It was a wild and wooly Carlton County Fair last Thursday through Friday. There was weather, rainy, hot and cold, and plenty of action for the thousands who came. There were plenty of cool rides to be ...

Cloquet city councilors helped pave the way for the new fire station and a new business in the city’s West End, and considered a more palatable tax levy increase for 2026 this week. The news about ...

Have you ever had a moment of realization that someone wasn’t quite what you thought they were? I remember one basketball season, way back when I was in seventh grade. We were a pretty average team, ...

FRIDAY, AUG. 22 Lakehead Harvest Show 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Sunday, Aug. 24, at 70 E. St. Louis Road, north of Esko. Tractor displays, blacksmithing and sawmilling demos, flea market, ...

Carlton and Wrenshall school districts are both starting the new school year with new superintendents again. The two superintendents are meeting and talking regularly. During Monday’s regular Carlton ...

The small-town girl who broke onto the Nashville music scene last year has taken up semipermanent residence there as she watches her career take off. Next up for Carlton's Abrianna Schmidt: singing ...

Will Stenberg captured this coneflower at Jay Cooke State Park last week. Echinacea angustifoliais has found a home in the region, though it is most commonly found in western and southwest Minnesota.

Despite federal results that show roughly 3,500 individuals affected, Carlton County officials say a data breach earlier this year resulted in only a “small number” of people who sought complimentary ...

Cloquet's Chris Swanson is running for the Minnesota House 11A seat now held by Rep. Jeff Dotseth. Swanson was at the Carlton County Fair last weekend to meet with potential voters.

On Labor Day weekend, TJ’s Country Corner in downtown Mahtowa hosts the Rat Rod Rendezvous Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-31. It’s actually two shows, “Shine on Saturday” for more-classic cars, street ...

Dawson Gaskell was buzzing around the Northeast Minnesota Beekeepers Association building at the Carlton County fairgrounds Sunday, handing out honey samples and generally making sure all questions ...

I read your story about wildlife biologist Cheron Ferland with sadness and dismay. The appalling attacks on government employees have reached Carlton County. I don’t know Ms. Ferland but, from the ...