and Automba were devastated, and ...

The Carlton County board unanimously approved its 2026 budget expenditures and property tax levy on Monday, setting a 3.5-percent levy increase for 2026. It’s one of the lowest property tax increases ...

Cloquet High School students in teacher Jason Richardson’s English class each wrote a narrative story of some sort after reading “Beowulf” earlier this month. Richardson gave them the option of ...

In a joint meeting Monday at South Terrace Elementary School, the Carlton and Wrenshall boards further streamlined the consolidation process by telling the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) they ...

Esko-Carlton girls hockey team and a parent of one of its players is under review by Cloquet High School officials. The incident occurred Tuesday, Dec. 16, after the Lumberjacks’ 6-0 loss to ...

A young and inexperienced Esko boys basketball team got a chance to find out just how good they can be last week when they ...