Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa go to the polls Tuesday to elect both a secretary/treasurer and District II representative (Sawyer) to the Reservation Business Committee, ...

With some help from the city of Cloquet, participating downtown and possibly West End businesses are planning special shopping days on the third Thursday of each month over the summer. Community ...

It must be summer, because Barnum’s Spring Fever Days are just around the corner. Set for next weekend, June 12-14, Spring Fever Days is the first community celebration each summer in Carlton County.

Tell us if you've heard this one before. On Memorial Day morning, May 25, a vehicle hit and sheered a utility pole off Minnesota Highway 33, near Gordy's Hi-Hat. It was the pole installed in April of ...

Hi, Pine Knot readers. My name is Ainsley Blondo. I am a 17-year-old high school student from Kettle River. I am one of the summer interns for Pine Knot News. I first started working with the Pine ...

Rueben Arthur Swenson, "The Frugal Flyfisher" of Mahtowa, passed away peacefully on Jan. 28, 2026, in St. Paul of age-related illness. Born March 23, 1944, in Cloquet, his inspiring life was ...

Faith A. Wood, 68, of Cloquet passed away May 28, 2026, at Essentia-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. She was born Nov. 6, 1957, in Cloquet, the daughter of LeRoy and Ellen (Vafias) Lane. Faith was ...

The Esko girls track team won its third-straight Section 7A track meet last week, while Two Harbors staved off the Esko boys ...

Happy Summer everybody! Here at the library we are feeling the change of seasons, with busier days and warmer weather. These also signal the beginning of the library’s Summer Reading Program. Our kids ...

Nature photographer and frequent Pine Knot News contributor Will Stenberg captured a deer seemingly flying through the air in ...

Tell us if you've heard this one before. On Memorial Day morning, May 25, a vehicle hit and sheered a utility pole off ...

Barnum celebrated its 111th graduating class Friday night in the school gymnasium with 62 seniors walking at the commencement ...